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[ThePodunkian]

"This is more than a private dispute between CN Rail and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference. It has serious repercussions for the national economy at a time when Canada's recovery from the global recession is still fragile.” -- Federal Labour Minister Rona Ambrose, outlining her concerns about the weekend strike action at CN Rail and how it could have an effect on the economy.

The strike at CN Rail now in its third day, may very well be a short lived affair, that as the Federal Government introduces legislation to order the railway's engineers back to work and both parties in the dispute to binding arbitration...

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article http://atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html#1515783294913820933 )