Teamsters Canada Rail Conference picket sign lean up againts a CPKC logo outside the company's headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.(Jeff McIntosh /The Canadian Press via AP ...

On Jan. 20, Teamsters members at Costco voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike if a new three-year contract agreement wasn’t reached by midnight Friday, when the current contract expired.

Canada’s two main rail lines locked out rail workers early Thursday morning amid tense contract negotiations between the railways and the Canada Teamsters Rail Conference, which represents ...