Late last week, the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ruled to allow federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon to end the strike in Canada’s rail sector and impose binding arbitration.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) Union has stated it will lawfully comply with the return to work order but it will also appeal the ruling in federal court.

Paul Boucher, President of TCRC has stated that the decision to order employees back to work shows that Corporate Canada is in charge and that the federal government is willing to break the rights of a union.

The decision could lead to the imposition of future contracts diminishing the bargaining powers of workers according to the TCRC. It stated that it plans to work with other labour groups in its legal challenge.

Boucher has travelled to Halifax where he plans to protest the decision at the Liberal Caucus Retreat which enters its second day today.

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