Potential Canadian railroad strike could negatively impact U.S. supply chain

(AP) – A work stoppage at Canada’s major rail carriers could happen Thursday unless nearly 10,000 union workers get a new labor deal before then, negatively affecting supply chains with the United States.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference served a strike notice Sunday to Canadian Pacific Kansas City. In response, CPKC said it would lock out all union employees beginning Thursday.
Canadian National Railway followed suit Sunday, informing the union of its intent to lock out roughly 6,000 represented workers employed by railroad on Thursday unless the parties agreed on a new labor deal or the union agreed to binding arbitration.
North Dakota U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer recently spoke with Canadian Ambassador Kirsten Hillman to stress preventing a work stoppage.
The Canadian railways move more than 900,000 metric tons of goods daily.