There will be no disruption to passenger trains, pending ratification.
Posted: Jul 12, 2022 3:27 AM ET | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
A strike that threatened to suspend passenger rail services across Canada was averted early Tuesday after Unifor and Via Rail reached a tentative agreement, according to the union and rail operator. Unifor initially issued a 72-hour strike notice to the national rail carrier on Friday, indicating employees were prepared to walk off the job if a new contract could not be negotiated by 12:01 a.m. on Monday.The union extended that deadline to later Monday and both sides continued talking, pushing past two strike deadlines. The final deadline was set for 11.59 p.m. ET.
A strike would have seen maintenance workers, on-board service personnel, chefs, sales agents and customer service staff all hit the picket line and force Via to pause services across the country.
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