CN makes tentative deal with union to avoid strike
Montreal, Quebec-based Canadian National Railway Co. said last night it has successfully negotiated three tentative collective agreements with the Canadian Auto Workers union.
Details of the new three-year labor contracts, replacing ones expired Dec. 31, are being withheld pending ratification by about 5,000 Canadian Auto Workers members.
The tentative agreements, retroactive to Jan. 1, apply to CN’s shopcraft forces, clerical workers and intermodal yard employees.
A Canadian Auto Workers strike deadline yesterday had been extended to early this morning as bargaining talks continued over wages, pensions and other issues, Reuters reported.
CN said it is in active negotiations with six other Canadian unions whose contracts also expired at the end of last year. Those unions represent about 8,500 employees.
