Engineer and conductor contract talks stall between CP, Teamsters

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Negotiations have stalled between the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and Canadian Pacific concerning a new agreement covering 3,800 locomotive engineers and conductors, TCRC officials announced late last week. The existing contract expires Dec. 31.

The TCRC filed a mediation request with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service due to the halt in talks.

"The negotiations have stalled because we think the employer isn't committed," said Doug Finnson, TCRC's chief negotiator, in a press release. "They want significant concessions, a dramatic increase in working hours out of each employee [and to] provide less rest hours, and within an industry plagued by fatigue already."

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Negotiations at VIA Rail: The Teamsters Union and the employer have requested a conciliator

OTTAWA, Dec. 19, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - The bargaining process between the 350 Locomotive Engineers at VIA Rail represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and the rail carrier, are at a point that both parties agree that third party assistance would be beneficial.

The Teamsters Union and the employer have, by mutual agreement, requested the intervention of a conciliator(s). It is expected that the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) will announce shortly the conciliator(s) that will be assigned to the case.

Teamsters Canada | Negotiations at VIA Rail: The Teamsters Union and the employer have requested a conciliator