CN reaches tentative labour agreement with Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) on its Northern Quebec Territory

MONTREAL, May 13, 2005 - CN announced today it has reached a tentative collective agreement with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) representing locomotive engineers employed on the company's Northern Quebec Territory.

Details of the new four-year labour contract - replacing one that expired April 30, 2005 - are being withheld pending ratification.

CN has renewed labour agreements with all other Canadian bargaining units whose national contracts expired on December 31, 2003, with the exception of the national TCRC. CN continues to negotiate with this union to reach a settlement. A tentative national labour contract CN has signed with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers awaits ratification.

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