MONTREAL – Canadian National Railway Co. says 6,000 of its engineers and conductors will receive a wage hike of three per cent annually under a contract reached via binding arbitration.
CN says six days of mediation and a drawn-out arbitration process yielded a three-year contract for the employees retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024.
The country’s largest railway says it “remains disappointed that a negotiated agreement was not reached at the bargaining table,” but that it is pleased to be moving forward.
The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference says arbitrator William Kaplan determined that most issues could not be resolved and dismissed them, and says the ruling contains no “significant concessions” sought by CN.
The decision comes after a work stoppage at Canada’s two main railways last August that halted freight and commuter traffic across the country, a shutdown that ended after the federal government issued a binding arbitration directive.
Arbitration between Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. and some 3,300 workers continues.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2025.
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