MONTREAL , Feb. 25, 2015 /CNW/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference-Rail Canada Traffic Controllers union have ratified a new labour agreement. The four-year agreement covers approximately 180 rail traffic controllers in Canada .

Jim Vena, CN executive vice-president and chief operating officer, said: "We are delighted to see another union ratify a new labour contract as we wrap up this current round of bargaining in Canada . The agreement was amicably negotiated by the company and union and will deliver real wage and benefit improvements to our employees."

CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN - Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries -- serves the cities and ports of Vancouver , Prince Rupert, B.C. , Montreal , Halifax , New Orleans , and Mobile, Ala. , and the metropolitan areas of Toronto , Edmonton , Winnipeg , Calgary , Chicago , Memphis , Detroit , Duluth, Minn. /Superior, Wis. , and Jackson, Miss. , with connections to all points in North America . For more information on CN, visit the company's website at www.cn.ca.

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