CP strike will affect 3 Exo lines
The impending strike at CP is likely to affect Exo lines 11, 12 and 14 as of Thursday: the Vaudreuil/Hudson, St‑Jérôme and Candiac routes.
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Uatu 10:27 on 2024-08-20 Permalink
Candiac exo train commuters will be bussed to the rem. Hope nothing breaks down lol
Nicholas 15:15 on 2024-08-20 Permalink
Their comms are terrible. I messaged them early Monday on social media, as there’s nothing on their website or socials, asking if trains will be running. They responded, essentially, “Don’t worry, we have a plan.” Still nothing today, even though La Presse had some details yesterday (CP closed, CN open). Even just a “We don’t know yet” would be nice, but there’s no reason they should have talked to La Presse but aren’t flooding their info channels about a complete shutdown of their most popular rail lines.
Kate, it’s not completely clear if it’s a strike or lockout or both. The union said CP issued a 13-day lockout notice on Aug 9, and then the union issued a 3-day strike notice on Aug 19. They also said CN issued a 3-day lockout notice on Aug 19, without mentioning a strike notice. La Presse notes both are occurring, which I don’t fully understand how that’s possible. But it was clear that the railways were planning a lockout for weeks, as they were progressively shutting down the network for over a week; the railways claimed they had to because a strike might happen anytime (with three days’ notice) and they couldn’t leave things stranded in the middle of nowhere, and the union claims the railways want a lockout to make the government force binding arbitration. It’s definitely unclear, but as someone who’s had both parents locked out but the media said they were striking, I have a personal bugaboo about correct terminology. 🙂
Kate 19:02 on 2024-08-20 Permalink
Thank you for this, Nicholas. I will make myself more alert to media terminology around these matters. …although in my defence I observe that La Presse writes “la grève des transports ferroviaires” in the item I linked.
Nicholas 03:23 on 2024-08-21 Permalink
No worries, La Presse made the original error. And it is confusing, as neither the company or union is being clear.