BLE Members On CN's Former IC Properties Ratify New Labor Agreement.Business Editors CLEVELAND & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002 Canadian National (CN)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI)(TSX:CNR) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) was a labor union founded in Marshall, Michigan on May 8, 1863, as The Brotherhood of the Footboard; a year later, its name was changed to The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. (BLE) announced today the ratification of a new labor agreement by the locomotive engineers working on CN's former Illinois Central (IC) properties. The agreement - modeled on one approved by BLE members on CN's Wisconsin Central Division earlier this year - applies to 415 locomotive engineers and eliminates prior work rules and agreements in exchange for guaranteed time off and job security for all BLE members now qualified as engineers. It will also see engineers paid an hourly wage. CN will gain significantly enhanced employee productivity from the agreement, while BLE members will obtain benefits including a better balance between work and home lives. The three-year agreement takes effect Aug. 1, 2002. CN's former IC properties include the Illinois Central Railroad Illinois Central Railroad (IC) former U.S. railroad founded in 1851 that merged with the Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) in 1999. After receiving its charter in 1851, the Illinois Central Railroad built its first line from Galena to Cairo, Ill. , running from Chicago to New Orleans, and the Chicago, Central & Pacific, which connects Chicago and Omaha, Neb., and Sioux City, Iowa <noinclude></noinclude> Sioux City (IPA: [su: 'sɪti]) is a city located in northwest Iowa in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 85,013. . Founded May 8, 1863, the BLE is the oldest labor union in North America, representing 59,000 professional locomotive engineers, conductors, trainmen, train dispatchers, and other rail workers in the U.S. and Canada. Canadian National Railway Company Canadian National Railway Company (NYSE: CNI, TSX: CNR) is a Canadian rail transportation company that operates the Canadian National Railway. It was created in December, 1918 as a Crown corporation of the Government of Canada to nationalize several bankrupt rail systems spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. |
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