TORONTO (AP) — Freight trains are expected to start rolling again soon in Canada after the government forced the country’s two major railroads into arbitration with their labor union Thursday, averting potentially dire economic consequences across the country and in the U.S.
Canadian National said it ended its lockout immediately Thursday evening in an effort to get its trains running quickly. CPKC railroad did not say exactly when its lockout would end. The company said in a statement that it will follow the direction of the Canada Industrial Relations Board, which is overseeing the arbitration.
The union representing 10,000 engineers, conductors and dispatchers responded angrily to the order, accusing the railroads
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