MONTREAL, Jan. 24, 2018 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE:
CNI) announced today that members of the Canadian National Railways
Police Association (CNRPA) have ratified a new collective agreement
with the company.
The six-year agreement, effective Jan. 1,
2018 through Dec. 31, 2023,
covers CN Police officers across Canada.
Stephen Covey, chief of police
and chief security officer at CN, said: "We are very pleased
to have reached this agreement. Our mutual dedication to reaching
an agreement demonstrates our ability to work together in the best
interests of CN and the CNRPA's membership."
Wayne Telcs, CNRPA national
secretary, said: "The new agreement, its strong ratification
and the process of negotiating it underscore the effectiveness of
the dialogue our association has with the company. That being said,
this would never have been possible without our members' ongoing
support."
CN is a true backbone of the economy whose team of approximately
24,000 railroaders transports more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide
range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to
manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network of
approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National
Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries –
serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince
Rupert, B.C., Montreal,
Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of
Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth,
Minn./Superior, Wis., and
Jackson, Miss., with connections
to all points in North America.
For more information about CN, visit the Company's website at
www.cn.ca.
SOURCE CN