CN Rail and the Teamsters union reached a deal December 2nd to end a strike by locomotive engineers which began November 28th. Labor Minister Rona Ambrose said back-to-work legislation introduced by the federal government played a key role in ending the strike. (CN Rail is the country's largest railway, and the government cited worries about the economy to justify the back-to-work bill.)

Date: 2009-12-02
Placeline: OTTAWA, Ontario.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 21 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << is it back to Work legislation applied very real pressure on the party in particular we have dozens of emails and hundreds of letters from stakeholders across the country that were concerned about the economic impact of the strike >>

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