A deal has been reached to end a week-long strike that had shut down a major shipping artery in the Great Lakes, halting the flow of grain and other goods from the U.S. and Canada.

A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the United States via the Great Lakes to the rest the world.

Canadian autoworkers have voted to ratify a three-year contract agreement with General Motors.

General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began just after midnight.

General Motors and the union representing Canadian auto workers have reached a tentative contract agreement, ending a strike that began just after midnight.

Canadian auto workers say General Motors will be their next target after members ratified a new three-year labor contract with Ford.

Unifor, a union which represents Canadian autoworkers, announced that members have voted to ratify a new three-year collective agreement with Ford of Canada.

Ford Motor Company on Tuesday reached a tentative agreement with unionized Canadian autoworkers, avoiding a strike in Canada as one unfolds among American autoworkers.

Unifor has reached a tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company, which covers more than 5,600 members at Canadian Ford facilities.

Ford Motor Company reached a tentative deal with unionized Canadian autoworkers on Monday night just before their contract deadline, delaying or possibly avoiding a potential strike.

Outside of the U.S. strike against Detroit’s Big Three automakers, Canadian autoworkers could also issue a strike at Ford Motor Company as early as Monday night with their own contract set to expire.

Unifor President Lana Payne declared Tuesday that she selected Ford Motor Company as the pattern-setting target for auto talks in 2023.

(Copyright 2020 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.) Unifor announced Thursday morning its Master Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement for 17,000 members working at General Motors in St. Catharines, Oshawa and Woodstock, Ontario. Unifor’s National President Jerry Dias and bargaining committee representatives will hold a virtual news conference at 10 a.m. to provide more information about the tentative agreement. To watch the news conference click here. Unifor is Canada’s largest union in the private sector, representing 315,000 workers in every major area of the economy.

DETROIT The union that represents Canadian auto workers has picked Ford as a potential strike target in contract talks this year. Unifor President Jerry Dias says at a news conference Tuesday that the union wants product commitments for Ford's assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto. Dias says Ford hasnt made any future product commitments. In addition to product commitments, the union also will focus on wages and benefits, he said. Ford said in a statement it looks forward to reaching a deal that keeps it competitive and maintains Canadian jobs.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(CNN) - The United Auto Workers union strike against GM showed no signs of a quick conclusion as its impact on other plants and workers continues to spread. As the strike entered its fifth day, many are laying off workers who build those parts and other supplies for GM. Supplier Nexteer Automotive, which makes steering systems, told the Detroit Free Press that it was forced to temporarily lay off workers due the the GM strike. Nearly 50,000 hourly workers at GM have been on strike since early Monday, and it appears they'll stay out for at least the next few days. The union and company are also split on GM's use of temporary hourly workers, as well as about wages and benefits.