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Railway strike vote dismays farmers  

Grain Growers of Canada calls on railways, workers to resolve their differences 

Grain Growers of Canada is sounding the alarm over a potential strike by workers at both of the country’s major railways.



Rail cars in Vancouver. (Photo courtesy/copyright Canadian National Railway)

Rail strike looms as CN, CPKC workers take action to a vote

Any labour disruption could be weeks away, but the grain sector is still wary

Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) are in the middle of a strike vote. The vote comes after three collective agreements, covering CN and CPKC engineers and conductors as well as rail traffic controllers at CPCK, expired December 31.