Canadian Pacific Kansas City on Nov. 5 reached 13 new tentative collective agreements with unions in the United States representing carmen, hostlers, laborers, clerks, maintenance workers, and mechanical and engineering supervisor employees. The agreements, pending ratification by union membership, cover employees in Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin.
Six tentative five-year collective agreements have been reached with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) representing employees on the Delaware & Hudson, Soo Line, Kansas City Southern, MidSouth, SouthRail and TexMex properties. The agreements cover 228 BRC members.
Five tentative five-year collective agreements have been reached with the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) and American Railway and Airway Supervisors Association (ARASA) representing clerks, maintenance workers, and mechanical and engineering supervisor employees on the D&H, Soo Line and KCS properties. The agreements cover approximately 105 employees.
Two other tentative five-year collective agreements have been reached with National Conference of Firemen and Oilers (NCF&O) employees on the Soo Line and KCS, covering 30 hostlers and laborers.
“We are pleased to have reached these tentative collective agreements offering increased wages to hundreds of our railroaders across the U.S.,” said Keith Creel, CPKC President and CEO. “By working collaboratively with our union leaders at the bargaining table, we have reached agreements benefiting our employees and their families, as we serve our customers and keep the American economy moving forward.”
