MONTREAL, Feb. 25,
2015 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced
today that members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Rail
Canada Traffic Controllers union have ratified a new labour
agreement. The four-year agreement covers approximately 180 rail
traffic controllers in Canada.
Jim Vena, CN executive vice-president and chief
operating officer, said: "We are delighted to see another union
ratify a new labour contract as we wrap up this current round of
bargaining in Canada. The
agreement was amicably negotiated by the company and union and will
deliver real wage and benefit improvements to our employees."
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