May 9, 2024 | CN, Contract Agreement, News
Nine Canadian National/Wisconsin Central (CN/WC) divisions that comprise the GCA voted unanimously April 24 that in favor of a new quality of life agreement that covers roughly 600 locomotive engineers. General Chairman Eric Hau said the goal was “to attract, retain,...
May 2, 2024 | CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, May 1, 2024) The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) today announced that close to 10,000 workers at CN and CPKC have voted to authorize strikes at both companies. Unless parties can reach an agreement, a work stoppage can...
May 1, 2024 | CN, GCA Elections, News, WC
Brother Eric A. Hau was reelected General Chairman at the Canadian National-Wisconsin Central General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting on April 16 in Appleton, Wisc. He was first elected General Chairman of the CN-WC GCA at its quadrennial meeting in...
April 9, 2024 | CN, News, Tentative Contract
In late March, the BLET reached a tentative agreement for 600 locomotive engineers at the Canadian National/Wisconsin Central Railway. The agreement, which requires ratification by the membership, provides significant quality of life improvements and comes after...
April 3, 2024 | CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Trains.com, April 2, 2024) The union representing Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City engineers and conductors in Canada has authorized a strike vote as labor and management remain far apart on new contracts. Leaders of the Teamsters Canada...
February 22, 2024 | Canada, CN, CPKC, Headlines, Teamsters Canada
(Source: Canadian Press, February 19, 2024) The union representing more than 9,000 workers at Canada’s two biggest railways says public safety is at stake as contract negotiations ground to a halt this month, with a potential strike on the horizon. Teamsters...
January 25, 2024 | CN, Headlines, Quarterly Income
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 23, 2024) CN yesterday reported financial and operating results for fourth-quarter 2023. The Class I posted Q4 revenue of C$4.5 billion, down 2%; net income of C$2.1 billion, up 50%; and C$3.29 diluted earnings per share...
January 12, 2024 | BNSF, CN, CPKC, CSX, Headlines, NS, UP
(Source: Trains.com, January 10, 2024) The theme may not be new, but the emphasis seems to be increasing. The idea that railroads need to work together — and that doing so can be beneficial to all parties, not just the railroads involved, but their customers as well —...
December 21, 2023 | CN, CSX, Headlines, NS, PSR, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Pro Publica, December 15, 2023) When questioned by federal officials or faced with an accident, the nation’s powerful freight railroad companies say they are among the safest employers in America and tout their injury records to prove it. But those statistics...
October 27, 2023 | CN, CPKC, Headlines, Ports
(Source: Trains.com, October 26, 2023) For more than a decade, British Columbia ports have won market share from U.S. West Coast ports for containers bound to Chicago and the Midwest — but that long-term trend has reversed in a matter of months due to the two-week...
