CN and Steelworkers agree to forge new working relationship.MONTREAL -- CN and the United Steelworkers (USW USW Und So Weiter (German: and so on) USW Undersea Warfare USW United Steel Workers USW US Wheat Associates USW Ultrasonic Welding USW Ultra Short Wave USW US West Telecommunications (stock symbol) ) announced today they have agreed to build a better working relationship. The USW represents about 3,000 employees who maintain and repair CN's track, bridges and structures in Canada, including the former BC Rail. Following a union-company meeting in Toronto, CN and the USW agreed to explore innovative ways of advancing their mutual commitment to safety, a core principle of both organizations. 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: "CN had a fruitful discussion with the leadership of the USW, which is new to CN in representing the company's unionized engineering employees. We believe that forging a new relationship with the Steelworkers will help enhance CN's safety performance and improve our dialogue with USW members." Leo W. Gerard, international president of the USW, said: "Workplace health and safety is a top priority of the Steelworkers, and our members at CN have a wealth of knowledge of railway engineering practices. We believe that the company will benefit from drawing more on our members' expertise." 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. The United Steelworkers represent more than 280,000 men and women working in every sector of Canada's economy. www.cn.ca Canadian National Railway Company (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :CNR) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI) |
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