CN Rail, Unifor negotiators to resume talks Monday as lockout looms

Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 20:22

Canadian National Railway and Unifor are set to resume contract talks Monday in the face of a threat by the company to lock out nearly 5,000 employees.

Statements from both sides said there were high-level discussions on Sunday and the two sides have agreed to continue talking.

The railway said Friday it intends to lock out the 4,800 mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers represented by Unifor at 11 p.m. ET Monday unless the union agrees to binding arbitration to settle contract differences.

This has been excerpted from the 22 February 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cn-rail-unifor-negotiators-to-resume-talks-monday-as-lockout-looms-1.2966799