CN Rail settles with Teamsters, trains roll again Wednesday

Canada’s largest railway and Teamsters Canada have reached a tentative deal to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that triggered layoffs, disrupted industries and halted bulk and container shipments. Normal operations at Canadian National Railway Co. will resume Wednesday at 6 a.m. local time across Canada, the union said.

ETFO work to rule

The Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has begun the work-to-rule campaign threatened earlier in the month. The contract issues as described by Sam Hammond of the ETFO are “more supports for students with special needs, addressing violence in schools and preserving full-day kindergarten”. Education Minister Lecce said Tuesday that the action “hurts children most.”

Constitutional right to be invisible in traffic?

A strange outcry has occurred among so-called pedestrian rights advocates. They object to seniors (or anyone else presumably) wearing reflective or more visible clothing at night as a matter of their constitutional right. If you wish to be bothered