Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members picket outside the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
OTTAWA – The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back to work after a bitter contract dispute shut down the country’s two major railways.
The decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board imposes binding arbitration on the parties following a work stoppage at Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City that halted freight shipments and snarled commutes across the country since Thursday morning.
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