Canadian Pacific Rail Work Stoppage Could Hit US Agriculture

Canadian Pacific Rail Work Stoppage Could Hit US Agriculture
A Canadian Pacific Railway worker walks the picket line while on strike at the Cote Saint-Luc railyard in Montreal on Feb. 16, 2015. The Canadian Press via AP/Ryan Remiorz
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DETROIT—Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that brought trains to a halt across Canada and interrupted fertilizer and other shipments to and from the U.S.

More than 3,000 Canadian Pacific Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after both sides couldn’t reach a deal by a midnight deadline.