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Federal government imposes binding arbitration, ending railway stoppage after less than 24 hours

The federal government has decided to impose binding arbitration between the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference, CN Rail, and CPKC.

The worker's union and the two companies had entered into a lockout at 12:01 a.m. this morning.

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference in the afternoon.

That came after the Canada Industrial Relations Board set August 22 as the date for strike action, following a decision that labeled the rail industry as non-essential.

The federal government rejected a call for binding arbitration earlier this month when CN Rail and CPKC requested that from the government.

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