As Canada Post employees were ordered back to work, members of the BCGEU and ILWU set up a "community picket line" at the postal processing centre in Richmond. Rob Ashton, ILWU president, joins BC Today from the scene, along with CBC reporter Pinki Wong.

Next, Jim Stanford, economist and director of the Centre for Future Work, joins the show to hear from viewers about whether the strength of Canada's labour movements are at risk, following several back-to-work orders issued by the federal government this year.