Railway Workers Authorize Strike Action Again

Railway workers at Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have once again overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), the union that represents the workers, announced Saturday that nearly 10,000 workers voted 98.6% in favour of a strike if a negotiated settlement cannot be reached.Workers at CN and CPKC had previously voted to authorize strike action on May 1, and workers would have been in a legal strike position on May 2