MEDIA ROOM

Air Canada and ALPA announce a tentative four-year agreement.The airline reached a tentative agreement with its 5200 pilots late last evening, (September 14) averting a work stoppage. [...]

Media focus remains on passenger service, but air cargo will also be impacted by a strike. Air Canada reports that the mandatory 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout could be issued [...]

Our colleagues at the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) have been providing updates on the labour dispute between the United States Maritime Alliance Ltd. (USMX), repres [...]

John Corey Media Interview – August 7, 2024 John’s nine-minute interview with Calgary radio station CHED can be accessed below: [...]

On Tuesday, July 30, during the media session on the CPKC Q2 financial update, CPKC CEO, Keith Creel, was questioned about the labour situation as the August 9 CIRB "essential services [...]

On Friday July 12, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) informed both CN and CPKC that they would be issuing their decision on Friday August 9, in response to the Labour Minist [...]

As previously reported, the BC Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) had agreements expiring on March 31, 2023, with the west coast longshore workers and also with the Ship & Dock [...]

Gary Fast, formerly Vice-President, Transportation at Canadian Tire was the FMA Supply Chain Executive of the Year for 2023. On June 20, FMA President, John Corey, visited the Canadian [...]

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is the agency responsible for border control at Ports of Entry, such as land crossings, air and marine terminals. The Public Service Alliance C [...]

Join your logistics & transportation industry peers for Canada’s Logistics Conference 2024 – June 5-7 in Halifax, Nova Scotia - the networking and learning event of the year! Canad [...]

On May 3rd, the Hon. Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour, made a public statement on the railway labour disputes. The video of the Minster's statement can be accessed at the following l [...]

CN and the United Steelworkers Union announced today that they have reached a tentative agreement covering approximately 3000 employees who inspect, maintain and repair the railway's t [...]

The Maritime Employers Association (MEA) reported on February 26 that they had successfully negotiated a new six-year agreement with 140 checkers at the Port of Montreal, represented b [...]

The FMA is pleased to announce that Gary Fast, formerly Vice-President, Transportation at Canadian Tire, has been named the Supply Chain Executive-of-the-Year for 2023 by the FMA Board [...]

Dear FMA members,Together with my colleagues at the Freight Management Association (FMA), I wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!Looking back at the past year, it is [...]

Parliament should rewrite the Canada Labour Code to classify port workers as essential, freight shippers yesterday told the Commons trade committee. The designation would prohibit long [...]

The St. Lawrence Seaway System is announcing the closing dates for the 2023 navigation season:The Montreal- Lake Ontario Section closing date will be January 5, 2024 The Welland Canal [...]

Yesterday, November 9, the Hon. Seamus O'Regan, Minister of Labour, introduced Bill C-58, that would ban, or limit, the use of replacement workers during a strike or lockout. This woul [...]

Both SLSMC and Unifor have announced that, despite negotiations continuing to the deadline, no agreement on wages as been reached and the strike commenced at 0001 hours this morning. A [...]

Maritime MagazineBrent FrederickWeak global economies and geopolitical instability. Pressure on household budgets, translating into softened consumer spending. Well-stocked warehouses [...]

The Montréal longshoremen’s and checker’s current collective agreements expire on December 31st.Information on the Port of Montreal Longshore Workers agreement was included in the FMA [...]

As previously reported, the government has, through the passage of Bill C-47, temporarily extended the distance of regulated railway interswitching from the current 30 km limit (the di [...]

Transport Canada (TC) is commencing its Rail Review in response to the National Supply Chain Task Force recommendations of October 2022. Tamara Rudge, Director General, Surface Transpo [...]

On August 5, following the settlement of the west coast labour dispute between the BCMEA and the longshore workers, represented by the ILWU, the Ministers of Labour and Transport issue [...]

Tentative Settlement AnnouncedThis afternoon, the Ministers of Labour and Transportation announced that management had labour had accepted the "Terms of Settlement" proposed by the Lab [...]