Communist
25th July 2009, 20:32
from an email-->>
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> Teamsters Canada Rail Conference places VIA Rail on strike notice
>
> Yesterday, <http://www.viarail.com (http://www.viarail.com/)> VIA Rail Canada Inc. announced the
> <http://www.teamstersrail.ca (http://www.teamstersrail.ca/)> Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) issued
> a notice to launch a strike on Friday at noon (EDT) if the parties fail to
> negotiate a contract beforehand.
>
> TCRC represents 340 VIA Rail locomotive engineers, who have been working
> without a contract since Dec. 31, 2006. Union members are seeking improved
> wages and benefits, schedules that provide two consecutive days off, and
> increased training - concessions that mostly are "quality-of-life issues,"
> according to TCRC President Dan Shewchuk.
>
> A federal mediator has been appointed to assist the railroad and union
> during the negotiation process.
>
> "We remain hopeful that an agreement will be reached before the set
> deadline," VIA Rail officials said in a prepared statement. "Unfortunately,
> VIA has no choice but to begin to cancel certain departures of long-distance
> trains to ensure that passengers will not be stranded en route in the event
> of a strike."
>
> The affected train trips will remain cancelled until a settlement is
> reached, the railroad said. The Sudbury-White River and Victoria-Courtenay
> routes will remain in service because those trains are operated by third
> parties.
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert
>
> Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of
> labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is
> superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
>
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Yours for the One Big Union,
Fellow Worker Steve Ongerth, x344543
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>
> Teamsters Canada Rail Conference places VIA Rail on strike notice
>
> Yesterday, <http://www.viarail.com (http://www.viarail.com/)> VIA Rail Canada Inc. announced the
> <http://www.teamstersrail.ca (http://www.teamstersrail.ca/)> Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) issued
> a notice to launch a strike on Friday at noon (EDT) if the parties fail to
> negotiate a contract beforehand.
>
> TCRC represents 340 VIA Rail locomotive engineers, who have been working
> without a contract since Dec. 31, 2006. Union members are seeking improved
> wages and benefits, schedules that provide two consecutive days off, and
> increased training - concessions that mostly are "quality-of-life issues,"
> according to TCRC President Dan Shewchuk.
>
> A federal mediator has been appointed to assist the railroad and union
> during the negotiation process.
>
> "We remain hopeful that an agreement will be reached before the set
> deadline," VIA Rail officials said in a prepared statement. "Unfortunately,
> VIA has no choice but to begin to cancel certain departures of long-distance
> trains to ensure that passengers will not be stranded en route in the event
> of a strike."
>
> The affected train trips will remain cancelled until a settlement is
> reached, the railroad said. The Sudbury-White River and Victoria-Courtenay
> routes will remain in service because those trains are operated by third
> parties.
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert
>
> Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of
> labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is
> superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
>
> cid:1.308040180(AT)web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.com (http://mail01.mail.com/scripts/mail/compose.mail?compose=1&.ob=063d667bc968c261cc7bbf1e0c2c39f0556ad133&composeto=1.308040180%40web33507.mail.mud.yahoo.co m)
Yours for the One Big Union,
Fellow Worker Steve Ongerth, x344543