Teamsters to Strike CN in Quebec?

[trolleyboy]

Yes they worked out a five year deal. Normally the contingency plan would have been the managers would have run the most important frieght ops all the local stuff and Go transit would have been S-O-L until the strikje ended so it was just as well a deal was made. The teamsters engineers involved were crew for the CN line Go transit in Toronto and the Montreal commutor trains. A strike would have been disasterous for both cities.

[andrewjonathon]

According to the CBC news a settlement has been reached late on Tuesday between the union and CN. So fortunately it seems a strike has been averted.

[wabash1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

Contigency plans? What is that supposed to mean? Do they plan on hiring scabs to replace them if all goes bad for management? Will thease scabs know the territory and rules et al?

I am curious what CN has in mind if God forbid, a strike occurs.

In canada I dont know what they will do but in the usa this is exactly what they would do. they dont care anymore about saftey or any of the citizens they want to move frieght so the stock holders make money . that is it.

[andrewjonathon]

The key word in comment is "managers". If the union goes on strike one guess what all those managers will be up to for the extent of the strike?

I wonder how long the government will let the strike last before they legislate an end to it. Notice how there is no contingency for running the commuter trains in Toronto and Montreal. That will cause immediate pain on people and of course put pressure on the government to act.

[Junctionfan]

Contigency plans? What is that supposed to mean? Do they plan on hiring scabs to replace them if all goes bad for management? Will thease scabs know the territory and rules et al?

I am curious what CN has in mind if God forbid, a strike occurs.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by jhhtrainsplanes

Rut Row Raggy errr I mean LC [;)]

I sure hope Kevin doesn't see this thread. The last thread we had about a Canadian strike was almost a knock-down-drag-out fight. I hope this thread stays civil. [;)]

Right Rorge...

Jaaaaaaaaaaneeee! STOP this CRAZY THING!!!

LC

[Anonymous]

Rut Row Raggy errr I mean LC [;)]

I sure hope Kevin doesn't see this thread. The last thread we had about a Canadian strike was almost a knock-down-drag-out fight. I hope this thread stays civil. [;)]

[Anonymous]

CN, Teamsters at odds
From Railway Age 5/13/05

Just a few hours after announcing that it had reached a tentative, four-year labor agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), CN now says that 1,750 members of the union plan to strike on May 18. TCRC represents locomotive engineers employed on the railroad's Northern Quebec Territory.

CN says it remains optimistic that an agreement will be reached, although no further negotiations are scheduled. Contingency plans are in place “to maintain core freight operations in the event of a TCRC strike.”