Adam King, University of Manitoba

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Manitoba profile.

Labour and employment regulation Employment standards enforcement Indigenous labour Deindustrialization Labour market policy

Latest papers

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues
2026 · senior author
Hamilton Nolan, The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (New York: Hachette 2024)
Labour / Le Travail · 2025 · first author
La grève chez Postes Canada soulève l’enjeu de l’économie des petits boulots
2024 · first author

All 24 publications

24 publications.

01

Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues

Larry Savage, Adam D.K. King

2026Senior author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.nwxf79ehn

02

Hamilton Nolan, The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor (New York: Hachette 2024)

Adam D.K. King

Labour / Le Travail2025First author

DOI: 10.52975/llt.2025v95.019

03

La grève chez Postes Canada soulève l’enjeu de l’économie des petits boulots

Adam D.K. King

2024First author

DOI: 10.64628/aap.7hdh6vntn

04

Canada Post strike highlights labour struggle over gig economy and precarious work

Adam D.K. King

2024First author

DOI: 10.64628/aam.kvecfkwfk

05

Superstack Nostalgia

Adam D.K. King

Labour / Le Travail20232 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.52975/llt.2023v91.0011

06

The Origins and Application of the “Core of Indianness” in Indigenous Labour Relations

Adam D.K. King, Olena Lyubchenko, Leah Faith Vosko, Andie Noack, Veldon Coburn, Rebecca J. Hall

Labour / Le Travail2023First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.52975/llt.2023v92.006

07

Don Loucks and Leslie Valpy. Modest Hopes: Homes and Stories of Toronto’s Workers from the 1820s to the 1920s

Adam D.K. King

University of Toronto Quarterly2023First author

DOI: 10.3138/utq.92.3.hr.079

08

Precarious Employment in the Federally Regulated Private Sector

Leah Faith Vosko, Andie Noack, Adam D.K. King, Rebecca Hii

University of British Columbia Press eBooks2022

DOI: 10.59962/9780774866101-008

09

A Model Regulator? Investigating Reactive and Proactive Labour Standards Enforcement in Canada’s Federally Regulated Private Sector

Andie Noack, Leah Faith Vosko, Adam D.K. King, Victoria Osten, Emily J. Clare

International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations20214 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.54648/ijcl2021008

10

Precarious Design: Creative Workers’ Organizations and the Union Affiliation of the Associated Designers of Canada

Conor Moore, Adam D.K. King

Alternate routes2021Senior authorOpen Access

Frequent collaborators

Labour Studies
Political science
Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies
Other

Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Leah Vosko

Political science

3 shared papers, latest 2023

Veldon Coburn

Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Larry Savage

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Labour and employment regulation Dear Professor King, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Why Canada needs better data on strikes, unions and other labour issues" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]