CN Lays Off Some Workers

Monday, April 28, 2008 03:56 AM

Prince George, B.C. – CN has made several layoffs, about 40 people across the north have been given notice. That includes about a dozen workers in Prince George.

“This is not unusual” says CN spokesperson Kelly Svendsen “it is the result of a number of variables.” While she didn’t identify what all the variables were, she did say the downturn in the forest industry could be considered one of the factors, as customers are not shipping as much product “Certainly that is not the only factor” says Svendsen.

She says the layoffs are being done according to the collective agreement, and in most cases the employees will be retrained for work in other areas of CN’s operations.

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Posted by: rufus1 on April 28 2008 7:18 AM

I thought they would just be transferred over to the transmodal facility

Posted by: acrider54 on April 28 2008 4:26 PM

Lay off more people, raise taxes, raise gas prices, raise grocery prices, raise the price of everything and everyone wonders why crime is on the rise. Taxed on governed to death in B.C.

Posted by: Harbinger on April 28 2008 5:23 PM

No tax on opinions. Yet.

Posted by: lostfaith on April 28 2008 5:29 PM

Shhh, stop giving them ideas Harb

Posted by: robichal on April 28 2008 9:12 PM

I wonder what can be done as a society. I feel that there is no accountability w/ our politicians - tax us to death, spend $$$ on Gawd only knows what, but they don't seem accoutable. Getting ends to meet is becoming harder all the time...depressing as hell!

Posted by: Harbinger on April 28 2008 9:46 PM

Kinda hard to make both ends meet when one end is a vegetable.

Posted by: Palopu on April 29 2008 7:57 PM

The CN Transload Centre started off with 11 Employees. About 2 Months ago they laid off 5 This leaves 6.

Fortunately for them they have no business to worry about so they can operate with less people.

Any containers that have been loaded since last October have been loaded to Vancouver because of a rail car shortage. To the best of my knowledge there have been no containers loaded from Prince George to Prince Rupert since the facility opened in October 2007. ( 7 Months)

As usual we get all the hype when the facility opened, and now we are getting the silent treatment.

There is a **NEWS** story here, however I doubt if it will ever get reported.

Its the same with the Airport Runway Expansion, a prime example of where Bull Sh baffles brains. This expansion over the next 10 years will amount to nothing.

Who will be around in the next 10 years to see how it is doing. No one I suspect. $33 Million big green ones plowed into the dirt.

Where is the in depth reporting on this project?? All we get are misguided quotes from people who are involved in the project.