Customer Advisory: Update 2 – Canadian Railways Resume Operations

August 23, 2024

Late Thursday, Canada’s Labor Minister, Steven MacKinnon, ordered the Canadian National Railway (CN), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) to resume operations. The Labor Minister also announced that the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) is directed to impose binding arbitration between the tier-one railways and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). The CIRB will also extend the terms of all parties’ current collective agreements until new deals have been signed. All parties are working to resume all network operations progressively and efficiently.

Early today, Friday, August 23, the TCRC served CN with a strike notice starting Monday, August 26, at 10:00 AM EDT.

For more information, please see the articles below:

• AP News: Canadian union issues 72-hour strike warning to freight railroad hours after it resumes service
• JOC.com: Canada’s Labour Minister orders end to rail work stoppage via binding arbitration
• Freightwaves.com: Canada’s labor minister puts an end to CN and CPKC work stoppage

APL Logistics is actively monitoring this situation as it continues to evolve. We will provide updates as needed. If you have any questions, please contact your APL Logistics representative.

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