CPKC Signal Workers Strike as Railway Activates Contingency Plans

Canadian Pacific Kansas City says it has activated contingency measures to maintain operations across Canada after nearly 300 signalling and communications workers launched strike action over the weekend following unsuccessful contract negotiations. Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council No. 11 officially walked off the job at 8 a.m. MDT on May 31 after months of bargaining failed to produce an agreement. The workers maintain and repair railway signa