# Freight stalls after strike at Canadian Pacific | Supply Chain Dive

> More than 3,000 CP conductors and engineers went on strike Tuesday night, halting commodity shipments including grain, coal and ethanol. The Teamsters rejected CP's offer by 98.1%, while a tentative three-year deal was reached with the electrical workers union.

- Date: 2018-05-30 · published 2018-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65034-freight-stalls-after-strike-at-canadian-pacific-supply-chain-dive
- Commodities: [Canola Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CANMEAL.md), [Ocean Grain Freight](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OCEANFRT.md)

## Why it matters

A standstill on a Class I railroad backs up grain and intermodal freight, delaying port transfers and raising logistics costs that feed through to feed grain and meal prices.

## Read by commodity

- CANMEAL: bullish ▲
- OCEANFRT: bullish ▲

## Sources

- supplychaindive.com: https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/freight-rail-strike-canadian-pacific-teamsters/524586/

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