Unifor mechanical workers ratify contract with CPKC

Unifor members employed as mechanical employees at Canadian Pacific Kansas City in Canada have ratified a new four-year collective agreement with the Class I. 

The agreement includes improved wages and benefits for the 1,200 mechanics, laborers, diesel service attendants and mechanical support staff across Canada, CPKC officials in a press release.

“Our members worked so hard and stood together to reach this collective agreement in difficult and uncertain economic times,” said Unifor National President Lana Payne in a separate press release. “Together, we achieved important gains in work ownership protections, improved working conditions and greater job security for our members.” 

This is the second new collective agreement ratified this year by Canadian CPKC employees, CPKC officials said. Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division, with about 2,300 engineering services employees, ratified a collective agreement earlier in February.