CN Strikes

[farmaholic]

We live near a low traffic CN rail line with few terminals on it.

Most of the Terminals we sell to are situated on CP lines. So hopefully our grain will keep moving.

Too bad a Union can hold a Company and the Industries it serves hostage and basically demand ransom.
Ultimately the Company just passes the extra labour costs onto it's customers.

I wonder how some of those Union hacks would like their wages "down graded" or sitting in limbo waiting to get them knowing they will be smaller than they could have been. "Subsidy" anyone?????

[bucket]

This is the most I have seen the media talk about agriculture in a long time....

I seen provincial agriculture ministers actually saying something....they still are not too bright considering they had all summer to mention to the federal government the contract was up....and should have known the implications. ...

BTW it does impact CP trains at the west coast....so it will impact all rail....

[walterm]

This is the most I have seen the media talk about agriculture in a long time....

I seen provincial agriculture ministers actually saying something....they still are not too bright considering they had all summer to mention to the federal government the contract was up....and should have known the implications. ...

BTW it does impact CP trains at the west coast....so it will impact all rail....

Will CP be able to service elevators that are within certain distance on CN rails? Thought there was a provision for open running within so many miles.

[bucket]

Will CP be able to service elevators that are within certain distance on CN rails? Thought there was a provision for open running within so many miles.

Ask your conservative MP/WCWGA if they got that enacted into legislation....the conservatives couldn't fine the railways or the WCWGA would have lost some funding....so it may not have been put into law...

Doesn't matter ...once the CP train gets to the west coast and needs some CN line... the trains will back up....

[westernvicki]

Rail rates went up 8 to 9%, citing higher wages, & costs.

But more efficiency must be part of cost saving formula of longer trains.

We need the crews to run, we need their jobs to be safe, let's hope management gets on with settling.

CN reports slower shipping, well, the railway & the ports cannot afford to slow or shut down commodities in peak season to their bottom line.

Get this settled CN management.

[bucket]

And lower shareholder values or dividends for safety????....Westernvicki you have gone mad.....lol...


The whole industry needs a reset as to how it operates....The efficiency gains have went directly to CP and CN and the CTA rubber stamps increases without performance standards or monitoring the safety issues??????

[bucket]

Rail rates went up 8 to 9%, citing higher wages, & costs.

But more efficiency must be part of cost saving formula of longer trains.

We need the crews to run, we need their jobs to be safe, let's hope management gets on with settling.

CN reports slower shipping, well, the railway & the ports cannot afford to slow or shut down commodities in peak season to their bottom line.

Get this settled CN management.

They nationalized a pipeline ...maybe its time to nationalize a railway again....plenty of albertans would like a job ...

[WiltonRanch]

They nationalized a pipeline ...maybe its time to nationalize a railway again....plenty of albertans would like a job ...

As much as that sounds like a loony sask ndp crown Corp in the making, rail is as essential to the lifeblood of the west as is heat and power. More so than a telephone company or liquor store.

[bucket]

As much as that sounds like a loony sask ndp crown Corp in the making, rail is as essential to the lifeblood of the west as is heat and power. More so than a telephone company or liquor store.

If the government is required to settle contracts because either the union or management can't do their job...then really why not nationalize it and put the profits to the general revenue fund...

This is just stupid ...they are striking to improve safety and the company, government, or CTA does not want to fix it...somewhere the system is broken...

[WiltonRanch]

If the government is required to settle contracts because either the union or management can't do their job...then really why not nationalize it and put the profits to the general revenue fund...

This is just stupid ...they are striking to improve safety and the company, government, or CTA does not want to fix it...somewhere the system is broken...

Precisely. I can never understand management decisions of the railroads. They are constantly firing and hiring large sums. From the outside it looks like what the workers are striking about is conditions akin to the 19th century. It’s about why unions were started in the first place. Bad corporate decisions impacting the economy of a region.