After a week of striking that led to propane shortages and issues moving key commodities like grain and fertilizer across the country and overseas, the Canadian National Railway Co. is back in business.

The union's release applauds the government for its approach to the strike, saying @FilomenaTassi and @MarcGarneau were "instrumental in helping parties find common ground.” #cdnpoli

— Rachel Gilmore (@atRachelGilmore) November 26, 2019

A tentative agreement was reached today between CN — which owns more than half of the country's tens of thousands of kilometres of rail lines — and its 3,200 employees, represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union.

Workers walked off the job on November 19, citing concerns about things like job safety, working conditions and benefits.

The compromise will see the renewal of the existing collective agreement for employees including conductors, trainpersons and those that work in rail yards, pending ratification.

The collective bargaining process worked!👍🏻#CNRailStrike #cdnpoli #onpoli #abpoli #Toronto #Quebec pic.twitter.com/hjZtfpGWoT

— Calvin Swine (@CalvinSwine905) November 26, 2019

The strike affected the movement of commodities, not commuters, with Canada's agricultural sector taking a significant blow as the rail line operated at about 10 per cent capacity this past week.

Short-term layoffs were issued by companies ranging from potash mines to ports, and some stakeholders had to consider halting or did actually halt production because of the labour dispute. Others, like farmers, asked the government to step in to stop the strike.

Exports were impacted, with international ships left waiting at Canada's coasts for goods that weren't coming. CN Rail shares dropped nearly 5 per cent. If it continued, the strike could have cost the country's economy billions of dollars.

The negative impacts of #CNRailStrike r multifaceted & nationwide. ‘Can’t think of a sector or geographical pocket not impacted somehow. West, East & Central farmers r seeing interruption of & increased costs 2 sending crop 2 market, getting fuel to dry crop & finish harvest.

— Mary Robinson (@Agproudmary) November 23, 2019

In a release, the union thanked its members, the public, and even Prime Minister Trudeau and other members of the government for "respecting workers' right to strike."

CN will be up and running normally again across Canada starting at 6 am local time on Wednesday.