Canadian Pacific Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing striking engineers, meaning operations will be back to normal as early as Thursday.
The rail company said in a release on Wednesday that it had struck a four-year tentative agreement with conductors and locomotive engineers at CP, and a five-year agreement with conductors and locomotive engineers at the Kootenay Valley Railway, both of which have been on strike since Tuesday.
"Details of the agreement will be presented to the TCRC membership for ratification," CP Rail said, referring to the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents the more than 3,000 striking workers.
Though tentative, the deal means the strike is over — for now at least. Ratification votes "will take place over the coming months," Teamsters said, once members can be informed on the contents of the offer, but the picket lines will come down effective immediately.
The union says operations should be back to normal by 6 a.m. local time, in every time zone across the country.
Details of the agreement are being withheld pending ratification.
This is from the 30 May 2018 edition of CBC News.