Freight rail lockout in Canada threatens U.S. supply chains, economy 01:47. Canada's two largest railroads have ground to a halt after an ongoing labor dispute couldn't be resolved before the ...

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision to order the arbitration between the country's two major freight railroads — Canadian National and CPKC — and Teamsters Canada Rail ...

By ROB GILLIES and JOSH FUNK TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads have ground to a halt after an ongoing labor dispute couldn’t be resolved before the overnight deadline Thursday.

The Teamsters union, which also has affiliates in Canada and Puerto Rico, was created in 1903 by the merger of driver associations and now have more than a million members. There are nearly ...

Teamsters Canada represents more than 3,000 workers at CPKC. Meanwhile, Teamsters Canada served Canadian National with a strike notice, just hours after the union had said members would be ...

Canada orders third party to mediate freight train labor dispute Negotiations between Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Kansas City and the Teamsters union, which represents 10,000 of ...

It might seem to be Canada's problem on the surface, but vehicles and auto parts are the top commodity transported by rail between the U.S. and Canada, to the tune of $4 billion worth of goods in ...

Canada’s two largest railroads plan to lock out Teamsters members as soon as Thursday, halting the delivery of cars, grains, timber, petroleum products and other critical goods into the U.S.

But Teamsters Canada Rail Conference President Paul Boucher strongly criticized the order. Commuters arrive at Union Station on a GO Train as a national rail shutdown causes delays in Toronto ...

TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads are expected to soon start rolling their trains again after the government intervened to end a shutdown that arose from a labor dispute.

By ROB GILLIES and JOSH FUNK TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s two largest railroads have ground to a halt after an ongoing labor dispute couldn’t be resolved before the overnight deadline Thursday.

CN and CPKC railroads both locked out their employees after a 12:01 a.m. EDT deadline to resolve a dispute with Teamsters Canada Rail Conference passed without agreements.