As of 12:01 this morning, around 3,200 Canadian National Railway workers, including conductors and yard workers, are on strike.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference represents the workers, and gave a 72-hour strike notice last Friday. At issue are long hours, fatigue, and dangerous working conditions.
This dispute also comes in the wake of CN announcing an unspecified amount of job cuts as a weakened North American economy has slowed demand.
The workers have been without a contract since July 23rd of this year, and both sides are still at the bargaining table to try and work out a deal.
