A conductor with Alstom Transport Canada Inc., the contractor that operates and maintains GO Transit’s rail fleet for Metrolinx, who was fired after refusing a post-incident drug and alcohol test …
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Canadian National Railway’s bid for more information about wildfire charges it faces in northern Alberta has been dismissed by the Alberta Court of Justice. The railway faces six charges connected …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Arbitrator strikes down CPKC cannabis ban and drug thresholds
An arbitrator has ruled that Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway’s 28-day cannabis ban, its lowered oral fluid drug testing thresholds and a rule requiring newly hired trainees to undergo two… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator reinstates CPKC locomotive engineer fired over derailment
A locomotive engineer dismissed by Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway after his train ran through a switch and derailed a tanker car in the Lethbridge, Alta., rail yard has been… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
Alstom workers entitled to overtime and holiday pay on top of tour-of-duty penalty rate
A railway arbitrator has ruled that workers at Alstom Transport Canada are entitled to overtime pay and statutory holiday pay on top of the enhanced compensation they receive when the …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeatured
CN must reopen Manitoba wheel shop, compensate laid-off workers: Arbitrator
Canadian National Railway must reopen its Transcona Wheel Shop, hire at least 20 new employees, and compensate workers laid off during a 10-month period following the closure of three Manitoba …
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Constructive DismissalSubscriber Content
PREMIUM Federal court dismisses CPKC’s bid to overturn constructive dismissal ruling
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway’s attempt to overturn a federal labour board ruling that found the company had constructively dismissed a worker it… …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsOccupational Health & SafetySubscriber Content
PREMIUM Positive urine test insufficient to prove cannabis impairment for railway worker: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has overturned a 30-day suspension and quashed mandatory drug testing imposed on a railway signal maintainer, ruling that a positive urinalysis for THC metabolites does not constitute proof… …
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CPKC worker’s disability discrimination complaint derailed by Federal Court
The Federal Court has dismissed a judicial review application after the Canadian Human Rights Commission refused to investigate a disability discrimination complaint that had already been addressed th… Free Membership …
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Federal Court of Appeal upholds personal leave pay calculation based on 20-day earnings average for CPKC worker
A Federal Court of Appeal ruling has upheld a decision requiring Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway to compensate a conductor for a paid personal leave day based on his average …


