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Union warns labour code changes demanded by industry would gut strike rights
Teamsters Canada warned that transport industry proposals could restrict workers’ ability to strike.
The union represents 16,000 railway employees and criticized calls from Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.
The two railways asked a Senate committee to allow binding arbitration before a work stoppage.
Teamsters Canada President Paul Boucher said governments should stay out of labour disputes and argued that the proposals would take away workers’ strike rights.