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CN, IBEW settle labor dispute

(The following story by Tavia Grant appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 25.) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railroad, said it reached a tentative agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical...

CN, IBEW call in mediator as strike looms

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Reg Curren on March 24.) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co., the country’s biggest railroad, and the union representing electrical workers brought in federal mediators today in a bid to head off a...

Mediators named in CN dispute

(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on March 24.) MONTREAL — The federal government has named two mediators to help Canadian National Railway Co. and the union representing signal and communications employees reach a deal and avoid a strike...

IBEW members to strike CN Rail midnight Friday

(The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, System Council Number 11, issued the following news release on March 22.) MONTREAL — “CN signal and communications workers will stop working Friday midnight. The picket lines will go up. Another CN...

CN promises freight service despite possible strike

(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on March 15.) MONTREAL — Freight rail service on Canadian National lines will continue despite a possible strike by locomotive engineers and signals employees, the railway said Tuesday. The rail carrier said...

CN, TCRC postpone strike

(Bloomberg News circulated the following story by Rip Watson on March 15.) NEW YORK — Canadian National Railway Co., Canada’s biggest railroad, said it agreed with a union representing 1,750 locomotive engineers to postpone a possible work stoppage until May 15....