CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific Kansas City today said it has reached 13 new tentative collective agreements with unions in the United States representing carmen, hostlers, laborers, clerks, and maintenance workers, as well as mechanical and engineering supervisor employees.
Six tentative five-year collective agreements have been reached with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen representing employees on the Delaware & Hudson, Soo Line, Kansas City Southern, MidSouth, SouthRail, and TexMex properties. The agreements cover a total of 228 carmen.
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 in the U.S. on the D&H, Soo, and KCS. 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 and KCS. These agreements cover a total of 30 hostlers and laborers.
“We are pleased to have reached these tentative collective agreements offering increased wages to hundreds of our railroaders across the United States,” CEO Keith Creel said in a statement. “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.”
Employees represented by the unions reaching these tentative agreements work in Illinois, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin.
The tentative agreements are pending ratification by the unions’ membership.
