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Transportation Crisis, Canada
Leaders of the union representing 3,000 conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators at the railway will meet on Friday to decide whether to strike or take other action after union members narrowly rejected a second tentative contract deal with Canada’s biggest railway. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said in a statement that it still has…
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ATA Trucking Index
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.8 per cent in February, after plunging 4.5 per cent the previous month. January’s drop was slightly more than the 4.3 per cent reported on February 19. In February, the index equaled 127.6 (2000=100) versus 124.1 in January. The all-time high was in…
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CN Rail Labour Contract Talks Stall
Canada’s government is closely monitoring a dispute between the railway workers’ union and Canadian National Railway, and is urging both parties to continue talking, a spokesperson for Labour Minister Kellie Leitch said on Tuesday. The Teamsters said Monday that talks had broken down, raising the possibility of a strike or a lockout at the country’s…
