The Canadian National Railway and the union representing 750 of its signal and communications workers have agreed to enter into binding arbitration, ending a two-week strike.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers communicated to the CN its intention to strike in mid-June after failing to reach a new agreement on benefit and wage increases. These issues remain unresolved and will be resolved through arbitration.
The strike will end at midnight on Tuesday, according to a CN press release.
“The CN would like to thank its management, employees and contractors for their service that allowed rail operations to continue uninterrupted during the strike,” the statement said.
IBEW confirmed that the strike was ending, but made no statement at the time of publication.
In November 2019, CN went on an eight-day strike of more than 3,000 workers represented by Teamsters Canada. This strike halted shipments and disrupted industries across the country.
CN transports more than 300 million tons of goods and consumer goods across the continent each year.