#railstrike — Public Fediverse posts
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Not enough stress yesterday getting my phone stolen in Rome, so today we had to deal with a nationwide rail strike. Our original train from Rome to Pompei was cancelled, so we had to do some scrambling, but we've finally made it. #Italy #RailStrike #notalaska
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OK, I take it back, the CBC’s is still a poorly written article that unfairly makes it sound like the workers were on strike. Compare the first two paragraphs from the current CBC article versus the current BBC article on the issue.
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy586pwk2ko
"Employees at one of Canada's two largest railways will return to work on Friday, partially ending an unprecedented work stoppage after intervention by the federal government.
Canada moved on Thursday to end the brief stoppage, which saw Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) lock out some 9,300 workers after failing to clinch a deal with the Teamsters union.
The Canadian labour minister asked the federal industrial relations board to impose binding arbitration on the parties
CN said operations would resume on Friday. CPKC said it was preparing to restart operations but that timing was pending.”CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-rail-stoppage-resuming-service-cpkc-1.7302978
"The Teamsters union has served Canadian National Railway (CN) with a 72-hour strike notice, hours after saying it was taking down picket lines and its workers were returning to the job.
The strike notice was issued Friday morning just after 11 a.m.
The work stoppage at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) also continues pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB).
Following months of increasingly fraught contract talks, Canada's two biggest railways both locked out workers after failing to reach deals with the union by a Thursday deadline.”
#Teamsters #CNRail #CPKC #CanPoli #RailStrike #Labour #Solidarity #Unions
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A better article on the stoppage than CBC had before.
The previous made it sound like the workers had stopped the trains, when it was actually the two companies in tandem locking out the employees at the same time. That has never been done before.
Only now are the #Teamsters at #CNRail putting in their 72hr strike notice. The Teamsters at #CPKC already have done that but have not actually launched a strike.
#CanPoli #RailStrike #Labour #Solidarity #Unions
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cn-rail-stoppage-resuming-service-cpkc-1.7302978 -
On rail strike news -> This is the only group I've seen that mentions the issue and not just crying that the government should use law to force workers back.
The premiers, chambers and others demand force to solve their greed.
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The disruption of rail services across Canada and into the US is going to be a huge disruption in NA industry. My forecast has been that gov would let it progress past the strike/lockout deadline and a few days past, tops.
Expecting back-to-work legislation and binding arbitration before next week.
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#railstrike #strike #Teamsters #Canadarailstrike
MAJOR Canadian rail strike begins tonight. Same issues as the 2022 rail strike where Biden intervened against the union: brutal schedules that push sleep deprivation, seemingly random relocations, the works.A benefit of this is that tar sands "oil" by rail won't be able to move. Harmful effects (for which we need to blame the railroad bosses) include food shipments and water purification chemicals that may not move except possibly by truck.
Note that Canadian Pacific Kansas City declared a LOCKOUT starting tonight, and this declaration came prior to the strike notice! The lockout notice was issued Aug 9, the strike notice not until the past Sunday (August 11), and also that day Canadian National issued a lockout notice.
The strike notice means picket lines though, which other unions will not cross and any scabs should expect trouble crossing. Here in the US, the Teamsters-affiliated
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has instructed their members not to cross picket lines, and authorized them to refuse to operate any trains owned/run by the two offending Canadian railroads inside the US. -
Rail strikes restart as Aslef train drivers embark on new action | Rail strikes | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/06/rail-strikes-restart-as-aslef-train-drivers-embark-on-new-action -
A idyllic #daydream. You need to be able to afford the #railticket, have lots of time in case of delays, a back-up plan in case of cancellation and bus #routes where the #bus shows up on time. I love the idea but sadly this hasn't been my experience of #UK #PublicTransport, since about the #1970s. I look forward to when it is.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/30/you-can-walk-virtually-everywhere-in-england-by-using-the-train-the-man-connecting-rail-based-walks
#Support #RMT #RailStrike With proper #pay & conditions people wouldn't need to #strike. -
Why did Biden block the rail strike and then JOIN a UAW picket-line?
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What to do with the Democrats: They want to do it? Let's make them do it.
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Regrettably, I was unable to be in the hall to hear @RishiSunak's #CPC23 speech, because of the #railstrike I'll catch up on it in full later today. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1709545233984221521#m
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Some #trains are still running today. #RailStrike #broadsands #Devon
This railway isn't trying to close its #ticketoffices either. -
Aslef hails ScotRail pay deal as it urges UK Government to intervene
THE train drivers’ union has called on Westminster to match the example of Scotland and Wales and introduce pay deals it believes will end widespread strikes in England. -
For those of you who don’t know who Huw Merriman currently lying on tv about rail strikes is-he is the transport minister,who lost his laptop in a pub,made sexual advances to a colleague after a one night stand(of course he’s married with 3 kids)
Huw admits it’s cheaper to settle disputes than keep them going on #strikes #strike #rail #union #unions #Solidarity #toryscum #news #bbc #politics #ukpolitics #ASLEF #tory #tories #ToriesOut #markharper #transport #trains #trainstrike #RailStrike -
#gmb rich TV presenters slagging off striking rail workers, and pulling the Tory line of nurses only get X - utter scum our media. 4 years without a pay rise, but yeah poxy song contest eh
#strikes #strike #rail #union #unions #Solidarity #toryscum #news #bbc #politics #ukpolitics #ASLEF #tory #tories #ToriesOut #markharper #transport #trains #trainstrike #RailStrike -
Very sadly, I'm now unable to speak at this rally for #HongKong #FreeHKPoliticalPrisoners tomorrow, due to the #RailStrike. I have no way to get into London for the protest. But #HongKongers, my @hk_watch colleague @SamGoodman22 will be there, & of course I'm with you in spirit https://nitter.hongkongers.net/benedictrogers/status/1636667159064584192#m