CN and Unifor reach agreement

CN and Unifor have come to tentative agreements covering four contracts

Unifor CN workers vote for strike

Unifor members working at CN have voted overwhelmingly in support of strike action in votes taken during the week of February 20, 2023

CP and Unifor reach deal

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited announced it has reached a tentative collective agreement with Unifor on a new contract for mechanical employees in Canada

Strike at Kuehne + Nagel ends

Unifor Local 1285 members at the Kuehne + Nagel Hogan warehouse location voted to accept a new collective agreement, ending a six day strike action

Unifor files for conciliation in CN talks

Unifor’s national collective agreements with CN that cover the working conditions of more than 4,000 workers, expire on December 31, 2022

US Senate passes rail contract resolution

Senators passed the resolution into law by a margin of 80 to 15; it now heads to president Joe Biden's desk for a signature

US House passes resolution to prevent rail strike

Would impose the contract terms on unions that have rejected the tentative US rail contract agreement

Biden calls on Congress to avert rail strike

Called for legislation that would force the adoption of the tentative agreement between the unions and railways that was reached in September

US railways and lobbyists call for action to prevent rail strike

A strike is possible as soon as December 8th

Latest rail union to approve deal improves odds of contract ratification

Another of the 12 US railroad unions narrowly approved its deal with the major freight railroads Saturday, offering some hope that the contract dispute might be resolved without a strike even though two other unions rejected their agreements last month