40th anniversary of the Prairie Steel Gang tragedy

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During the afternoon of May 28, 1980, the Canadian Pacific, along with the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way, were shocked, shaken and silenced to discover a bus loaded with Engineering Services employees known as the “Prairie Steel Gang,” was involved in a horrific three-vehicle accident.
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Remembering Brother Val Neal

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We learned with regret and sadness that Brother Val Neal passed away from COVID-19 a few days ago.
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Local Union 855 will also donate $4,000 on behalf of the Teamsters Canada Foundation...

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Agropur stewards Adrian Payne and Jeff Chaytor, as well as Connie Fewer and Trish Knight, respectively vice-president and secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local Union 855, visited the Single Parents Association (SPAN) with their third donation of dairy products for 2020.
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A Major Victory for Injured Truck Drivers

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Teamsters Local Union 31 recently won an important victory for injured workers, especially truck drivers.

Some 170 Molson workers to lose their job

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The Teamsters Union has learned that 170 workers at the Molson plant on Notre-Dame Street and at the distribution centre on Dickson Street in Montreal will lose their jobs when operations are transferred to the new plant on the South Shore in the fall of 2021.

Fatal Accident at Greater Vancouver Terminal

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Sadly, we received the news yesterday that Brother Jasvinder Riar, while at work as a Yard Conductor in Thornton Yard in the Greater Vancouver Terminal, was fatally injured in the performance of his duties.

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