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Teamsters pick up pickets

Brief May 23 job action causes no disruption at Castlegar industrial site
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Picketing CP Rail workers left the Zellstoff Celgar site at approximately 9 a.m.

Rail-related job action was underway Wednesday morning near the Zellstoff Celgar mill. The strike against CP Rail had begun at midnight the night before.Striking CP Rail employees did not cause any work disruptions at Zellstoff Celgar on Wednesday morning, said Dean Gaudry, manager of Human Resources.

"CPR was at our entry point this morning," he said. "They were here for approximately three hours. The mill's had no disruption in operations."The CPR crews, which are part of Teamsters Local 563, left just after 9 a.m."Some of our day workers respected the line and came back when it was done," said Gaudry. "The majority of our workers are at work. It's business as usual. We hope there are no further disruptions."