Seems like every issue nowadays brings news of yet another labour dispute or resolution somewhere in Canada’s supply chain and transportation infrastructure and this one shall be no exception. Fortunately this time it is only good news; other than the fact you are about to read about some more unions you never knew existed.

First the Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) reached a tentative four-year collective agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) that represents approximately 750 Signals and Communication employees at CN across Canada. The deal, announced January 28 and is still to be ratified, averts another potential labour disruption at one of Canada’s national railways. The union’s previous collective agreement had expired December 31, 2024, and their membership had voted 95% in favour of a strike.

Meanwhile Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. (CPKC) announced two their own collectively bargained deals to maintain labour peace.  On January 28, CPKC announced a tentative four-year collective agreement with Unifor, which represents about 1,200 mechanics, labourers, diesel service attendants and mechanical support staff at CPKC across Canada. Their members had previously voted 99% in favour a strike mandate, which authorized labour action of a deal wasn’t reached by January 29

The following day, January 29, CPKC was back at it announcing another four-year deal, this time with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Maintenance of Way Employees Division (TCRC-MWED), which represents around 2,300 CPKC engineering service employees in Canada.

No details for any of the deals were released.