Insights and Stories on Strike

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices feeling some pressure

Jun. 8, 2018 at 8:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Prices for feed barley remain solid in Western Canada but demand could be lessening somewhat as the summer unfolds. “Buyers seem to have decent coverage going into later summer,” said Jared Seitz of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “So their pricing is starting to pull back.” Prices […]

CP conductors, engineers to get nine per cent raise over four years

Jun. 6, 2018 at 6:31 pm CDT

By Allison Lampert

Strikes called off as unions, CP reach tentative deals

May. 30, 2018 at 3:28 pm CDT

By Staff

CP employees to walk the line Tuesday night

May. 27, 2018 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Staff

CP employees reject company’s ‘final’ offers

May. 25, 2018 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Staff

Voting scheduled for CP employees on verge of strike

May. 2, 2018 at 3:51 am CDT

Engineers, conductors and signal maintainers who’d been poised to walk off the job at Canadian Pacific Railway almost two weeks ago will instead continue business as usual until at least May 26. The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) this week informed CP and two of its employees’ unions — the […]

By Staff

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grains continue strong rally

Apr. 26, 2018 at 8:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The rally on which southern Alberta feed grain prices have been riding since the start of the year continued this week. “Right now (we’re seeing) some of the best prices on barley for farmers that have been seen in Alberta for a while,” said Joshua Boyko of […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Strike action postponed at CP

Apr. 20, 2018 at 7:59 pm CDT

Conductors, engineers and signal maintainers at Canadian Pacific Railway won’t be walking off the job Saturday, but will instead vote soon on a contract offer their unions recommend they reject. Federal Labour Minister Patty Hajdu on Friday agreed to a request from CP to have the Canadian Industrial Relations Board […]

By Staff

CP talks said stagnating as strike deadline looms

Apr. 20, 2018 at 2:08 pm CDT

Montreal/Vancouver | Reuters –– Canada’s biggest rail union said no progress had been made in negotiations on Friday with Canadian Pacific Railway to reach a deal before a Saturday deadline as worries about a potential strike weighed on the country’s crude oil prices. If the two sides fail to reach […]

By Allison Lampert Julie Gordon

Two unions set to strike Saturday at CP

Apr. 18, 2018 at 12:53 pm CDT

Unions representing engineers, conductors and signal maintainers on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have served formal notice to strike starting Saturday. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents about 3,000 CP engineers and conductors, served strike notice late Tuesday, as did System Council No. 11 of the International Brotherhood of […]

By Staff

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