http://www.teamsters.ca The most up-to-date Teamsters Canada Rail Conference - Maintenance of Way Employees Division's news http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1516/christmas_message http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1512/you-re_the_heart_and_vital_essence_of_our_union Robert Bouvier, President of Teamsters Canada, extends his best wishes for the holidays… http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1510/railway_customers_demand_regulation_to_improve_service Brothers and Sisters,The following is an article concerning the dissatisfaction that customers have with Canada's two (2) largest railways. The federal Liberals agree.As I am not a customer of one of these railroads, I do not have a definitive opinion on this. However, if they treat their customers the way they treat their employees or if CP organizes this department the way they do the ones that I have to deal with, I can surely sympathize.The telling remark in this article for me, wasCliff Mackay's. Mr. Mackay is thePresident of the Railway Association of Canada (RAC), the lobby group for railways.When the railways need something done politically or regulatorily, they send in RAC.Mr. Mackay accuses the elected officials of the federal opposition party of this country, of lacking "intellectual curiosity".Personally, that sounds like a semi-polite way of calling them 'stupid'. What kind of arrogance would bring about a comment like that? And what does it say about how the railways feel concerning the men and women of this country who elect these MP's? Or about a companythat would hire the man making such a comment? Perhaps its this kind of arrogance that is causing the problems that the shippers (and the employees) are talking about.Stay safe, stay strong, stay united,Bill BrehlPresidentTCRCMWEDCN Rail says call by shippers and Liberals for regulation threatens innovationBy: Ross Marowits, The Canadian Press http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1509/cpr-safety_takes_a_back_seat_on_the_tpe Brothers and Sisters, http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1508/teamsters_care_at_local_lodge_205 http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1507/cp_signals_employee_seriously_injured-december_4_2010 Brothers and Sisters, http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1506/as_the_regular_work_season_winds_down_and_winter_arrives Brothers and Sisters, http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1505/teamsters_care Brothers and Sisters, http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1504/letter_to_fred_green_ceo_of_cp Brothers and Sisters, http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/1503/another_brother_lost Brothers and Sisters,