Canadian Pacific Railway Work Stoppage Threatens New Supply-Chain Snarl
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. trains were halted Sunday morning following an impasse in contract negotiations between the company and its conductors and engineers, stalling global shipments of key manufactured goods and commodities, including fertilizers used by farmers.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents more than 3,000 conductors, engineers and yard workers at Canadian Pacific, issued a statement near midnight Sunday Eastern time stating that the railway initiated the lockout after the union failed to meet the company’s deadline for approving a new contract.
