MONTREAL, March 20, 2017 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:
CNI) announced today it has negotiated a tentative agreement with
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System
Council 11 to renew the labour contract for approximately 700 CN
signals and communications employees in Canada.
Details of the tentative agreement are being withheld pending
ratification by the union's membership. CN expects to hear the
results of the IBEW's ratification vote in May.
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