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CP Rail strikes across Canada
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1182845--cp-rail-canada-labour-minister-raitt-poised-to-order-end-to-cp-rail-strikeOTTAWA—Labour Minister Lisa Raitt moved Wednesday to be in a position to pass back-to-work legislation if the strike continues at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.
Raitt said the government would like to see a negotiated end to the strike. “We believe that a deal at the table is the best deal that can happen,” Raitt told reporters after giving notice in Parliament that the Conservatives might table a bill ordering an end to the strike.
She warned that the Harper government will take action if it believes a prolonged strike is damaging the economy. If the work stoppage continues, it could cost $540 million a week in lost economic activity, Raitt estimated.
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More than 4,800 locomotive engineers, conductors and other CP Rail employees hit the picket lines on Wednesday after failing to reach a contract agreement, bringing freight operations on Canada’s second-biggest railroad to a halt.
Raitt said the government would like to see a negotiated end to the strike. “We believe that a deal at the table is the best deal that can happen,” Raitt told reporters after giving notice in Parliament that the Conservatives might table a bill ordering an end to the strike.
She warned that the Harper government will take action if it believes a prolonged strike is damaging the economy. If the work stoppage continues, it could cost $540 million a week in lost economic activity, Raitt estimated.
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More than 4,800 locomotive engineers, conductors and other CP Rail employees hit the picket lines on Wednesday after failing to reach a contract agreement, bringing freight operations on Canada’s second-biggest railroad to a halt.
Solidarity!
