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CBC News: Canada Post Ends Nationwide Strike and Moves to Rotating Strikes

Eleanor Coopsammy — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:08:07 +0000

Dr. Adam King, Assistant Professor of Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba speaks with CBC’s Marcy Markusa about Canada Post’s shift from a nationwide strike to rotating strikes and what it means for workers and home delivery.

To listen to the full interview, please visit CBC News.

BNN Bloomberg: Postal workers union takes aim at Purolator, which is owned by Canada Post

Eleanor Coopsammy — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 21:32:57 +0000

Throughout the nearly two years of contentious negotiations between Canada Post and CUPW, the question of Purolator has been lurking in the background,” Dr. Adam King, an Assistant Professor of Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba, told CTVNews.ca. “For several years, the subsidiary has been profitably handling packages that might otherwise be processed by Canada Post, raising questions about the relationship between the two entities.

You can read the full article by visiting BNN Bloomberg.

CBC Manitoba: A labour studies expert reacts to the ruling sending Canada Post workers back to work

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:48:56 +0000

News that Canada Post employees are being told to return to work Tuesday was met with mixed emotions from Manitobans on Monday.

The month-long impasse between the Canada Industrial Relations Board and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers ended after federal Labour Minister Stephen MacKinnon directed the board Friday to order the 55,000 picketing employees back to work.

A five per cent wage increase was agreed upon, and it will be implemented retroactive to the day after the collective agreements expired.

Following a month of striking, Canada Post workers will be back on their delivery routes across the country starting tomorrow. Dr. Adam D.K. King is an assistant professor of Labour Studies at the University of Manitoba. He shared his reaction to the news with Up To Speed host Faith Fundal.

To listen to the full conversation follow the link to CBC Manitoba: Up to Speed.

CTV News: Hard to keep public support for striking Canada Post workers, experts say

Fiona Odlum — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:35:18 +0000

Social media posts reflect the mixed opinions, with some people expressing frustration with the disruption and others proclaiming their support for striking postal workers.

Adam King, an assistant professor in the labour studies department at the University of Manitoba, said online discourse doesn’t tell the whole story.

“It takes very little effort to post a comment on a story, but it takes much more to show up to a picket line,” he said.

On the picket lines King has seen in Winnipeg, “CUPW has received lots of support,” he said, from the labour movement and the public.

To read the full story, please follow the link with CTV News.

Global News Winnipeg: ‘Feeling the pinch’: Potential postal strike may be first of many, Manitoba prof says

Fiona Odlum — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:12:43 +0000

A supply chain management professor at the University of Manitoba says strikes and lockouts — like the two port actions in Vancouver and Montreal, as well as a potential postal strike — are something Canadians should expect to see more of in the future.

“Something I think is worth contemplating — why are we seeing so many strikes across the country? There is a real problem in terms of affordability, and people are feeling the pinch,” Barry Prentice told 680 CJOB’s Connecting Winnipeg.

“People are needing more money in order to feel that they can survive, whether it be food prices or high rents or mortgagees they have to pay, so it’s not unreasonable that we’re seeing this …and I think we’re going to see a lot more.”

To read the entire story, please visit Global News Winnipeg.