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. Â CN’s tentative pact ended the possibility that IBEW members would go on strike. Â The union had filed a 72-hour strike notice under which a work stoppage could have begun yesterday. Â 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.
