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Labor disruptions again hit the Canadian National Railway after workers overwhelmingly rejecting a tentative contract leading to pickets and lockouts in some cities. A 15-day strike in February led to plant closings and shipping disruptions throughout North America, but the union said on Wednesday that it would try to limit the current walkout?s impact on rail customers. However, later in the day, the Montreal-based railroad locked out about 280 workers in five cities who had originally intended only to remain off the job for a few hours. About 2,800 conductors and yard workers began a rotating strike after 79 percent of the members of the United Transportation Union at the railroad rejected a one-year agreement providing for a 3 percent wage increase.