# WE’RE WORKING ON IT: Work schedules for weekend loading | GSU

> The Grain and General Services Union is working with Viterra members to clarify weekend rail loading schedules and whether staff are expected, on standby or optional. The union has raised questions with the company to resolve the uncertainty.

- Date: 2018-11-16 · published 2018-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/62066-we-re-working-on-it-work-schedules-for-weekend-loading-gsu
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

This is a labour scheduling dispute at a single grain handler with no clear effect on grain supply or prices. It would only matter if it escalated into a work stoppage.

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## Sources

- gsu.ca: https://gsu.ca/were-working-on-it-work-schedules-for-weekend-loading/

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