# Grain shippers worried as CN Rail workers strike  | Globalnews.ca

> About 3,200 CN Rail workers walked off the job after failing to reach a deal by the midnight deadline, halting freight trains nationwide. Grain elevator operators and farmers worry about lost sales and contract penalties. CN serves about half of Western Canadian elevators and exclusive access to key West Coast terminals.

- Date: 2019-11-19 · published 2019-11-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56081-grain-shippers-worried-as-cn-rail-workers-strike-globalnews-ca
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md), [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

Every lost shipping day during peak harvest movement is hard to recover, so the stoppage risks delayed Canadian grain and oilseed exports. Export delays tend to support prices for Canadian commodities.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: 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 | 2019-12-20 | [Grain backlog still looms large as CN Rail returns to normal service after strike  \| Globalnews.ca](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55604-grain-backlog-still-looms-large-as-cn-rail-returns-to-normal-service-after.md) | +0.3% | +2.3% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- globalnews.ca: https://globalnews.ca/news/6188232/grain-shippers-cn-rail-workers-strike-teamsters/

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