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Canada railway dispute: industry, workers await labour board decision

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The future of an unprecedented Canada railway stoppage hinged on a decision expected Saturday from a federal labour board amid an ongoing, bitter contract dispute between the country's two largest railway companies and the Teamsters union representing thousands of their workers.

The future of an unprecedented Canada railway stoppage hinged on a decision expected Saturday from a federal labour board amid an ongoing, bitter contract dispute between the country's two largest railway companies and the Teamsters union representing thousands of their workers.

A spokesman for the Canadian Industrial Relations Board said members were deliberating and set to issue a decision later Saturday. MacKinnon's directive said binding arbitration would produce a settlement to secure "industrial peace" and protect Canada's trade relationships and sectors hit hard by the shutdown.

 

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