More than 3,000 members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union have gone on strike at Canadian Pacific Railway after contract talks failed to reach an agreement before the midnight deadline.
The union represents 3,300 locomotive engineers and other train workers. It was not clear early yesterday how rail service might be affected.
“I am incredibly disappointed,” Canadian Minister of Labour and Minister for the Status of Women Kellie Leitch said in a statement. She urged the union to end the strike immediately and return to the negotiating table.
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The minister called the strike “reckless disregard for Canadians and the Canadian economy” and said the government would review all available options including the introduction of legislation in Parliament.
A spokesman for the union suggested last week that any disruption of service would have a widespread effect on industries that rely on trains, and that railway managers would find it difficult to maintain service.
Canadian Pacific said last week that in the event of a strike it would “implement its extensive contingency plan by deploying qualified management employees to maintain a reduced freight service on its Canadian network.”
In 2012, the Canadian government passed legislation to force an end to a nine-day strike by about 4,800 members of the Teamsters union and Canadian Pacific Railway employees.
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