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Canadian Rail Strike Ends as Parties Agree to Arbitration [1]
['Ian Austen']
Date: 2015-02-17
OTTAWA — A strike by about 3,000 locomotive engineers and conductors at the Canadian Pacific Railway unexpectedly ended on Monday, its second day, as both sides agreed to arbitration. The announcement came about half an hour before a bill was to be introduced in Parliament ordering the members of the union, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, back to work.
Canadian Pacific said the “ramp-up process” to resume train service had begun. Though it could not say precisely how long that would take, a spokesman, Martin Cej, said “it will be fast.”
The agreement by the union and the company eliminated the possibility of disruptions, increased costs and even shutdowns for a variety of businesses throughout North America. Three commuter lines that carry about 19,000 people a day along Canadian Pacific tracks in Montreal were also closed by the walkout.
“While we would have preferred a negotiated settlement, this is the right thing to do at this time,” E. Hunter Harrison, the chief executive of Canadian Pacific, said in a statement.
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