Canada’s two major freight railroads have shut their operations, according to management of the two companies, locking out 9,000 members of the Teamsters union who operate the trains and dealing a potential blow to both the Canadian and US economies.
cn cp lockout workers, feared union will spring a strike with only 72-hour notice. locking out now will foce a resolution with planned
canada doesn’t have same laws that let biden revent strike in fall 2022 ; best we can do is force them to arbitration, which the union objects to.
