CN Offers Regional Talks

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CN  is offering to negotiate regional settlements with the UTU.

The railway says following  5 hours of discussions on the weekend, and  the  fact  some locals are  continuing to work while others are taking to the picket lines,  it is CN's view that  the Union is "unable to deliver a national negotiated settlement that its members across Canada would ratify."

President and Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison said: “This bargaining process is broken. After eight months of negotiations, we are no closer to a national agreement. Since the start of negotiations, the union has failed to present a unified agenda that could be used as a foundation for a negotiated settlement. CN would like to achieve workforce stability with its conductors. We now feel that regional deals are the best alternative to achieve this at the bargaining table.”

No new talks with the UTU are currently scheduled at this time.

UTU members in Canada have been on strike at CN since Feb. 10.  

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