# CN Rail, Union Reach Tentative Agreement | Feed & Grain

> CN Rail and the Teamsters union reached a tentative agreement ending a week-long strike. Normal CN operations were set to resume at 6 a.m. the next day across Canada.

- Date: 2020-10-02 · published 2020-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50672-cn-rail-union-reach-tentative-agreement-feed-and-grain
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Restored rail service should clear the grain export backlog and ease logistics costs, which is mildly bearish for Canadian wheat and oilseed basis.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-30 | [Suez Canal Unblocked \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48033-suez-canal-unblocked-feed-and-grain.md) | -0.1% | +4.6% |
| WHEAT | 2018-04-12 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 12, 2018](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65379-grain-transportation-report-april-12-2018.md) | +3.0% | +2.7% |
| WHEAT | 2021-03-01 | [Russian Railways gives a discount on grain transportation to ports](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47995-russian-railways-gives-a-discount-on-grain-transportation-to-ports.md) | +1.8% | -0.5% |
| WHEAT | 2024-08-15 | [Grain Transportation Report, August 15, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29008-grain-transportation-report-august-15-2024.md) | -6.9% | -2.6% |
| WHEAT | 2019-05-30 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 30, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58982-grain-transportation-report-may-30-2019.md) | +9.6% | +16.2% |

## Sources

- feedandgrain.com: https://www.feedandgrain.com/grain-supply-chain/news/15394226/cn-rail-union-reach-tentative-agreement

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