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CN worker dies after mishap at Oakville Ford plant

(The following story by Joana Draghici appeared on the Toronto Star website on January 11, 2010.) TORONTO — A 42-year-old Hamilton man is dead after being pinned between two rail cars at a Ford Motor Company plant in Oakville on Monday. Police said the accident...

CN to pay $25,000 for environmental testing after derailment

(The Associated Press circulated the following on January 2, 2010.) ROCKFORD, Ill. — Canadian National Railway has agreed to pay $25,000 for environmental testing of soil and water after a train carrying ethanol derailed in Rockford last summer. Canadian National will...

Canada orders CN to repay excess grain revenue

(Reuters circulated the following on December 31, 2009.) WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Canada ruled on Thursday that Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) earned too much money from hauling grain in the 2008-09 crop year and ordered it to pay more than C$700,000 ($667,000). The...

Alberta arbitrator to settle CN engineers’ dispute

(The following appeared on the Alberta Farmer website on December 22, 2009.) A vice-chairman of the Alberta Labour Relations Board has been tasked with settling a new contract between Canadian National Railway (CN) and 1,700 of its engineers. Edmonton lawyer Andy...

CN, TCRC seek arbitration after talks fail

(Reuters circulated the following on December 13, 2009.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) and the union representing 1,700 locomotive engineers will submit unresolved wage and benefits issues to binding arbitration after talks failed to yield a deal,...

CN Rail, TCRC continue talks beyond deadline

(Reuters circulated the following on December 10, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co (CNR.TO) and the locomotive engineers’ union said on Thursday they remain in talks with federal mediators and will negotiate beyond today’s self-imposed deadline...