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North America Supply Chains Imperiled by Canada Rail Strike Vote
- More than 9,000 CN Rail, CPKC employeers may walk off job
- Strike as early as May 22 would disrupt products, commuters
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Rail workers demanding more rest time moved closer to a strike that would disrupt supply chains from Halifax to Vancouver and down through the Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico.
A union representing more than 9,000 employees at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. said workers overwhelmingly voted in favor of job action to push the companies to include provisions to combat crew fatigue in their collective agreements.