No qualified workers around to do the job, employer says
THE UNITED STEELWORKERS union accused the Canadian National Railway Company of violating the rules in the collective agreement on contracting out. The union sought $2,000 in damages. In the summer of 2011, the company dispatched a "tie gang" to perform repairs on a section of track near Lillooet, B.C. While the gang included a machine operator tasked to work the tie crane, the group did not include anyone who was qualified to operate excavating equipment.
