Metrolinx says it will keep customers updated ahead of next week, as developments unfold in a labour dispute at two of Canada's largest railways.
While the federal government has imposed binding arbitration to try to get Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National Railway trains back on track as soon as possible, even a short shutdown is hitting millions of Canadians hard. Heather Yourex-West looks at the consequences for workers, consumers, and commuters. Metrolinx says it will keep customers updated ahead of next week, as developments unfold in a labour dispute at two of Canada ’s largest railways.
On Thursday evening CN said it had ended its lockout and its trains began to move again Friday morning, even as the Teamsters union issued a 72-hour strike notice against the railway that same morning.A spokesperson for Metrolinx promised an update for the more than eight-thousand Go Transit riders on the Milton line and the Hamilton GO station that have been affected by the shutdown over the last two days.
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