The union has put out some small tidbits that don’t speak highly of management and those section 19s. Most seem unfounded and acted as a scare tactic. On the flip side A recent CP town hall talked in depth about sick calls. It was clear they track everything. Days of the week where most call in, people who call in on only fridays or holidays, they had all kinds of metrics and went in depth.

I believe the truth is somewhere in between. Should we allow one person to call out every holiday and abuse the system and end up forcing reservists to work their holiday? No. Is that their right? Yes. Tough spot if you’re a CP but that’s the job.

As much as I dislike people abusing a system I believe the company went overboard and it was a pretty shallow move. It has accelerated the attrition problem that didn’t need any help accelerating. But the Union has done their job and nobody has been disciplined as far as I know.