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BLET reaches agreement with BNSF Railway

(The following report appeared on the Lincoln Journal Star website on May 9.) LINCOLN, Neb. — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and BNSF Railway Co. have agreed in principle on a contract for BNSF engineers only that would supplement a national...

TCRC locomotive engineers OK pact with CN

(The following letter from Teamsters Canada Rail Conference President Gilles Hallé appeared on the TCRC website on July 1.) OTTAWA — Brothers and Sisters the memorandum of settlement signed with CN Rail on May 18, 2005 has been approved by a clear and overall...

BLET, CN ink labor deal

(Reuters circulated the following article on April 12.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canadian National Railway Co. and its unionized locomotive engineers on CN’s Illinois Central rail property have reached a tentative contract, officials said on Tuesday....

Railroads, BLE reach agreement

(The National Railway Labor Conference issued the following news release on October 9.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s major freight railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) reached agreement yesterday on a tentative collective...

CCROU ratifies deal with CN

MONTREAL — The Canadian Council of Railway Operating Unions, or CCROU, has ratified a new three-year collective agreement with Canadian National Railway Co ., according to a wire service. In a news release, Canadian National said the CCROU consists of the 1,900-...