Canadian rail grinds to a halt

Harold Daggett to USMX: “Let me tell them and all of America the ILA most definitely will hit the streets on October 1st if we don’t get the kind of contract we deserve.”

The Canada Industrial Relations Board has upheld a ministerial direction for compulsory arbitration and a back-to-work order to end the rail lock out that began on 22 August.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City is testing US-bound import containers from Mexico’s Lazaro Cardenas to Houston.

CN employees will resume work Friday following government intervention, while the CPKC work stoppage continues pending the CIRB decision.

With less than 24 hours till a strike/lockout takes place, CN and CPKC are making little if any progress in negotiations with the Teamsters.

As Canada heads towards a nationwide rail strike CN and CPKC have stopped accepting certain cargo types as they prepare their Canadian networks for a full shutdown.