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Transfer of 123 Revelstoke railroaders to Kamloops has hit the tracks: union
An arbitrator ordered relocation benefits after CPKC moved the workers, while about 300 IBEW employees remained on strike over wages and work-life balance.
More than a hundred local railroaders are beginning to exit Revelstoke this week in a mass relocation by their company to Kamloops, the union says, in a bid to address housing and worker retention. As of Monday, June 29, 123 CPKC employees must formally move to the next railway hub about 200 kilometres west, according to Christopher Monette, public affairs director for the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). This union represents nearly hal…