Canada’s government has urged rail companies and the union to work harder to avert a crippling stoppage.
Canada’s labour minister, Steven MacKinnon, is set to meet with the country’s two main railway companies and the Teamsters union in Montreal today and Calgary tomorrow in a bid to avert a crippling rail transport stoppage.
Recall that MacKinnon’s office said on Monday that it will urge the companies and union to fulfill their responsibility to Canadians, reach agreements at the bargaining table, and prevent a full work stoppage.
Unless labor agreements are reached, both Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City will shut all freight rail services in Canada at the same time early on Thursday for the first time in history.