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Canada-wide: CPKC signals and communications workers strike from 31 May 2026

The dates for this strike have changed since the original announcement.

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Major Rail transport

Update: this strike is over. CPKC and IBEW System Council No. 11 agreed on 21 August 2026 to settle the dispute through binding arbitration, and the roughly 300 signals and communications employees returned to work on Monday 24 August after twelve weeks. Rail operations are back to normal.

Across Canada, about 300 Signals & Communications employees at Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) represented by IBEW System Council No. 11 began an open-ended strike at 08:00 MDT on 31 May 2026. The walkout affects installation, testing and maintenance of rail signalling and communications across the CPKC network; the company says trains are operating under contingency plans while the dispute centres on wages, expenses and work–life balance.

This alert was originally created on 2 June 2026.

Public Impact

🚂 Train

Effective Dates

Updates

Sep 13, 2026
✅ Completed
Strike ended 24 August 2026 after CPKC and the IBEW agreed to binding arbitration
Sep 13, 2026
✎ Update
The strike by around 300 signals and communications workers at CPKC ended on 24 August 2026, when the employees returned to work after the company and the IBEW agreed on 21 August to settle the dispute through binding arbitration. The strike had lasted twelve weeks. Rail operations are back to normal.

Organizer

  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council No. 11

Affected Locations

  • Nationwide (Canada)

Sources

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