(Source: Reuters, October 31, 2013)
TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co, the country’s largest rail operator, agreed to a new labour contract for some 3,300 conductors, trainmen, yardmen and traffic coordinators represented by Teamsters Canada, the railway said Thursday.
The tentative three-year deal, the details of which were withheld pending ratification, comes after a week of talks with government-appointed mediators. It averts the possible disruption of a cross-country network that ships goods ranging from lumber to crude oil.
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