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CN Rail employees get class action status |
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Tuesday, 17 August 2010 00:00 |
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Source: QMI Agency
An Ontario judge has granted a group of Canadian National Railway Co. employees class action status in a dispute for unpaid overtime.
Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell released his decision Wednesday.
Michael McCracken brought the class action forward on behalf of approximately 1,500 current and former CN first line supervisors.
McCracken alleges CN has misclassified first line supervisors as managers and they are entitled, like other employees, to receive overtime pay.
"On behalf of all my colleagues at CN, I am very happy that the court ruled that the case is permitted to go forward,” McCracken said.
McCracken is represented by Roy Elliott O'Connor LLP and Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP. Both firms are also counsel in overtime cases against CIBC and the Bank of Nova Scotia.
"This is a very significant decision, not only for the 1,500 members of the class, but for non-unionized employees across the country,” said Louis Sokolov of Sack Goldblatt Mitchell.
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Halifax picks up more port traffic |
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Friday, 23 July 2010 05:36 |
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CN boosts train service because of Montreal lockout
By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter
Fri, Jul 23 - 4:53 AM
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CN has bumped up freight train service to accommodate increased container traffic at the Port of Halifax due to a lockout at the Port of Montreal.
"We’ve sent an extra daily train to and from Halifax," CN spokesman Louis Paquin said in an interview from Montreal on Thursday.
"The lockout does have an impact and we continue to work with the terminals to accommodate their needs."
The Port of Halifax now has extra ships in the harbour as a result of the lockout of Port of Montreal longshoremen, port authority spokeswoman Michele Peveril said.
"Two came in today," she said. "That’s five since the beginning of the lockout."
The Maritime Employers Association locked out almost 900 Montreal longshoremen on Monday over what it claimed were pressure tactics tied to a labour dispute. The unionized dock workers have been without a contract since December 2008.
The lockout has virtually paralyzed Canada’s second-largest port and resulted in ships being diverted to other ports, including Halifax.
Longshoremen in Halifax have honoured their contract, which runs through 2011, and have unloaded all vessels, Peveril said.
But it took the threat of legal action on Tuesday, said Richard Moore, president and CEO of the Halifax Employers Association, which represents companies that employ workers at the port.
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Via Rail makes contingency strike plans |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 15:52 |
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Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:21pm EDT
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Via Rail Canada will run a skeleton schedule of train services across Canada if ticketing vendors and maintenance staff go on strike, the passenger rail company said on Monday, unveiling contingency plans ahead of a possible work stoppage next week.
On the eve of Canada's busy vacation season, Via Rail said in a statement that contract talks with 2,200 unionized employees had resumed and it was optimistic a deal could be reached ahead of Sunday's midnight deadline.
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