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Calling the company’s comments “replete with fabrication and innuendo,” Teamsters Canada said Saturday that the railroad “is attempting to manufacture a crisis to force government intervention and avoid bargaining” with the union.
“If CP truly wants to avoid a strike, all they need to do is show up on time at the bargaining table, be prepared to negotiate with the Teamsters, and stop lobbying the government to save them from themselves,” Teamsters Canada Rail Conference president Doug Finnson said in the statement.
In February 2015, the last time Canadian Pacific experienced a strike, both sides agreed to go into mediated arbitration after a one-day walkout by Teamsters Canada members. That prompted the federal government to abandon plans to pursue back-to-work legislation.
Teamsters Canada also disputed CP chief executive Keith Creel’s assertion that “labour outreach” is his priority. Canadian Pacific is “rife” with labour and safety problems that include “systematically bullying workers, while pushing them to work well beyond their point of exhaustion,” the union said.
Jeremy Berry, a Canadian Pacific spokesman in Calgary, did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
Teamsters Canada has 108 outstanding demands — equivalent to more than $250 million over three years — to the company’s five, Canadian Pacific said in its statement. As for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, its 85 outstanding issues would represent about $27 million in costs over three years, according to the company.
2 Misel Zerak of Slovenia crashes during his first run of the men's Giant Slalom event at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.
3 Firefighters place the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican. The conclave date was set during a vote by the College of Cardinals, who have been meeting all week to discuss the church's problems and priorities, and the qualities the successor to Pope Benedict XVI must possess.
4 Artists dressed as the Hindu Lord Shiva read a message on a mobile phone as they prepare to participate in a religious procession ahead of the Mahashivratri festival in Jammu, Nepal. Hindu women across the country celebrate Mahashivratri, better known as Lord Shiva's wedding anniversary, so that their husbands will be blessed with long lives.
A third-round draft pick in 2003 who went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL, Nate Burleson knows the pressures of being a rookie in this league. The NFL.com and "Good Morning Football" analyst racked up 29 receptions for 455 receiving yards and two touchdowns in 16 games (including nine starts) during his rookie campaign with the Minnesota Vikings. This week, many members of the 2018 rookie class will be making their professional debuts, some of them while facing huge expectations. In this piece, Burleson discusses the blessings and potential curses of being an NFL starter as a rookie.
1) Learning from early mistakes and getting better from the start. I used to feel that rookies -- quarterbacks and, in some cases, players at other positions -- should sit or play sparingly and be allowed (or encouraged, rather) to learn behind veterans. That was until Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy came on NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" in early August, changing my mind during the course of one TV segment. "The best thing for the quarterback is to play," Dungy said. "That's how you get better. That's how you learn." As head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the 1998 season, Dungy watched first-year signal-caller Peyton Manning, whom he'd later go on to coach in Indy, throw more interceptions (28) than any rookie quarterback in league history. Manning took his lumps, learned from mistakes and, as we all know, went on to become one of the greatest to ever play. This can be a tough call to make, considering a quarterback could play a major role in the rise and fall of an organization. Thrusting rookies onto the field may not always be in the best interest of the team, depending on its current state. Then again, doing so has the potential to pay off exponentially in the long run.
2) Establishing value to your unit. We see it every year: A rookie comes in, surprises with his play and influences the organization to make big decisions about his position group. Take Tyreek Hill, for example. The Chiefs' 2016 fifth-rounder was one of the NFL's most explosive rookies that year, contributing 12 total touchdowns (six receiving, three rushing, two punt returns and one kickoff return). It was clear the following offseason that Kansas City intended to center the passing attack around Hill, given that the team released WR1 Jeremy Maclin. A rookie who performs well early on can play an enormous role in the financial decisions of the organization and the upcoming contract situations of other players.
3) Keeping your career on track/getting you started on the road to a second contract. The sooner you establish yourself as a legitimate player, the easier it is to earn another contract, even if you're not up for one for a few years. If you lock in some top-notch game tape in Year 1, it's also less likely that subsequent injuries or down years will have a major effect on your second contract. There will be at least one team interested if the player turns heads at all early on. Look at receiver Keenan Allen, for example. The Los Angeles Chargers wideout racked up 1,046 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns as a rookie in 2013. A great first year was followed by a down '14 campaign (783 receiving yards and four receiving TDs) and a highly productive '15 (725 receiving yards and four receiving TDs) before a lacerated kidney ended his season after eight games. But he still got paid in June 2016, signing a four-year, $45 million extension with the Chargers.
1) Playing before you've become fully acclimated to the speed of the game. NFL playbooks are much more complex than in college and unless you spend countless hours studying each day, it's likely that you won't know everything. It's easy to see which players around the league know the playbook like the backs of their hands -- guys like Tom Brady, Luke Kuechly and Larry Fitzgerald. These guys aren't actively thinking during a play; instead, they react, allowing them to play faster. It's like driving a car. When teenagers first get their licenses, they check all mirrors and look carefully before making any move, have their hands positioned at "10 and 2 o'clock" on the wheel and keep their distance from other drivers. As adults, drivers are still alert and check the necessities, but they don't have to consciously think about each step. It comes naturally. It's the same thing on the football field. When I was a rookie in Minnesota in 2003, it took me a couple of months to really grasp the playbook, and that was after studying every day. You have to put in the time to exercise your mind, because the physical attributes can only set you apart so much.
2) Dealing with the toll of training for a full calendar year. It seems like young players should feel physically better than veterans. Yet, it's almost the opposite (with some exceptions, of course). Rookies have trained nonstop since the start of their last season in college, going from the college regular season to bowl games and continuing on to the Senior Bowl, the NFL Scouting Combine, pro days and private workouts. Once drafted, the rooks head right to the team facility for rookie camps, minicamps and, finally, training camp. As a veteran, you take breaks where you can get them and understand how much your body can handle. It's important to stay in shape without beating your body up and that's something rookies don't understand right away. We see the 16-game regular season take a toll on young guys every season (this often manifests in a dip in production late in the year).
3) Becoming a millionaire overnight. High draft picks are often used to being in the limelight, given that they tend to come from high-profile situations in college. But what most aren't used to is having millions of dollars. This almost happens overnight and comes with a ton of attention. People come out of the woodwork asking for help, whether that means family members looking at you to provide, relatives or friends asking for financial assistance or businesspeople wanting you as a client. Some come to you with good intentions; others are snakes in the grass.
Your lifestyle can change quickly when you're able to afford the fancy car or the house in the hills, and players often buy luxurious things because they never had the money before. Spending lavishly can set players back financially and get them caught up with the wrong crowd. You can enjoy expensive things without forgetting what got you there in the first place. That said, most players are affected by the sheer amount of money they earn -- and careers have been cut short from off-the-field decision making -- but not everyone gets lost in the shuffle.
Follow Nate Burleson on Twitter @Nate13Burleson.
TOKYO -- Forced by circumstances of world diplomacy to make a trip he twice put off, Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin arrived in Japan yesterday, offered his regrets for standing up the Japanese earlier and promised "absolutely" to make an official visit as early as the fall.
When he comes in the fall, Mr. Yeltsin promised Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, he will discuss a 48-year-old territorial dispute that has prevented the conclusion of a peace treaty to put a formal end to World War II for Japan and Russia. The differences have forestalled massive Japanese aid and investment to Russia.
Mr. Miyazawa, who won't be in office by then, responded favorably. But Japanese officials refused to make any predictions for an easing of the frictions between the two nations.
Mr. Yeltsin, accompanied by some of his Cabinet ministers, came here to urge leaders of the Group of Seven industrialized nations to remove trade barriers that discriminate against Russian goods and services and to seek implementation of billions in aid already pledged for his reforms.
But within minutes of landing in his presidential Ilyushin-62 jetliner at busy Haneda airport, Mr. Yeltsin went to work to improve the single worst relationship he and Russia have with a leading economic power and neighbor.
In remarks at the airport, he declared that relations with Japan are one of his foreign policy priorities. He said he is confident that the two sides can "eliminate the obstacles of the past and achieve a peaceful normalization of our relations."
the effectiveness of massive international assistance to boost Mr. Yeltsin's democratic and market-oriented agenda.
The Japanese were enraged when Mr. Yeltsin abruptly canceled a state visit in September just four days before he was due to arrive; they were insulted again in May when he initiated, then dropped a planned visit.
The reason was the issue that dominates relations between the two countries: four islands off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido that troops of the Soviet Union occupied at the end of World War II.
Mr. Yeltsin last autumn blamed the cancellation of his trip on Japanese obstinacy in insisting that he recognize Tokyo's ultimate sovereignty over the islands.
Mr. Yeltsin's message yesterday was wholly different, as he tried to remind Japan's leadership and its citizens that his domestic opposition -- Communists and ultra-nationalists -- would seize on any concession he might make as a sellout of Russia's national interests.
"I regret that I could not, as had been earlier planned, come to Japan in September of last year," he said. "I'm grateful to the Japanese government and the people of Japan for understanding the conditions that did not then allow the visit.
"It will be carried out -- absolutely."
In April, he had astonished Japan by telling reporters that Mr. Miyazawa had "unequivocally dropped" Tokyo's longtime linkage of improvement in Russian-Japanese relations with a solution to the territorial dispute.
Not so, the Japanese said. Then in May, he announced that he was again "postponing" his first visit as Russia's president to Japan.
Mr. Miyazawa, who for decades has made little effort to hide his animosity toward the former Soviet Union and its treatment of about 600,000 Japanese prisoners-of-war -- about 10 percent died in POW camps -- told Mr. Yeltsin in the 35-minute meeting that his words at the airport were "a good message for the Japanese."
Pointing to the word "absolutely" in a copy of Mr. Yeltsin's airport statement, Mr. Miyazawa asked the Russian leader when he would be prepared to make the visit. Mr. Yeltsin replied, "September or October," according to both Russian and Japanese officials.
A Japanese official who briefed reporters said working-level talks would fix a date and determine the "contents" of the visit -- meaning what the two sides would do about resolving the territorial dispute.
The Russians, in their official statement describing the meeting with Mr. Miyazawa, mentioned no dates, or even the visit. There is a strong likelihood that the political struggle between Mr. Yeltsin and his foes in the anti-reform Congress of People's Deputies will again be in full swing this September or October.
Moreover, those are the same months that Mr. Yeltsin has suggested for holding elections for a new Russian legislature to replace the Congress.
After trying out the electric sports car, I was wowed by the technology implementation. But the company's ultimate success hinges on a couple of nontech questions.
So much has been written about Tesla Motors and its Roadster electric sports car that I fully expected a letdown.
Tell you the truth, if I were personally shelling out $109,000 for one of these babies, I might be pickier about leg room or noise levels or any of the other myriad questions that go through a potential car buyer's mind before signing on the line which is dotted.
But at the risk of gushing, I'm back to report that the Tesla Roadster is a pure adrenaline thrill.
The specs say that the vehicle accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.9 seconds. It sure felt that way. As I tentatively pushed the pedal toward the floor, the Roadster attained speeds that I've never attempted in my 1997 Civic, and I had the oddest sensation. It just did not feel as if the car was moving that fast. (OK, nobody's going to mistake me for Mario Andretti. But it's not as if I've never gunned a vehicle.) It felt like driving a big slot car. Had I not glanced at the speedometer, no way could I have known the vehicle was busting past 90 without a murmur of protest.
The only tip-off that something unusual was going on was the motor's high-pitched whine. Other than that, no vibrations, no buzzing, no shaking, rattling, or rolling.
As a technology story, Tesla stands in contrast to the dreary innovation record turned in by Detroit's automakers the last several years. Unlike the software business, where so many start-ups have been bootstrapped since the Internet bubble burst, when was the last time you heard of a new auto company emerging on the scene? The Roadster clocks in faster than a Porsche 911 and has a driving range of 244 miles on a single charge. But the company's fate likely will be decided by other factors.
Tesla's troubles have been well chronicled. The company was late getting to market, over budget, and recently let go of 20 percent of its staff. But that's old history. The more immediate question now is how much longer CEO Elon Musk will want to fight it out. So far he's had the stomach for the battle--even as the economy deteriorated from bad to worse. The calendar may be in his favor as Tesla is coming to market at an opportune transition time with the incoming Obama administration saying that it wants to foster alternative energy technologies. Now everyone is waiting to see the fine print.
The second point to consider is that Tesla faces a chicken-and-egg situation. While the Roadster remains a specialty item geared at luxury buyers, Tesla is not a volume assembly line operation that can easily force down supplier prices. So far, about 1,200 cars are on order. Before it can it hope to bring its own price tag down to more competitive levels, the company will need to generate more business. A lot more business.
That answer may well determine whether Musk goes down as the next Henry Ford or the second coming of Preston Tucker.
Throughout Russia a wide range of events have taken place to celebrate its newest holiday – National Unity Day. Nationalists threw a number of marches, while Moscow's youth engaged in dance activities and donating blood.
The main nationalist event – the 'Russian March' in Moscow gathered some 20,000 demonstrators, the organizers claim, though police say some 6,000 attended the event. The participants chanted their usual slogans “Russia is for Russians” and such and were carrying banners, Imperial flags and icons.
Most of the banners were of nationalist nature calling for migrants to return to their home countries. However, also gaining notice were some lesser held beliefs, such as calling to remove Lenin from his mausoleum resting place.
Whilst the Moscow march went peacefully, in Saint Petersburg police detained some 70 nationalists who tried to stage an unsanctioned rally in the city center.
Rather small nationalist marches took place in a number of cities throughout Russia including Saratov, Perm, Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary and Murmansk.
But not everyone sees National Unity Day as an opportunity to vent nationalist rhetoric. In the center of Moscow a festival called “Energy of unity” gathered youths interested in dance and extreme sports. The area was also equipped with mobile donor stations, where young people could donate blood.
Religious processions took place in several Russian cities to celebrate the day, with priests leading people carrying icons.
The National Unity Day was first marked in 2005. The holiday was established to celebrate the liberation of the country from Polish and Lithuanian invaders in the 17th century, when Russian people united under the leadership of Prince Dmitry Pozharsky and militia leader Kozma Minin.
The two are now regarded as national heroes and their monument is situated at the Red Square opposite St. Basil`s Cathedral.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument to commemorate the Day of Unity and 400 years since their historic deeds. The president was joined by the representatives of most numerous religions in Moscow: Patriarch Kirill, leader of the country's Orthodox Church, the head of the Armenian Orthodox Church, Ezras, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berl Lazar and Russia’s Supreme Mufti Talgat Tadzhuddin.
The Against Me! frontwoman proves that Cubs-hate can only ward off self-hate for so long.
"It doesn’t mean I’m quitting Against Me!," the singer-songwriter says of upcoming album 'Bought to Rot.' "I just need to do this thing"
The US Presidential race is in the final stretch. For months, the campaign has dominated the headlines. Media personalities diligently dissect every nuance of the two major candidates campaigns, and extract nuggets of information determined to help the American voter secure their choice.
Unfortunately, the differences between the candidates of the two political representatives of Wall Street, the banks and corporate America generally are barely meaningful to average citizens. They tend to agree on all the most important aspects of domestic and foreign policy, thereby trivializing what should be a dynamic policy discussion.
The Centre for Research on Globalization has devoted a lot of time and space to examining the election in a broader and more meaningful context. In this same spirit, the Global Research News Hour invests the entire hour examining the election race through the eyes of three regular contributors.
In Part 1, Rick Rozoff of Stop NATO International examines where the two establishment candidates diverge, and more often where they unite on important domestic and foreign policy priorities.
In Part 2, California State Sociology Professor Peter Phillips, president of the Media Freedom Foundation, elaborates on the stories the media are not making headlines, that should be making headlines.
And In Part 3, we have an overview of the campaign with researcher and journalist Julie Levesque, author of the article, Who Will Win the Elections? “The Republicrats” .
We discuss the consolidation of the candidates around the big two candidates, the prospect of the Romney Campaign using rigged voting machines to steal the vote and more.
The Global Research News Hour airs on CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg Thursdays at 10am CDT. The programme is broadcast weekly by CKUW News, 95.9 FM out of Winnipeg, MB, and on Canadian community radio networks. The weekly programme is available for download on the Global Research website.
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy bill passed the House of Representatives 219-212 on Friday. OpenSecrets notes that the legislators who voted against the bill received, on average, twice as much money from the energy sector than those who voted for it. Just another day on the Hill.
Has time run out for parking meters?
Complaint and discussion about Herkimer's parking meters have been taking place for a while.
HERKIMER – Maggie Crimmins and Joan Vogt of Little Falls attempted to put coins into a parking meter Wednesday before entering Weisser’s Jewelers at 240 N. Main St., but gave up when they realized the meter wasn’t working. PARKING METERS • Parking meters are operational in the village of Herkimer from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all days except Sundays and holidays.
• A nickel will buy 12 minutes; a dime 24 minutes; and a quarter for an hour.
• The village makes $40,000 to $50,000 per year from money collected in the meters, Mayor Mark Ainsworth said.
• Parking tickets stemming from the meters provided the village with another $31,660 in 2006 and $26,285 so far in 2007, said Mandy Viscomi, deputy clerk treasurer.
Complaints and discussions about the village’s parking meters have been going on for at least 40 years, Mayor Mark Ainsworth said, the meters are important to the village – bringing in $40,000 to $50,000 per year not counting the $5 fines people pay for tickets from parking too long.
Parking tickets brought the village $31,660 in 2006 and $26,285 so far in 2007, said Mandy Viscomi, deputy clerk treasurer.
Herkimer police Chief Joseph Malone didn’t return multiple calls about the parking meters.
The meters also keep business owners and residents from parking in the spots all day and making it so shoppers have nowhere to park at all, Ainsworth said.
“They’re not there to inhibit business,” he said.
If the meters were taken away, an alternative system such as chalking tires would be needed to keep cars from parking too long, and parking fines would need to be increased to make up for the lost revenue, he said.
He said it’s fair that visitors from outside Herkimer have to pay money to the village to shop and do county business because all the traffic puts strain on the village roads and emergency services.
The meters do help make sure cars don’t take up spots for too long, said Tom Adams, an employee of Freeman’s Drapery Shop, which is inside Johnson’s Carpets Plus at 216 N. Main St.
“I don’t really care for them, but I like them because it does generate money and it moves the traffic,” Adams said.
The extra money helps offset the number of tax-exempt properties the village has because it hosts the county’s facilities, he said.
Downtown Herkimer also has become a destination shopping area, where people expect to pay to park, he said.
If they’re coming downtown, they want to come to this specific store,” he said.
The drapery and carpet stores both offer to pay for customers’ tickets if they were busy in the store and received a ticket, he said.
Adams and others suggested making a large parking lot available with free parking.
Ainsworth said village officials have thought about it many times and are keeping their eyes open for an opportunity such as if the old Quackenbush building on North Main Street is cleaned up.
For some people such as Tamme Wheeler of Frankfort, paying for the meters has become habitual.
She doesn’t mind as long as the prices don’t increase, she said.
It’s understandable to have the meters because they bring in money, but something should be done to promote the businesses by having a free parking day during the week, said William Porter, Herkimer resident and an employee at NAPA Auto Parts at 120 N. Main St.
The possibility of receiving a ticket makes some people not want to stop and shop, Porter said.
“People are afraid to park,” he said.
Fred Weisser, a jeweler for Weisser’s Jewelers, said that customers hate the parking meters, but the meters are needed or else there wouldn’t be enough free parking spaces.
“You can’t get rid of them,” Weisser said. “They’re a necessary evil.
PRINCE George, son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will celebrate his birthday on July 22.
Prince George, Kate Middleton and Prince William’s first son, will celebrate his birthday this month.
Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis’ older brother will be turning a year older on July 22.