CN-BLET tentative labor agreement preserves hourly wage structure for locomotive engineers on former IC territory.CHICAGO -- CN announced today it has signed a tentative labor agreement with 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) that applies to 400 locomotive engineers working on CN's former Illinois Central (IC) properties in the United States. Kim Madigan, CN's vice-president, labor relations, North America, said: "CN is pleased that the new agreement preserves the flexible work rules and hourly wage structure of the existing contract." John Koonce, BLET general chairman, said: "This tentative agreement confirms my belief that the Hourly Agreement has been the right way to go in the rail industry." Details of the new agreement, which is scheduled to take effect Aug. 1, 2005, are being withheld pending ratification. CN's former IC network extends from Chicago to New Orleans and from Chicago to 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. . The BLET, based in Cleveland, is a division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 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 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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