TransLink says railway strike would affect West Coast Express passenger train.
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has joined the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in calling on the federal government to use “every tool in its toolkit” to prevent unprecedented strikes and lockouts at both of Canada’s national railways.
Last week, CPKC gave its Teamsters Canada Rail Conference workers notice that they will be locked out as of August 22, unless they could break an impasse in bargaining. “Unless there is an immediate and definite resolution to the labour conflict, CN will have no choice but to continue the phased and progressive shutdown of its network which would culminate in a lockout,” CN said in a bulletin Sunday.
"West Coast Express may not operate starting Aug. 22 if a lockout occurs due to a labour dispute between CPKC and their union," TransLink notes in its traveller alerts. “The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade calls on the federal government to intervene and do everything within its power to avoid a strike, including the use of binding arbitration and any other method needed to get a sustainable and fair deal.”
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