News / CN rail strike frays shipper nerves – and the 'ripples' will spread, warning

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Canadian shippers are getting nervous about the strike at CN, the larger of the nation’s two Class I rail carriers.

Grain shippers, farmers and interest groups from the mining and oil & gas sectors have expressed alarm about the industrial action, which began early on Tuesday.

Warning of dire consequences, some are calling for intervention from the federal government.

Some 3,200 CN employees walked out on Tuesday morning; conductors, train personnel and yard workers joined picket lines and halted freight trains across the ...