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CN Rail makes new offer to striking locomotive engineers

(Reuters circulated the following on December 1, 2009.) OTTAWA/VANCOUVER — Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) (CNI.N) offered a potential olive branch on Tuesday to striking Canadian locomotive engineers, who are angry about a change in the amount of time they have to...

No quick political fix on cards for CN Rail strike

(Reuters circulated the following on November 30, 2009.) OTTAWA/VANCOUVER — Canada’s efforts to speed through legislation to halt a strike by Canadian National Railway’s (CNR.TO) locomotive engineers hit a political roadblock on Monday, preventing an...

Rail strike sparks recovery worries

(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on November 30, 2009.) TORONTO — A strike by Canadian National Railway Co. locomotive engineers threatens a nascent recovery in freight shipments. Canada’s largest railway, which is seen...

CN rejects striking engineers’ offer

(Bloomberg News circulated the following by Greg Quinn on November 29, 2009.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co., whose unionized locomotive engineers went on strike yesterday, rejected an offer for binding wage arbitration because it didn’t include a clear...

CN to implement its wage proposal for engineers

(Reuters circulated the following on November 23, 2009.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian National Railway Co. (CNR.TO) (CNI.N) will implement part of its contract proposals on its Canadian locomotive engineers, the carrier said on Monday. The announcement by Canada’s...

CN breaks off talks with Locomotive Engineers

(Teamsters Canada Rail Conference issued the following on November 23, 2009.) OTTAWA — Talks between Canadian National Railway (CN) and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) representing approximately 1700 locomotive engineers, to renew their Collective Agreement,...