Major railways resume service as workers return

CN, CPKC grapple with backlog of goods

- CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS

Trains sit idle at the CPKC railyard in Calgary last week. The union calls the labour board's order back to work a win for big business.

MONTREAL Trains began to trundle along the tracks of Canada's two major railways on Monday after the federal labour board ended a four-day work stoppage that snarled supply chains and upended commutes.

Amid a bitter labour dispute, the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Saturday ordered Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. to resume operations and 9,300 workers to return to their posts at 12:01 a.m. ahead of binding arbitration set to begin this week.