Trade
Canada Labor Board Orders Rail Employees Back to Work
- No ability to refuse the minister’s directions, CIRB says
- Workers’ union will appeal decision to the Federal Court
Rail workers and supporters during a strike in front of Canadian National Railway Co. headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, on Aug. 22.
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An independent tribunal in Canada has ordered workers at the country’s two largest railways to get back on the job and to engage in binding arbitration to resolve a dispute that has snarled North American supply chains.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board agreed on Saturday to Labor Minister Steven MacKinnon’s request for arbitration as well as an extension of the workers’ expired contracts and for the railways to resume operations “forthwith.”