# CPR strike - going out to stick up! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358 "2022-03-19T20:39:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/1 "2022-03-19T20:39:29Z")
If the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020 taught me anything, it’s the need to stick up when there may be supply chain issues. Canadian Pacific Railways are heading for a strike / lockout, so off to the grocery store with an extensive list! [Potential CP Rail strike could further complicate Canadian supply chain issues](https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2022/3/16/1_5822144.amp.html) > **[Union issues strike notice to CP Rail as groups ask Ottawa to prevent work...](https://globalnews.ca/news/8691511/union-strike-notice-cp-rail-march/amp/)** > > Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said Thursday it has received strike notice from the union representing its engineers, conductors and other train employees. > **[Canadian Pacific Railway issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada |...](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6387936)** > > Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/2 "2022-03-19T20:44:16Z")
…and the award for least comprehensible thread title goes to… ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/3 "2022-03-19T20:45:45Z")
I suspect he meant “stock” up. I can fix if you want. We don’t usually advertise our thieving proclivities on the board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/4 "2022-03-19T20:46:49Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > and the award for least comprehensible thread title goes to… Naah - I already won that award years ago! > [@65th Anniversary of Will on Tractor Fender by Dying Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/65th-anniversary-of-will-on-tractor-fender-by-dying-farmer/672304): > > It’s a famous Saskatchewan wills case: a farmer, trapped under a tractor, scratched his will into the fender with a penknife: The will and the penknife were entered as evidence in court, which granted probate. The tractor fender will has apparently been cited many times in probate cases and texts around the world. The last witness to the events is now 80 years old; at 15, he helped to free the trapped farmer, who died a day later in hospital. The University of Saskatchewan is having a 65t… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/5 "2022-03-19T20:48:06Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I suspect he meant “stock” up. > > I can fix if you want. We don’t usually advertise our thieving proclivities on the board If you feel you must … I think it has a certain _je ne sais quoi_ as is. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/6 "2022-03-19T20:48:54Z")
LOL, I agree it does, so it’s entirely up to you. Though another mod may come along and fix without consultation. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/7 "2022-03-19T20:55:15Z")
I was more confused by using the same abbreviation as cardio- pulmonary resuscitation, myself. I was worried that paramedics were on strike. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/8 "2022-03-19T20:57:40Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I suspect he meant “stock” up. Both times? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/9 "2022-03-19T20:58:39Z")
You have a point, for sure. Hmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/10 "2022-03-19T21:16:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I was more confused by using the same abbreviation as cardio- pulmonary resuscitation, myself Yep, that’s the only CPR I had ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/11 "2022-03-19T21:42:16Z")
It would be disruptive if they strike, but it’s not as if there aren’t options. CN (Canadian National Railways) is nearly twice the size of CPR. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/12 "2022-03-19T23:58:09Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I suspect he meant “stock” up. Well, there’s also the “CPR” part. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Naah - I already won that award years ago! Oooh… that’s a good one for sure! 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/13 "2022-03-20T00:10:38Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It would be disruptive if they strike, but it’s not as if there aren’t options. CN (Canadian National Railways) is nearly twice the size of CPR. Not an option in the part of Saskatchewan where I live. CPR covers the south, CN covers the north. If CPR goes on strike, then would CN have the capacity to ship more stuff? And would there be sufficient truckers to get it from central Sask to southern Sask? Deep waters, Watson. I went out and stocked up. No stick-ups. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/14 "2022-03-20T00:20:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I suspect he meant “stock” up. > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Both times? > [@Aspenglow](#): > > You have a point, for sure. Hmmmm. I have fat fingers and a small phone. [Plus, would I really be so reckless as to post my criminal plans on a public message board? Of course not!] ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/15 "2022-03-20T00:23:34Z")
There are some who like to live in the Danger Zone. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/16 "2022-03-20T00:30:44Z")
As a train nerd (but non-Canadian), I’ll just note that I see Canadian Pacific commonly abbreviated as “CP,” not CPR. That said, I see in the railroad’s Wikipedia article that “CP” and “CPR” seem to be being used interchangeably (though CPR seems to appear more often in sections of the article about the railroad’s history). > **[Canadian Pacific Railway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP, CPAA, MILW, SOO), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001. > Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the railway owns approximately 20,... ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/17 "2022-03-20T07:21:05Z")
I was wondering if “stick up” had something to do with walking the strike line. I need coffee. And, even though CPR/CP/CN have nothing to do with my supply lines, I think I’ll go put toilet paper on the grocery list. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/18 "2022-03-21T01:56:27Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I went out and stocked up. No shit ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpr-strike-going-out-to-stick-up/961358/19 "2022-03-24T04:28:04Z")
Well, CPR and the workers went to binding arbitration and the trains are running again. > **[Workers back on the job at noon after CP Rail and union agree to final...](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6392945)** > > Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the union representing 3,000 conductors, engineers, and train and yard workers say they have agreed to final and binding arbitration to end a work stoppage.