Thousands of workers at Canada’s second-largest railway could walk off the job as early as Tuesday, adding to the transport woes that have stranded commodities across Canada's Prairies, reports The Globe and Mail Inc.
More than 3,000 of Canadian Pacific Railway train conductors, engineers and electrical workers represented by Teamsters Canada and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers could walk off the job if a negotiated settlement isn’t reached, according to a Teamsters Canada statement Saturday.
A potential work stoppage that lasts even a week could cause “serious financial consequences” for grain shippers, said Wade Sobkowich, executive director of the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based Western Grain Elevator Association, which represents the nation’s largest exporters.
