Bourgault Tillage Tools acquires Iowa based Herschel Parts
Agricultural parts manufacturer Bourgault Tillage Tools (BTT) at St. Brieux, Saskatchewan has acquired Herschel Parts from Indianola, Iowa.
The 137-year-old company is known for manufacturing and distributing high-quality agricultural products out of its plant in Indianola, Iowa.
Herschel's Marketing Manager Mark Collins says working with BTT is really going to enhance their capabilities for innovation and new product development.
Leave test strips for hail damaged crop assessments
Farmers are looking for some decent weather now with harvest activities underway across the Prairies.
Over the last few weeks, some areas have seen severe storm activity and hail damage.
The Canadian Crop Hail Association says from July 29th to August 11th over 1600 claims of crop damage were reported in the prairies with more than 75 per cent of those claims coming from farms in Alberta.
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It could take months to recover from the rail stoppage
Work is underway to get Canada's rail system back up and operational.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board released its decision late Saturday, reinforcing the Labour Minister's order for binding arbitration and the extension of collective agreements until a new deal is signed.
A statement on the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference website says they will comply with the decision, but will also appeal the ruling to federal court.
CN started gearing up late last week, while CPKC workers were back on the job early this morning.
CIRB orders railways and the union back to work
Canada's rail companies and the union have been ordered back to work following a decision from the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB).
The decision supports Ottawa's call for binding arbitration between CN, CPKC and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), and extends the current collective agreement until a new deal is signed.
The CIRB held a case management hearing with all parties on Friday and released its decision late Saturday.
Prairie farmers are busy with the harvest despite disruption in Canada's rail service
Manitoba's weekly crop report shows 60% of the winter wheat and 72 per cent of the fall rye has been harvested along with 3 per cent of the spring wheat and oats,
Rail union gives CN 72-hour strike notice, continuing rail stoppage
The ongoing rail conflict between members of the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), CPKC, and CN Rail has had another development as the union is planning a strike.
This morning the TCRC issued a 72-hour strike notice which detailed that they would be withdrawing work for 6500 members from CN Rail beginning on Monday.
The union previously issued strike notices for CPKC, which will have workers remain off the job pending an order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Federal government imposes binding arbitration, ending railway stoppage after less than 24 hours
The federal government has decided to impose binding arbitration between the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference, CN Rail, and CPKC.
The worker's union and the two companies had entered into a lockout at 12:01 a.m. this morning.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference in the afternoon.
That came after the Canada Industrial Relations Board set August 22 as the date for strike action, following a decision that labeled the rail industry as non-essential.
Federal government imposes binding arbitration, ending railway stoppage after less than 24 hours
The federal government has decided to impose binding arbitration between the Teamster's Canada Rail Conference, CN Rail, and CPKC.
The worker's union and the two companies had entered into a lockout at 12:01 a.m. this morning.
Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference in the afternoon.
That came after the Canada Industrial Relations Board set August 22 as the date for strike action, following a decision that labeled the rail industry as non-essential.
Canada's rail system has ground to a halt
CN and CPKC took steps early Thursday morning to lockout over 9000 employees who are members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference after an agreement was not reached.
In a press release following the lockout, CN notes that they chose to lock out employees after the union did not respond to another offer by CN in a final attempt to avoid a labour disruption.
CN says over the last nine months they have negotiated in good faith
There is time, but time is running out - Farm groups call for binding arbitration as strike deadline nears
For weeks now, the agriculture sector has been calling for action to avoid a potential rail strike urging the Federal Government to take action to stop the strike.
On Wednesday, with just hours left before the strike deadline for over 9000 CN and CPKC workers they gathered once again to voice their concerns.
Terry Youzwa, a farmer from Nipawin and chair of Pulse Canada says we're staring down a rail stoppage of historic proportions.