Canadian National Railway said 2,700 conductors, trainmen and yardmen have ratified new three-year collective agreements.
The agreements, which are retroactive to July 23, will provide members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference with wage increases and improvements in benefits.
Employees will receive a compounded 8.2-per-cent wage increase over three years, exceeding what was awarded previously by a federal arbitrator to other unionized workers.
Workers will get a 2.4-per-cent increase in 2010, 2.6 per cent in 2011 and 3 per cent in 2012.
A tentative agreement was reached Oct. 1 with the help of a federally appointed mediator, avoiding a possible strike or lockout.
Bryan Boechler, general chairman at the union, has said the deal did not include any concessions.