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Train derails in Miss.

(The following article by Susan Lakes was posted on the Hattiesburg American website on March 22.) NEW AUGUSTA, Miss. — It could take weeks to determine why two locomotives and 26 rail cars jumped the tracks in Perry County and spilled their loads, officials...

UTU extends voting on CN contract deal

(Reuters circulated the following article by Allan Dowd on March 21.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The union representing 2,800 workers who struck Canadian National Railway Co. for more than two weeks in February has extended the vote on a proposed contract...

Canadian National faces complaint from grain shippers

(Bloomberg News circulated the following article by Eric Torbenson on March 8.) OTTAWA — Canadian National Railway Co. is discriminating against small grain shippers and choking off their access to railroads with new standards for minimum shipments, 11 terminals...

CN rebuked in safety audit

(The following article by Rod Mickleburgh was posted on the Globe and Mail website on March 3.) VANCOUVER — A pair of Transport Canada reports into safety practices at CN Rail detail widespread shortcomings and contain a strong message for the country’s largest...

CN Rail derailment disrupts Toronto area trains

(Reuters circulated the following article on March 1.) TORONTO — A freight train derailed on Canadian National Railway Co.’s main line just east of Toronto on Thursday, fouling commuter and passenger rail service just as a storm hit the region. Canadian National...

CN Rail strike ends with fragile truce

(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on February 25.) TORONTO — Striking CN Rail employees have started to return to their posts after their union reached a tentative one-year agreement with management on the weekend, but...

CN Rail deal eases government intervention threat

(Reuters circulated the following article by Allan Dowd on February 25.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Canadian government put its plans to force an end to the strike at Canadian National Railway Co. on hold on Sunday, after the railroad and the union...

Canadian rail workers end their strike

(Bloomberg News circulated the following article on February 26.) TORONTO — The Canadian National Railway’s striking employees returned to work yesterday, a day after their union reached a tentative settlement for a new labor contract. The 2,800 conductors and...

The bottom line: Did CN push too hard?

(The following article by Brent Jang was posted on the Globe and Mail website on February 23.) TORONTO — In his four years at the throttle, Hunter Harrison has revolutionized how CN Rail does business, driving productivity, boosting the stock price by 150 per...

End strike now, CN tells feds

(The London Free Press circulated the following article by Hank Daniszewski on February 23.) LONDON, Ontario — CN Rail is urging the federal government to push through back-to-work legislation today to end a 13-day-old strike, even though at least 500 workers...