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1/28/2025
CN today announced that a new tentative four-year collective agreement has been reached with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW).
The union represents 750 signals and communication employees at CN across Canada. The tentative pact ended the possibility that IBEW members would go on strike. The union had filed a 72-hour strike notice under which a work stoppage could have begun today.
No details of the tentative agreement will be released publicly until the agreement is ratified, CN officials said in a press release. The current collective agreement with IBEW expired Dec. 31, 2024.
Meanwhile, Canadian Pacific Kansas City yesterday announced it reached a tentative four-year collective agreement with Unifor, which represents 1,200 employees at CPKC in Canada. The union represents mechanics, laborers, diesel service attendants and mechanical support staff.
Details of the tentative collective agreement are not being released pending ratification of the new agreement.
"By working collaboratively together with Unifor, we have reached an agreement benefiting our employees and their families while continuing to serve the needs of our customers and keeping the Canadian economy moving forward," said CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel in a press release.