Canadian Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon has rejected a request by Canadian National Railway to initiate binding arbitration in a labor dispute with the Teamsters union, a spokesman for the minister said on Thursday.

In a letter to CN Rail’s lawyers, MacKinnon said it was the shared responsibility of the company and the union to negotiate in good faith. The letter, sent on Wednesday, was released by the Teamsters.

Talks between CN Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City - the country’s two largest rail companies - and the Teamsters are deadlocked, with each side blaming the other.

CN Rail said it was disappointed by MacKinnon’s decision, saying he would have to reconsider if the union did not “get serious and engage meaningfully at the negotiating table”.

  • @[email protected]OP
    1•3 months ago

    So the user I’m replying to said they pay the most they can bear for goods and services.

    No they didn’t. They said we should be paying the most we can for labour. Not one thing was said about goods.

    • @ikiddEnglish
      -1•3 months ago

      We pay the most we can bear for goods and services.

      Apparently you stopped at the first period.