3,000 ON STRIKE AT CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AFTER TALKS FAIL
Source: AP
MONTREAL (AP) -- More than 3,000 Teamsters members have gone on strike at Canadian Pacific Railway after contract talks failed to reach an agreement before the midnight deadline.
The Teamsters Canada Rail conference union represents 3,300 locomotive engineers and other train workers. It was not clear early Sunday how rail service might be affected.
"I am incredibly disappointed," Labour and Status of Women Minister Kellie Leitch, who had been involved in the bargaining effort, said in a statement. She urged the union to end the strike immediately and return to the negotiating table.
The minister called the strike "reckless disregard for Canadians and the Canadian economy" and said the government will review all available options including the introduction of legislation in Parliament.
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