January 28, 2025 – Both CN and CPKC have announced new tentative four-year collective agreements, CN with the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW), CPKC with Unifor. CN’s tentative pact ended the possibility that IBEW members would go on strike. The union had filed a 72-hour strike notice under which a work stoppage could have begun yesterday. No details of either tentative agreement have been released, pending ratification.