# CN Rail Workers Strike | Feed & Grain

> About 3,200 Canadian National (CN) conductors, train and yard workers walked off the job over working conditions and benefits. The strike hits a critical shipping period, when CN typically moves about half a million tonnes of grain a week.

- Date: 2020-10-02 · published 2020-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50667-cn-rail-workers-strike-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Stalled rail movement delays grain and oilseed exports from Western Canada, tightening nearby supply and pressuring Canadian basis while supporting prices for competing origins.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 2024-04-18 | [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 | 2022-03-20 | [Canada's CP Rail shuts down railroad, workers strike \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42314-canada-s-cp-rail-shuts-down-railroad-workers-strike-reuters.md) | +15.8% | +5.9% |
| WHEAT | 2024-07-09 | [Rail workers, grain growers await CIRB decision on potential strike – Brandon Sun](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29278-rail-workers-grain-growers-await-cirb-decision-on-potential-strike-brandon-sun.md) | -4.0% | -2.8% |
| WHEAT | 2025-09-23 | [GrainCorp workers strike at Newcastle port \| Newcastle Herald \| Newcastle, NSW](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22869-graincorp-workers-strike-at-newcastle-port-newcastle-herald-newcastle-nsw.md) | -0.2% | +1.8% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/transportation/news/15394273/cn-rail-workers-strike

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