Insights and Stories on Labour Strike

Strike possibility looms at Calgary Cargill plant

May. 31, 2024 at 4:25 pm CDT

Nearly 1,000 workers at Cargill’s beef processing plant in Guelph were on strike at the end of May, and there’s a possibility that workers at the Cargill Case Ready plant in Calgary could also hit the picket lines.

Eastern Canada’s largest beef processor on strike

May. 27, 2024 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Jonah Grignon

Canadian Border Services workers vote to strike

May. 24, 2024 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Glacier FarmMedia staff

Alberta premier Danielle Smith speaks at an event.

Alberta urges Trudeau to head off port and rail strikes

May. 13, 2024 at 3:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

Federal government moves to push back possible rail strike

May. 10, 2024 at 8:52 am CDT

By Reuters

Railway strike vote dismays farmers

May. 1, 2024 at 4:31 pm CDT

Grain Growers of Canada is sounding the alarm over a potential strike by workers at both of the country’s major railways.

By Karen Briere

Railway workers at CN, CPKC vote to strike, says union

May. 1, 2024 at 1:08 pm CDT

Thousands of railway workers in Canada at Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have voted overwhelmingly to strike as early as May 22, the union said today.

By David Ljunggren Reuters Rod Nickel

Rail strike looms as CN, CPKC workers take action to a vote

Apr. 18, 2024 at 4:46 pm CDT

Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are in the middle of a strike vote. The vote comes after three collective agreements, covering CN and CPKC engineers and conductors as well as rail traffic controllers at CPCK, expired December 31.

By Gord Gilmour