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Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Railroad Workers United" <railroadworkersuni...@gmail.com> > Date: May 31, 2017 at 4:17:04 PM EDT > To: "Railroad WorkersUnited" <railroadworkersuni...@googlegroups.com> > Subject: [railroadworkersunited] STRIKE NEWS: CN and Union Reach Deal in > Canada, Avoid Strike > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cn-rail-strike-1.4135700 > CN Rail, Teamsters reach tentative deal to avoid strike > > 3,000 workers represented by Teamsters to vote on new tentative deal > > CBC News Posted: May 29, 2017 10:48 AM ET Last Updated: May 29, 2017 5:48 PM > ET > > > > > > > > > > Canadian National Railway and the union for more than 3,000 conductors, train > and yard workers have reached an agreement in principle on a new collective > agreement, averting a possible labour disruption that could have started > early Tuesday morning. > Teamsters Canada Rail Conference president Doug Finnson told CBC News the two > sides are still working on the wording of the agreement. > > A CN spokesman said the company was pleased to have reached a verbal > agreement with the union. > > A new deal must still be ratified in a vote by union members over the coming > days and weeks. > > Last week, the Teamsters union announced its members had voted 98 per cent in > favour of a strike mandate. They would have been in position to go off the > job at 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday. > > Bob Ballantyne, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada, > said averting a rail strike is good news for the Canadian economy, > > "I think all shippers that depend on CN will certainly be breathing a sigh of > relief and I suspect the government will be breathing a sigh of relief as > well," he said. > > > -- > Railroad Workers United > Solidarity -- Unity -- Democracy > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Railroad Workers United" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to railroadworkersunited+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to railroadworkersuni...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
