BLET Members On CN's Former GTW Territory Ratify New Labor Agreement.Business Editors CHICAGO & CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 2004 CN (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI (1) (Certified NetWare Instructor) See Novell certification. (2) (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, DC, www.cni.org) A partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE and EDUCOM, founded in 1990. )(TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :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. and Trainmen (BLET) announced today the ratification of a new labor agreement by BLET members on the railroad's former Grand Trunk Western (GTW) territory in the United States. In contrast with traditional mileage- and rule-based wage systems dating back to the steam locomotive era, this agreement, effective Feb. 9, 2004, provides hourly wages, job guarantees and more flexible work rules for 250 current BLET members on the GTW through Aug. 31, 2005. E. Hunter Harrison E. Hunter Harrison (born 1944) is a Tennessee-born railroader who currently is the president and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian National Railway (CN). Life Born in Tennessee, he began as a carman-oiler at the Frisco Railroad in Memphis, Tennessee in 1964, , president and chief executive officer of CN, said: "Our innovative, hourly-rated labor contracts for train and engine employees will make CN a more efficient, customer-focused railroad, while providing employees increased pay, job security and a better balance between work and home lives. "To date, CN has secured hourly-rated labor agreements in the United States covering 1,930 T&E personnel - almost 85 per cent of this employee population." BLET National President Don M. Hahs recognized the efforts of BLET Vice President Paul T. Sorrow and General Chairman John Karakian for negotiating the breakthrough agreement. "The BLET, which recently merged with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, is at the forefront of negotiating groundbreaking labor agreements that boost the quality of life of our membership while, at the same time, increasing their levels of pay," President Hahs said. "More than 61 percent of our membership at GTW voted in favor of this contract, which is a testament to the hard work and dedication of Paul Sorrow and John Karakian." The GTW's main line between Port Huron, Mich., and Chicago is a key link in CN's corridor between the U.S. Midwest, Ontario Quebec and the Maritimes. 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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