Canadian Pacific Railway halted its trains early Sunday morning during contract negotiations with its conductors and engineers, stalling global shipments of key goods
Ltd. trains were halted Sunday morning, stalling global shipments of key manufactured goods and commodities like fertilizers, after an impasse in contract negotiations between the company and its conductors and engineers.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents more than 3,000 conductors, engineers and yard workers at Canadian Pacific, issued a statement near midnight Sunday Eastern time stating that the railway initiated the lockout after the union failed to meet the company’s deadline for approving a new contract.
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