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CN signs deal to ship BC coal to west coast ports
Vancouver, BC — Canadian National Railway announced it has signed a long-term rail agreement with Teck Resources to ship steelmaking coal from Teck’s four B.C. operations between Kamloops and Neptune Terminals, and other west coast ports. The agreement runs from…
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Death of Canadian Pacific engineer highlight’s union safety concerns
Port Coquitlam, BC — A union representing Canadian railway workers is renewing calls for safer work conditions after a locomotive engineer died Monday night in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says the Canadian Pacific Railway employee was 56…
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CN cuts profit guidance due to strike, layoffs still planned despite backlog
Montreal, QC — Canadian National Railway Co. cut its profit forecast Tuesday in the wake of an eight-day strike by 3,200 workers that brought the railway to a near halt. CN now predicts 2019 adjusted diluted earnings per share will…
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CN ramps up rail service as grain, propane industries demand priority
Montreal, QC — Canadian National Railway Co. says it is striving to address grain and propane backlogs as it ramps up service following an eight-day strike, but industry producers are demanding priority treatment that may not come. The country’s largest…
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CN has plans to return rail network ‘back to normal operations’
Montreal, QC — CN announced that it is implementing a recovery plan following the end of the eight-day long strike. “CN remains focused on growth and is already in recovery mode as our employees return to their normal shifts,” said…
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Five things to know about the CN Rail strike
Ottawa, ON — The week-long strike of about 3,200 workers at the Canadian National Railway Co. is set to end after the Teamsters Canada union reached a tentative agreement with the company. The work stoppage had prompted an outcry from…
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Rail strike over, but economic fallout still top of mind
Montreal, QC — An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday…
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Tenative deal reached between CN and Teamsters to end rail strike
Montreal, QC – CN and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference announced that a tentative agreement has been reached on behalf of 3,200 CN conductors and yard crews working on CN’s mainline and yards in Canada for a new collective agreement.…
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Union releases recording of tired CN conductor as strike enters second week
Montreal, QC — The union representing striking Canadian National Railway employees has released what it says is a recording between a supervisor and a conductor that demonstrates the dangerous working conditions at the company. About 3,200 CN conductors, trainpersons and…
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CN strike prompts potash mine shutdown, triggering 550 temporary layoffs
Canada’s largest potash mine will temporarily shut down and lay off 550 employees, the latest casualties of a strike at Canadian National Railway Co. that has disrupted industries from fertilizer to farming. Nutrien Ltd. notified workers Monday that its mine…
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CN meets US requirement for PTC on its tracks ahead of schedule
Chicago, IL — CN announced that it has successfully met the federal requirement to operate Positive Train Control (PTC) on all 35 of its U.S. subdivisions required to be equipped with PTC. It comes 13 months ahead of the December…
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CN strike triggers layoffs in Halifax as rail activity hits the brakes
Montreal, QC — The ongoing CN strike has cost scores of Halifax rail workers their jobs — at least for now — as the labour stoppage continues to impact shipping across the country, the union representing the employees said Saturday.…