A CN Rail train engine is shown in this 2019 file image.
CN Rail is formally calling on the federal government to deploy binding arbitration in the company's dispute with Teamsters Canada as the rail sector faces the threat of labour action within two weeks.CN Rail is calling for binding arbitration in their labour dispute with Teamsters Canada, threatening a lockout on Aug. 22 if there is not a deal by them. Running trades workers and rail traffic controllers represented by Teamsters Canada are negotiating with Canadian Pacific Kansas City too.
In an email to CBC News, Teamsters Canada public affairs director Christopher Monette called the the threat of a lockout "unexpected and needlessly antagonizing." Back in May, then-labour minister Seamus O'Regan asked the CIRB to look into whether service should be maintained during a strike or lockout.
"There is no doubt that a work stoppage at CPKC/CN would result in inconvenience, economic hardship and, possibly, as some groups and organizations have suggested, harm to Canada's global reputation as a reliable trading partner," the CIRB decision says. It is the government’s responsibility to ensure the health and safety of Canadians.It is the responsibility of unions and employers to negotiate deals at the bargaining table.My statement on today's decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board: pic.twitter.com/vZELy88DiOMacKinnon met with the parties on Aug. 4. At the end of that meeting, he said the parties had agreed to restart negotiations on Aug. 7, accompanied by federal mediators.
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