A striking Teamsters union worker pickets outside Canadian National Railway's (CN) headquarters after being locked out by the company in Montreal, Quebec, Canada August 22, 2024.
REUTERS/Evan BuhlerWorkers at Canadian National Railway will begin returning to work on Friday, the Teamsters union said, hours after the Canadian government moved to end an unprecedented rail stoppage.
In a new statement during the early hours on Friday, the Teamsters union posted on X that it had taken down picket lines at CN.
The rail companies previously said they were forced into the lockouts to avoid strikes at short notice.
Paul Boucher, head of the Teamsters rail union, had accused CN and CPKC of being "willing to compromise rail safety and tear families apart to earn an extra buck".
Persons:
Evan Buhler, CPKC, Steven MacKinnon, MacKinnon, Jonathan Abecassis, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Paul Boucher, Jagmeet Singh
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, United States, Toronto, Vancouver