CN Reaches Tentative Labour Agreement With ACR Unions.Business Editors SAULT STE. MARIE Sault Sainte Marie — pronounced "Soo Saint Marie" (IPA /su seɪnt məˈɹi/) — is the name of two cities on the Saint Marys River, which forms part of the boundary between the United States and Canada. , ONTARIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2002 CN (TSE:CNR.) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI) Canadian National announced today it has signed a tentative new four-year labour agreement with the Association of Railway Unions (ARU) at Algoma Central Railway The Algoma Central Railway (AAR reporting marks AC, ACIS) was a railway in Northern Ontario that ran between Sault Ste. Marie and Hearst, with a branch line to Michipicoten. The area served by the railway is sparsely populated, with few roads. (ACR) Inc. The agreement, covering 124 active unionized employees at Algoma Central, is subject to a ratification vote. If approved, it would be retroactive to Feb. 1, 2001, and provide for increased wages and benefits. The ARU bargains on behalf of six railway unions at Algoma Central, which CN acquired on Oct. 9, 2001, as part of its purchase of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation. 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, Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America. |
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