CPKC Denies KCS Wrongdoing as Rail Union Polls Members on Strike
A CPKC union is conducting a strike poll of members, claiming the railroad took advantage of a service crisis to make workplace job changes on the troubled Kansas City Southern network.
The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) Local 457’s General Committee of Adjustment is polling members on a possible strike vote, General Chairman Samuel Habjan confirmed in a brief phone interview with FreightWaves late Saturday. The results of the poll are expected today. Habjan would not...
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