SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO — CN Canadian National announced it has signed a tentative new four-year labour agreement with the Association of Railway Unions (ARU) at Algoma Central Railway (ACR) Inc., according to a company press release.
The agreement, covering 124 active unionized employees at Algoma Central, is subject to a ratification vote. If approved, it would be retroactive to Feb. 1, 2001, and provide for increased wages and benefits.
The ARU bargains on behalf of six railway unions at Algoma Central, which CN acquired on Oct. 9, 2001, as part of its purchase of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation.
Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.