MONTREAL, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR)
(NYSE: CNI) announced today that members of the Unifor shopcraft
group representing 2,100 company car mechanics, heavy-duty
equipment mechanics and electricians in Canada have ratified a four-year labour
agreement.
The shopcraft group's ratification follows earlier ratification
of 51-month term contracts by Unifor's clerical/intermodal, Savage
Alberta Railway, excavator-operator and CNTL owner-operator members
at CN.
Unifor represents 4,800 CN employees in four bargaining units at
CN.
Jim Vena, CN executive vice-president and chief operating
officer, said: "We are pleased that we have renewed the final
collective agreement with Unifor in the current round of
bargaining. This shopcraft agreement allows us to continue our
efforts to improve efficiency and customer service."
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting more than
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