Calgary Alberta - Given lack of progress at the bargaining table, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) formally served 72 hours notice of intent to strike to Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).
 
The union hopes to reach a negotiated settlement that its members can ratify, and to move forward without a service disruption.
 
Talks with the company will resume in the morning of Wednesday, 18 Apr 2018.
 
In the event that parties are unable to reach a negotiated settlement, over 3,000 conductors and locomotive engineers will exercise their legal right to strike on Saturday, 21 Apr 2018 at 0:01 ET.
 
Bullying and Exhaustion
 
Systematically bullying workers, while pushing them to work well beyond their point of exhaustion, is part of the reason why workers at CP have been forced to risk strike action for the third time in six years.
 
Commuter train services in Montreal (RTM), Toronto (GO and UPX), and Vancouver (WCE) are operated by Bombardier Transportation, not Canadian Pacific.
 
Teamster members who operate trains in those locations are Bombardier employees and would not go on strike.
 
Christopher Monette.