The order of events was the cumpany issued lockout notice for this past Sunday at 0001, a few hours before that the TCRC issued strike notice and at 0300 this morning both sides agreed to go to binding arbitration. Operations resumed this afternoon around lunch. There are trains and locomotives everywhere, it is a mess.
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Gentlemen, we all must realize that neither side has any monopoly on sons of bitches. C.D. Howe (in Washington to resolve a shipping dispute)