MONTREAL, Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:
CNI) announced today that it has reached a tentative agreement with
the United Steelworkers (USW) union Local 2004 to renew the labour
contract for approximately 3,000 CN maintenance-of-way employees
represented by the USW in Canada.
The current CN-USW labour agreement is scheduled to expire on
Dec. 31, 2014.
Jim Vena, CN executive vice-president and chief operating
officer, said: "We are pleased to have reached a new four year
agreement with the Steelworkers before the current contract expires
at month's end. The discussions reflected a desire to address
issues of mutual concern and generated solutions for both
sides."
USW members inspect, maintain and repair CN's track, bridges and
structures in Canada.
The union is expected to announce ratification results before
the end of January 2015.
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately
C$250 billion worth of goods annually
for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource
products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail
network spanning Canada and
mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its
operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of
Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New
Orleans, and Mobile, Ala.,
and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information on CN, visit the company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN