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CN, CP facing labor trouble

(The following article by Chris Sorensen was posted on the Toronto Star website on April 3.) TORONTO — Labor strife threatens to roil both of the country’s major railways as Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s track maintenance workers move closer to a walkout and...

CN strike threat looms

(Reuters circulated the following article by Alan Dowd on March 29.) VANCOUVER — The labour walkout that disrupted Canada National Railway Co. and drew threats of government intervention could resume immediately if workers reject the proposed new contract,...

CN blames strike for profit warning

(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 30.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co. has kept earnings chugging ahead in recent years in the face of hurricanes, derailments, mudslides and high fuel prices, but a...

CN Rail optimistic but prepared on union vote

(Reuters circulated the following article by Allan Dowd on March 29.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian National Railway Co. is optimistic that train crews that walked out last month will approve a proposed contract, but is prepared if they reject it, an...

CN Rail sees first-quarter profit decline

(Reuters circulated the following article on March 29.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. said on Thursday it expects its first-quarter profit to decline 5 to 10 percent from year-earlier results because of bad weather and a strike. CN said it expects...

CN trains were there first: councillor

(The following story by Jennifer Stone appeared on the Durham Region website on March 26.) CLARINGTON, Ontario — Trains will keep whistling through Clarington, in spite of a new round of complaints from residents. The Wilmot Creek Homeowners’ Association sent a...

Small town evacuated after CN train-truck accident

(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 26.) GLENDORA, Miss. — About 200 residents were allowed to return home Monday after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted when a train carrying liquid propane hit a fuel truck in the small Tallahatchie...

CN Rail workers rethink accord, ex-union chief says

(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Rob Delaney on March 22.) OTTAWA — Workers at Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s largest railway, may not ratify a labor accord reached Feb. 24 because it won’t end “intimidation” against employees, a...

CN profit a boon for top brass

(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 23.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co.’s top five executives had multimillion-dollar pay packets last year, when the company posted a record $2.1-billion profit. Hunter...