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- member Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the 3,000-member United Transportation Union.
The CCROU agreement, retroactive to Jan. 1 , “improves wages and benefits and includes productivity improvements,” the railway company said. Specific details weren’t provided.
Canadian National said it has renewed labor agreements with five bargaining groups representing 13,000 unionized employees in Canada . The 250-member Rail Canada Traffic Controllers, the last union with which the company is seeking a new collective agreement, is conducting a ratification vote on a tentative agreement, it said.