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2A. The Facts(i)The Canadian National Railwaya) General information[5] CN is a federally regulated corporation which derives its revenues from the transportationof goods by train. It is a transcontinental railway company which operates in Canada and in theUnited States. Its freight trains transport goods 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.2010 CHRT 23 (CanLII)[6] CN employs more than 15,000 employees in Canada. Employees are organised in twogroups described as “operating” and “non-operating”. The “non-operating” group is comprised ofemployees working in clerical, mechanical and engineering positions. The “operating” groupemployees are also known as “running trades employees” and consist of Conductors andlocomotive engineers. CN has over 4,000 “running trades” employees throughout Canada ofwhich 2,400 are Conductors.[7] The Crew Management Centre (“CMC”) in Edmonton is a very important part of CNoperations. CMC is responsible for all the crew calling and deployment for the Western region.They manage the workforce for “running trades” and also manage a payroll of 204 milliondollars. Elaine Storms is the Director of CMC. She occupied this position in 2005.b) Running trades employees[8] As stated earlier, locomotive engineers and Conductors form part of what is identified asthe “running trades’ employees”. Locomotive engineers operate the engine and Conductors arebasically in charge of all the other aspects pertaining to the movement of a train.[9] Running trades employees either work “road” or “yard”. “Road work” consists ofemployees who will get on a train at a particular terminal and take the train to another terminal.They will then layover at the away terminal and come back to their home terminal later. A yard