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CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 17, 2015

Updated, March 18 — Unionized rail car and locomotive repair, maintenance and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) have approved the 11th-hour deal that kept them from being locked out last month. CN, in a release Tuesday, said members of its shopcraft group of about 2,100 employees, represented by Unifor Local 100R, have voted […] Read more

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Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 16, 2015

Four of five groups of Canadian National Railway (CN) employees have voted to ratify the new collective labour deals that kept them from being locked out last month. CN said Monday its unionized clerical/intermodal/fleet mechanic, CNTL and excavator-operator units, all represented by Unifor locals, have all voted in favour of agreements with 51-month terms. The […] Read more

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, shown here with Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) president Ray Orb in Saskatoon on Thursday, said Canada’s big two railways can’t be allowed to define “satisfactory” in terms of grain handling service. (PMO photo by Jill Thompson)

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Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

By GFM Network News March 12, 2015

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway have such huge market power that they cannot be allowed to dictate how Canada’s grain shipment backlog is cleared, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. Harper said in an appearance in Saskatchewan that the grain backlog was not nearly as bad as it was a […] Read more

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Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

By GFM Network News March 10, 2015

Vancouver | Reuters — Maher Terminals Holding Corp. said Tuesday it would boost container-handling capacity by more than half at the Port of Prince Rupert, under an expansion of its container terminal at the northern British Columbia port. The Fairview Container terminal will be expanded to more than 1.3 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) per […] Read more

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CN building bypass around derailed oil cars

By GFM Network News March 9, 2015

Reuters/Staff –– Canadian National Railway’s westbound and eastbound trains are taking wide detours around a derailed train on its main line in northern Ontario while the company builds a bypass for traffic near the crash site. The CN train carrying crude oil that derailed early Saturday near Gogama, Ont., about 100 km south of Timmins, […] Read more

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Sask. backs new northeastern shortline

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 4, 2015

A Canadian National Railway (CN) spur line in northeastern Saskatchewan, set to become the province’s 14th shortline this spring, has picked up provincial financing. The provincial government on Wednesday announced an interest-free loan worth about $550,000 for Kinistino-based Northern Lights Railroad to buy 59 km of track from Melfort west to Birch Hills on CN’s […] Read more

From left, CN chief operating officer Jim Vena, federal Labour Minister Kellie Leitch and Unifor president Jerry Dias, after CN and Unifor reached a tentative labour agreement late Monday. (CNW Group/Employment and Social Development Canada)

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Last-minute tentative deal averts lockout at CN

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 24, 2015

Canadian National Railway (CN) has pulled its lockout notice after reaching a tentative labour deal with its unionized mechanical and clerical staff. The company, which last week set a lockout deadline of 11 p.m. ET Monday for employees represented by Unifor, announced the agreement late Monday night. “We are very pleased that the company and […] Read more

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Industry braces for impact as CN lockout deadline nears

By GFM Network News February 23, 2015

Toronto | Reuters –– A looming lockout at Canada’s biggest railway threatens to delay imports from Asia and may compound a U.S. West Coast port logjam unless last-ditch contract talks succeed Monday. Canadian National Railway (CN) and Unifor, the union representing its 4,800 mechanical, clerical and trucking workers in Canada, resumed talks on Monday, hours […] Read more

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CN set to lock out 4,800 mechanical, clerical staff Monday

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 20, 2015

Canadian National Railway (CN) plans to lock out about 4,800 unionized employees across Canada starting Monday night (Feb. 23) unless their union agrees to arbitration for a new contract. Montreal-based CN’s move follows Thursday’s announcement by Unifor — the union representing CN’s mechanical, intermodal and clerical workers — that it will hold a strike vote […] Read more

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Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News February 19, 2015

Locomotive and rail car maintenance, repair and inspection staff at Canadian National Railway (CN) plan to take a strike vote early next week, their union said Thursday. Unifor, the largest union at CN with over 4,800 members, said Thursday it will hold the vote over a period of up to three weeks, and would set […] Read more

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Alberta Beef Producers announces withdrawal from Canadian Cattle Association

Chinese anti-dumping duties shut market to Canadian canola

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U.S. livestock: Cattle futures continue gains, hogs slide

Alberta Beef Producers announces withdrawal from Canadian Cattle Association

Chinese anti-dumping duties shut market to Canadian canola

Tag Archives CN

CN shopcraft staff ratify labour deal

Four Unifor locals ratify deals with CN

Railways can’t dictate terms on grain backlog, Harper says

Prince Rupert to boost container handling capacity

CN building bypass around derailed oil cars

Sask. backs new northeastern shortline

Last-minute tentative deal averts lockout at CN

Industry braces for impact as CN lockout deadline nears

CN set to lock out 4,800 mechanical, clerical staff Monday

Repair, inspection staff at CN prep for strike vote

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