CP Rail workers strike
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 23/05/2012 (5143 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
About 110 local Canadian Pacific rail workers are on the picket line today.
The strike began at 12:01 a.m., and includes some 4,500 engineers, conductors and rail traffic controllers across the country.
“It’s for a decent cause, we believe it is anyway,” said Robert Hay, picket captain. Hay has worked for CP Rail for 32 years.
Hay said he hopes the union and CP Rail come to an “amicable solution.”
“The sooner, the better. Nobody likes to strike,” he said.
Canadian Pacific has suspended rail freight service across the country but commuter trains in several large cities that use CP track continue to operate.
The union wants improvements to pensions, benefits and work hours. Talks are scheduled to resume today.