On Monday, the Canadian Auto Workers and Ford reached an agreement hours before a strike deadline. The union also extended negotiations with General Motors and Chrysler, but said that the two companies would have to agree to the same terms as Ford or face a strike. The union said that the extension will give them time to work through a deal, and to allow the companies to study the Ford agreement. The Ford deal includes concessions on wages and pensions, but also contains some new jobs. The agreement does not include a two-tier wage system like the one that American workers agreed to, but instead extends the amount of time it takes for workers to reach full wages.
See "Ford and Canadian Workers in Tentative Deal", Ian Austen, The New York Times, September 17, 2012