We would like to provide an update on CN’s collective bargaining with the Teamsters Canadian Rail Conference (TCRC-CTY), which represents approximately 3,200 of CN employees working as train conductors and railyard coordinators in Canada.
For the last several months, CN has been working with the TCRC-CTY to negotiate a new collective agreement. Despite our efforts, the union leadership has rejected our offers and called a strike that is impacting our employees, our customers, and the Canadian economy. We have proposed to present our arguments to a neutral arbitrator to end this dispute, and we hope the union will be willing to do the same. Through binding arbitration, a neutral arbitrator would hear our positions and make a decision...
Negotiations continue with the help of the federally appointed mediators and we remain committed to working with the union and the mediators in order to reach an agreement that is fair to all parties. We have also taken reasonable steps to end the economic impact by offering binding arbitration with a neutral arbitrator chosen by the parties or appointed by the federal government. Additionally, we have offered to continue bargaining until April 1, 2020 to allow more time to come to an agreement. Unfortunately, the TCRC-CTY leadership rejected these offers...
This was excerpted from a 21 November 2019 CN news release.