Canada rail workers stage huge strike over fatigue and safety concerns

[John Ashworth]

Canada rail workers stage huge strike over fatigue and safety concerns

Canada’s largest rail strike in more than a decade has paralyzed much of the nation’s freight traffic and prompted fears of a heating gas shortage as winter sets in.

Nearly 3,200 workers at Canadian National, the country’s largest rail operator, walked off the job on 19 November, to protest against chronic overwork and unsafe conditions...