# Rail workers, grain growers await CIRB decision on potential strike – Brandon Sun

> Teamsters Canada members await a CIRB decision on which rail services must continue during a potential strike at CN and CPKC. Members voted almost unanimously to authorize strike action again after the first vote lapsed under the 60-day validity rule.

- Date: 2024-07-09 · published 2024-07-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/29278-rail-workers-grain-growers-await-cirb-decision-on-potential-strike-brandon-sun
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md)

## Why it matters

The pending CIRB ruling determines whether grain deliveries at harvest will be protected, so the outcome sets the risk premium for Canadian grain export logistics.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2020-10-02 | [CN Rail Workers Strike \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50667-cn-rail-workers-strike-feed-and-grain.md) | +1.9% | +3.6% |
| WHEAT | 2024-04-18 | [Rail strike looms as CN, CPKC workers take action to a vote - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30759-rail-strike-looms-as-cn-cpkc-workers-take-action-to-a-vote-grainews.md) | +0.5% | +2.4% |
| WHEAT | 2019-11-19 | [Grain shippers worried as CN Rail workers strike  \| Globalnews.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56081-grain-shippers-worried-as-cn-rail-workers-strike-globalnews-ca.md) | +1.1% | -0.2% |
| WHEAT | 2024-03-25 | [Potential rail strike would cause historic disruption of Canadian supply chains: union](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31237-potential-rail-strike-would-cause-historic-disruption-of-canadian-supply-chains.md) | -0.6% | +1.9% |
| WHEAT | 2017-03-30 | [Argentine Port Workers Suspend Strike after Protester Run Over](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72010-argentine-port-workers-suspend-strike-after-protester-run-over.md) | +0.4% | +1.2% |

## Sources

- brandonsun.com: https://www.brandonsun.com/local/2024/07/09/rail-workers-grain-growers-await-cirb-decision-on-potential-strike

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