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[Veecee1]

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is stepping in to get trains moving again after an unprecedented lockout by the country's two largest rail companies.

He will use his powers under Section 107 of the Labour Code to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration.

[jjwilson]

I wouldn't be breaking out the champagne in the boardroom just yet. He will use his powers under Section 107 of the Labour Code to ask the Canada Industrial Relations Board to impose final, binding arbitration. What if the CIRB says no?  This could be the government's out;  "Well, we asked the CIRB to impose binding arbitration but they said no.  Nothing else we can

[Veecee1]

Break out the Champagne ,  bad timing for ALPA get ready for arbitration ..   The federal labour board has ordered thousands of rail employees back to work after a bitter contract dispute shut down the country's two major railways. The decision by the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) imposes binding arbitration on the parties following a work stoppage at Canadian

[jjwilson]

Break out the Champagne ,  bad timing for ALPA get ready for arbitration .. I believe the Supreme Court will eventually rule the CIRB was wrong.  It won't matter of course because it will take a few years to hear that. I said I didn't think the CIRB would do this and I would admit if I was wrong so, I do.  I was wrong about this.   What this will ultimately mean