Members of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) union at 22 Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) repair shops across Canada have voted to strike if a contract can’t be reached by Jan. 29.
CAW Local 101 members voted 85 per cent in favour of a strike, the union said in a release Friday afternoon. The union, which said it’s been in talks with the company since September, represents about 2,500 tradespeople in the railway’s shops.
“With (CPR) having years of record-breaking profits, we feel it’s time for (CPR) to come to the table and give members their just reward for their years of hard work,” said Local 101 president Tom Murphy in the union’s release.
CAW noted that CPR has “tabled significant concessions” so far, but said the two sides are “still far apart.”
Union members will work right up to the deadline and “are committed to coming to a settlement without a work stoppage,” the CAW said in its release.
