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

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.”

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