Day: 22 August 2024

Unprecedented Canadian rail strike: economic damage and inconveniences. “The government must intervene”

TORONTO – Today, the two largest Canadian railways stopped, thus confirming the strike called 72 hours earlier by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference to demand better conditions for their members: over 9 thousand workers across the country. And the strike – still ongoing as we write – has already caused inconvenience and economic damage which risks assuming worrying proportions if the strike – which is unprecedented in Canadian history – does not stop.