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CN touts Safety Week in Memphis

(The following story by Eric Smith appeared on The Daily News website on April 25.) MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Trains rumble through Memphis every day, generating money for the local economy in the form of cargo loaded or unloaded in town. All that activity and all those goods...

CN vows push to prevent costly derailments

(The following story by Brent Jang appeared on the Globe and Mail website on April 25.) MONCTON — Canadian National Railway Co.’s managers have stepped up their commitment to safety, and workers have to follow suit to help prevent costly derailments, says CN chief...

Canada names arbitrator to settle CN Rail dispute

(Reuters circulated the following story on April 23.) OTTAWA — Ottawa named an arbitrator on Monday to impose a labor contract on Canadian National Railway and 2,800 recently striking employees, Labor Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn said in a statement. The arbitrator,...

Mother Nature, labor stoppage hits CN hard

(CanWest News Service circulated the following story by Robert Gibbens on April 24.) MONTREAL — Severe weather in the West in January, a two-week labour stoppage in February and avalanches and landslides in March hit Canadian National Railway Co.’s earnings in the...

CN service resumes as Ontario blockade ends

(Reuters circulated the following story on April 21.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. said on Saturday it had restored rail service on its Toronto-Montreal corridor after aboriginal protesters lifted their blockade of the line. CN, Canada’s largest railway,...

Ottawa to choose CN arbitrator by Monday

(Reuters circulated the following story on April 19.) OTTAWA — Canada’s government aims to appoint an arbitrator by Monday to impose a contract settlement in the labor dispute between Canadian National Railway and its train crews, Labor Minister...

CN staffers returning to work

(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on April 19.) OTTAWA — Locked-out employees at Canadian National Railway Co. began returning to work Thursday under the shadow of the government’s recently passed back-to-work legislation. The legislation...

As CN returns to normal, CP Rail girds for strike

(The following story by Allison Lampert appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on April 20.) MONTREAL — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. said it hopes the resumption of talks Wednesday night with its maintenance workers will avert a strike next week. Even as...

CN union says gov’t. sides with railroad

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Rob Delaney on April 19.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co.’s striking employees said Parliament’s approval of a bill to end the walkout supports an illegal union-breaking strategy by the country’s largest...