Rail union lawsuit challenges back-to-work orders
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members walk a picket line at the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)
The union that represents workers at both of Canada's largest freight railroads has filed the lawsuits it promised challenging the orders that forced employees back to work and got the trains moving again, the union announced Friday.
The lawsuits were filed Thursday afternoon, the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference said. But they won't stop the trains because the government had ordered the union to stay on the job while the arbitration process plays out.
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