Global National: Aug. 23, 2024 | Railway labour dispute deepens with 72-hour strike notice

Canada’s national railway dispute has been tumultuous, with some workers returning to work in the morning — only for their union to give 72-hour-strike notice. The federal labour minister's call for binding arbitration Thursday hasn't eased tensions between the workers and their employers. Nor has it led to a solution to a stoppage that's left cargo and commuters across the country at a standstill. Heidi Petracek has more on a rollercoaster day in the rail dispute that has industry and Canadians anxious.

With the Democratic National Convention (DNC) wrapped up, Vice-President Kamala Harris has promised to be a “president for all Americans” and appealed to voters beyond her party. This is a strategy that she will likely keep focusing on, with just a few months left until the U.S. election. Jackson Proskow has more on what's next for Harris and her campaign.

Plus, New Brunswick is experiencing a whooping cough outbreak, with 2024 cases being four times higher than the five-year provincial average. With the new school year approaching just around the corner, health officials are urging people to get vaccinated. Anna Mandin has more.

In Ukraine, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with President Volodymr Zelenskyy in what is the first visit by an Indian leader to the country since it left the Soviet Union. Just last month, Zelenskyy criticized Modi for hugging Russian President Vladmir Putin in Moscow on the day Russia bombed a Ukrainian children's hospital. As Redmond Shannon reports, both Moscow and Kyiv are courting the support of emerging world powers like India.

As the CN and CP rail disputes cause uncertainty around Canada, the labour dispute is just the latest one to hit the country. Canada faced a similar challenge last year when B.C. port workers walked off the job. And nurses, teachers and pilots alike have taken to the picket lines. Nathaniel Dove looks at why.

And finally, a group of kids in Halifax got an experience most of us take for granted: they got to walk. Robotic technology allowed them to ditch their wheelchairs for a day -- and the opportunity was exhilarating. Emma Convey has more.

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[sadee]

It's a joke to call these rail lines "Canadian" at all, given that they're American owned. We should take back our rail companies.
The news is as usual failing to explain the terms of the dispute, i.e.: workday increase from 10hrs to 12hrs, no 24 period between shifts, forced relocation to far flung understaffed locations for weeks or months at a time.
Not a surprise that workers are angry.
Yet all we hear from the 'news' outlets is how badly this will affect the economy. Well then -- how about keeping reasonable work hours and giving the rail workers decent rest periods and properly staffing so you don't have to spread the workforce so thin? These are not unreasonable demands, which, if met, would avoid a rail disruption.
A properly staffed and well rested crew running the railways = public safety.

Have we learned nothing from the Lac Mégantic disaster?

C'mon Global -- stop telling one side at the expense of the other.

[AnwerHashimSamnani]

May Love Peace Prevail In The World....

[thhxkll]

Merci beaucoup pour l'histoire de Railway ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Millions of blessings,

Esther St Juste

[fuzzy]

What's driving labour unrest? the exorbitant increase in cost of living due to "greedflation" where companies were quick to raise their prices when their costs rose, but haven't adjusted them now that they are lower again.

[Coyotehello]

Nationalize the railways. Enough money given to CN & CP under threat, making the Canadian economy hostage of two private Co. Enough of giving $$ to private Co. who hold our country hostage.

[MysticalPersonK]

Rail is deemed an essential service, Similar to BC Ferry's, Please fix this. Boil Water advisory coming.

[Hardtruthsnocomfortablelies]

What's the man's race...because we know he's not German.

[NickyThomas-dixo]

They still get something. They need to not condemn Canada to more expensive Lovelies! I have a side hustle. I do just a couple of hours a day here and there, and it is not on the phone, thankfully because I have two kids under 4! 😅 And I absolutely love it because it's no selling, no inventory, no bugging family or friends, and no shipping! There's really nothing out there like it, and I'm happy to send you the info if you are interested! 🥳💖😀

[sunkiis]

❤THEIR IS ALWAYS HOPE FOR DISABLE PEOPLE 😢

[ronron]

My union, Unifor, through me under the bus, even though I had legal affidavits in my defense.

[winstonsmith]

Peace and Quite on the tracks for a couple of weeks

[JacobHerrman-shdz]

This rail strike is killing me. I been trying to catch a train. Get in motion on the rails of steel but alas no railing 😢

[infolover_]

What union of workers is protecting the interests of the Canadian people as well??!!

[calsavestheworld]

WHY would you not post these on your WEBSITE??

[melkeeler]

What's Kamala's record in the last 41 months.? Can people really be that dumb?

[GregMiller-pq]

Labor unrest from cost of living increase and workers having to do more. The income tax is to high on wages. We can't afford every program even the cost of healthcare. Healthcare is sucking each of us dry of spending money.

[SusieAdolph]

They. Are. Our. Providers. Back. Them. Up hard. Job. Ok

[justincase]

I must commend Global news for their closing story. Tbat 16 year old girl stated her thoughts feelings so eloquently and is such a beatiful person.
The invention can be a game changer for so many families. Watching your child take their 1st steps at 7 or 10 od 16, is definitely cause for a go fund me campaign.

[frankhalsey-yc]

God bless RFK Jr. ❤ We need more real leaders, not puppets like Biden and Harris. 🤢🤮

[MidKnight_Mysteries]

Would love to know then why the railways crossing was blocked as if a train was coming for 1.5 hours yesterday morning by the QE2 Hospital in grande prairie until local police dealt with it. Also why lastnight at midnight all of Grande prairie Alberta heard train horns blaring as they usually do if CN is locked out of working ?!?!