CN wraps up Canadian labour negotiations with employees' ratification of Algoma Central collective agreement.SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario For the city of Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan, or the Canadian federal and provincial electoral districts of the same name, see: Sault Ste. Marie. Sault Ste. Marie (nicknamed "the Sault" or "the Soo") is a city on the St. Marys River in Ontario, Canada. -- CN announced today that employees represented by the Algoma Central Association of Railway Unions have ratified a five-year labour contract with the company. The agreement applies to 115 active employees in north-central Ontario. The agreement, retroactive to Feb. 1, 2005, and ending Jan. 31, 2010, provides improved wages and benefits similar to those in CN's labour settlements with other Canadian unions. The association of railway unions bargains on behalf of labour organizations representing operating, clerical, maintenance and mechanical employees on CN's 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) unit. The ACR, now part of CN's Eastern Canada Region, was purchased by CN as part of its acquisition of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corp. in 2001. With the ratification of the ACR contract, CN has completed negotiations to renew all of its labour contracts in 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. www.cn.ca CN (TSX:CNR) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNI) |
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