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Canadian Rail Update - Universal Logistics Trade Alerts - January 29, 2025

Toronto, January 29, 2025

The following message was issued by the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) on Wednesday, January 29, 2025:

Canadian Rail Update

CN, IBEW Agree to Tentative Pact; CPKC Reaches Deals with Unifor, TCRC-MWED

Both CN and CPKC railways have announced new tentative four-year collective agreements, CN with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW), CPKC with Unifor.  CN’s tentative pact ended the possibility that IBEW members would go on strike.  The union had filed a 72-hour strike notice under which a work stoppage could have begun yesterday.  No details of either tentative agreement have been released, pending ratification.

Read more in an article from Progressive Railroading.

CPKC issued a customer advisory at 10:50 pm ET yesterday to indicate that it has also reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED), which represents approximately 2,300 engineering service employees across Canada.

For more information, please call David Lychek, Director – Ocean & Air Services at (905) 882-4880, ext. 1207.

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