Insights and Stories on Cn

CN reaches tentative labour deal with engineers

Feb. 14, 2015 at 9:42 pm CST

Canadian National Railway’s (CN) 1,800-odd locomotive engineers will remain on the job until April at least, after tentatively agreeing to a new three-year labour deal with the company. The agreement, reached Saturday, now goes to a ratification vote for the unionized engineers, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC). […]

Another union serves CP with strike notice

Feb. 12, 2015 at 12:48 pm CST

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CP conductors, engineers serve strike notice

Feb. 10, 2015 at 6:46 pm CST

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Strike vote passes for CP engineers, conductors

Feb. 9, 2015 at 7:59 pm CST

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Prairie shippers’ group expands grain car tracking

Feb. 3, 2015 at 6:59 pm CST

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Grain handle up as CN books record freight in 2014

Jan. 27, 2015 at 7:43 pm CST

Canadian National Railway (CN) reported increased revenue from a higher grain and fertilizer handle as part of its “record full-year freight volumes” for fiscal 2014. The railway on Tuesday released fourth-quarter and 12-month results, booking substantially higher revenues and profit in 2014 over 2013. Montreal-based CN reported $844 million in […]

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Grain shippers’ data show ongoing rail supply/demand gap

Jan. 26, 2015 at 4:29 pm CST

Numbers newly crunched by a clutch of Canadian grain shippers paint a picture of a gap that’s wide, and getting wider, between the numbers of rail cars they say they need and what they say they’re getting. The Ag Transport Coalition — which so far includes eight Canadian grain-handling and […]

By Dave Bedard

Work stoppage possible for CN engineers in mid-February

Jan. 22, 2015 at 7:37 pm CST

The union for engineers on Canadian National Railway’s (CN) trains warns a work stoppage could come as early as mid-February barring progress in talks with the company. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) said Thursday CN has “refused” to extend conciliation talks, now due to end Saturday, by another 60 […]

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CN, CP face fines for summer grain handle

Jan. 8, 2015 at 7:33 pm CST

Both of Canada’s big two railways have been slapped with fines for missing the federal government’s mark this summer on weekly Prairie grain handling. A Transport Canada spokesperson confirmed by email Thursday that Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railway (CN, CP) have been served notices of violation including administrative monetary penalties […]

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Talks fold on contracts for CN mechanics, clerical staff

Dec. 18, 2014 at 8:04 pm CST

About 4,800 unionized mechanics, clerical workers, excavator operators and truck drivers at Canadian National Railway (CN) will go into the new year without new contracts. Unifor, whose locals have five collective agreements with Montreal-based CN, announced Thursday it’s been “unable to reach a new tentative collective agreement” in negotiations with […]

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