Canada rail shutdown: Minister of Labour provides update on stalled negotiations | LIVE

Canada’s Minister of Labour, Steven MacKinnon, will provide an update on Thursday about the rail labour disputes involving the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, and Canadian National Railway. A lockout by Canada’s two main railway companies of its workers is currently taking place, effectively putting a halt to freight train traffic in the country. Negotiations failed to prevent a work stoppage Wednesday night, with the union and railways stuck on multiple sticking points preventing them from reaching a deal. Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) formally locked out their employees on Thursday morning after the union said workers at CN were prepared to strike. CN, in a statement, mentioned that the lockout came after the union representing its employees did not respond to “another offer.” “Without an agreement or binding arbitration, CN had no choice but to finalize a safe and orderly shutdown and proceed with a lockout,” CN said in the statement. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), representing more than 10,000 workers at the two railways, and CN and CPKC have each claimed the other side has refused to engage on sticking points. Mediators have been brought in to try and break the impasse. For more info, please go to Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: Like Global News on Facebook HERE: Follow Global News on X HERE: Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: #GlobalNews #railway #labourdispute #canada #cdnpoli