07/27/2009 (3:57 pm)
Via Rail service to resume late tonight
MONTREAL – Via Rail Canada says it will resume full service across the country late tonight.
The company issued a statement early this morning announcing it had reached an agreement with the union representing its striking locomotive engineers to enter into binding arbitration.
Paul Cote, Via’s president and chief executive officer, says service will resume starting late tonight, with full service on most routes by Monday morning.
Layoffs of other unionized Via employees prompted by the engineer’s strike are also cancelled payday loans online.
The 343 engineers, members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, walked out Friday, paralyzing passenger train service across Canada.
Via also announced on Saturday that the strike was forcing it to lay off hundreds of other workers who maintain its trains and stations.
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