The Canadian government stepped in Thursday afternoon ... and management demands that the union argues would hurt rail safety and the quality of life of its employees, a charge the railroads ...

The Canadian government ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration Thursday to resolve a labor dispute that forced trains to a halt across the country ...

All of Canada’s freight handled by rail — worth more than $1 billion Canadian (US $730 million) a day and adding up to more than 375 million tons of freight last year — stopped Thursday ...

“The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) is deeply disappointed by this shameful decision.” The railroad companies hailed ...

There had also been the halting of passenger rail operations that use freight railroad tracks and the threat that water treatment plants would run out of the chlorine needed for fresh drinking water.

All of Canada’s freight handled by rail — worth more than $1 billion Canadian (US$730 million) a day and adding up to more than 375 million tons of freight last year — stopped, as did rail ...

Donation Options Search Search Search A CPKC rail yard is seen Wednesday in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP Share TORONTO — The Canadian government has forced Canada’s two major freight ...

TORONTO — The Canadian government ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration Thursday to resolve a labor dispute that forced trains to a halt across the ...

Canadian National and CPKC railroads both locked out their employees after the deadline of 12:01 a.m. Eastern Thursday passed without new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference that ...