Major points of contention in the strike are pensions, certain work rules and fatigue management.
Canada introduced legislation Monday to force striking Canadian Pacific Railway workers back to their jobs after talks stalled over the weekend, the country’s labor minister said Monday.
Locomotive engineers and conductors went on strike Wednesday, shutting down freight service along nearly 14,900 miles (24,000 kilometers) of track in Canada and the U.S.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has cited
potential economic damage in the past for preventing or ending strikes
at Air Canada and Canada Post.