Unifor, the union representing over 1,200 mechanics, labourers, and support staff at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC), announced that 99 percent of its members voted in favor of strike action. The union has set a deadline of January 29th for negotiations with CPKC to reach a deal, threatening a strike if an agreement is not reached. Key concerns raised by the union include high levels of contracting out, forced overtime, and company policies that negatively impact work-life balance.
The union representing mechanics and labourers at Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. announced that 99 percent of its members voted in favor of strike action. Unifor, which represents over 1,200 mechanics, labourers, diesel service attendants, and mechanical support staff at Calgary-based CPKC, says the vote authorizes the union to strike if a deal is not reached with the railway by 12:01 a.m. ET on January 29.
Among the top concerns raised by the union are high levels of contracting out, forced overtime, and company policies that negatively impact work-life balance. 'This strike mandate shows the strength and determination of CPKC workers to achieve a fair deal,' said Unifor's national president, Lana Payne. 'Members are united in their demands for job security and work ownership, fair wages, and improved working conditions.' The railway, along with its rival Canadian National Railway Co., faced a nationwide work stoppage in August that brought CPKC to a halt for four days, following a two-week operational wind-down. That work stoppage began when CP and CN locked out 9,300 workers after months of negotiations failed to produce new contracts. Ottawa ultimately intervened, ordering the federal labor board to impose binding arbitration in an effort to prevent a complete supply chain breakdown. The union involved in that dispute was not Unifor, but rather the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents engineers, conductors, dispatchers, and yard workers at CPKC
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