-- 加拿大太平洋堪薩斯城公司（CP.TO，NYSE：CP）週末宣布，已與鈑金、航空、鐵路和運輸工程部（SMART-TD）以及機車工程師和列車員兄弟會（BLET）達成新的臨時集體談判協議，將公司美國鐵路網絡中現有的11份合約合併為兩份新的長期小時工合約。 該公司補充道，每份臨時協議的有效期均為2025年至2034年，涵蓋11個州的約1700名列車和機車（T&E）服務人員，這些州包括伊利諾伊州、愛荷華州、密蘇裡州、堪薩斯州、俄克拉荷馬州、阿肯色州、德克薩斯州、密西西比州、阿拉巴馬州、田納西州和路易斯安那州。 CPKC總裁兼首席執行官基思·克里爾表示：“這對我們的鐵路員工和我們的鐵路網絡來說都是一個重要的里程碑。” “這些具有歷史意義的初步協議在確保長期勞動力穩定性的同時，增強了靈活性，並切實提高了鐵路員工的薪酬和生活質量。” CPKC在聲明中表示，SMART-TD協議涵蓋列車員、煞車員和其他列車服務人員，而BLET協議則涵蓋機車工程師和其他列車運行人員。 “這將使此前受多份協議約束的鐵路員工納入一個現代化、精簡的勞動框架，該框架與CPKC的北美一體化網絡相一致。” 這兩項長期小時工協議的批准，加上近期批准的Soo Line BLET協議，將標誌著CPKC約81%的美國列車運行人員的談判結束。聲明也補充道，Soo Line BLET協議已於2025年12月獲得批准，預計要到2029年才會再次開放集體談判。 上週五，CPKC在加拿大的股價上漲0.64美元，漲幅0.5%，收在118.72美元。當天，它們在美國上漲了 0.8%，今天盤前交易最終上漲了 2.7%，接近 52 週高點。
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