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Canada rejects CN Rail's request for binding arbitration in labor dispute (www.reuters.com)
submitted 3 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has rejected a request by Canadian National Railway to initiate binding arbitration in a labor dispute with the Teamsters union, a spokesman for the minister said on Thursday.

In a letter to CN Rail's lawyers, MacKinnon said it was the shared responsibility of the company and the union to negotiate in good faith. The letter, sent on Wednesday, was released by the Teamsters.

Talks between CN Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City - the country's two largest rail companies - and the Teamsters are deadlocked, with each side blaming the other.

CN Rail said it was disappointed by MacKinnon's decision, saying he would have to reconsider if the union did not "get serious and engage meaningfully at the negotiating table".

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[–] jakob22@lemmy.world 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The “negotiating table” is CN giving what workers are asking for, that’s what unions are for. Binding arbitration is a slap in the face to Canadian workers

[–] a9249@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The problem is management isnt willing to negotiate. Everything here is done in bad faith and they plan to use politics to force their way. All workers want is a cost of living wage; while CNR wants to cut EVERYTHING significantly. All from a company posting record profits.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Time to nationalize it, you say?

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

CN was privatized in 1995 by the Chretien and Martin gov'ts (but was started by the Mulroney gov't in the mid 80's).