CP Rail Union on Strike

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The Teamsters said train crews face "dysfunctional working conditions" at CP."CP is either unwilling or unable to comply with the collective agreements that require train crews stop operating and obtain rest after 10 continuous hours of work," the Teamsters president, Douglas Finnson, said in a release.Creel said the union is making "unreasonable demands," without going into detail. He was speaking at BB&T Capital Markets' Transportation Services Conference in Coral Gables, Florida. (Editing by Chizu Nomiyama; and Peter Galloway)

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Canada labor minister says encouraging parties at CP Rail to bargainVANCOUVER, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Canada Labour Minister Kellie Leitch on Wednesday said she was encouraging the parties at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd to bargain but declined to speculate on what Ottawa might do if workers went out on strike.CP says its managers will be ready to take over if engineers and conductors in Canada walk off the job on Sunday.Asked whether Ottawa might legislate striking employees back to work, Leitch told reporters: "I don't speculate on what's about to happen ... what we're encouraging the parties to do is to sit down and talk to each other so they come to a deal."(Reporting by Julie Gordon, writing by David Ljunggren)

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That's right, why be proactive in these issues that affect the country as a whole?

The contract ended on Dec 31.

Sleeping on a train when you are running it isn't a good idea.

Hire more people and get the ratio back in line.