CN says Teamsters-represented rail traffic controllers in Canada ratify new collective agreement

MONTREAL, Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - CN CNR 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