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Delivery drivers in the Saskatoon area are now on the picket line, saying the work comes at too high of a cost.
Last week more than 100 workers with the shipping company Dragonfly walked off the job calling for better wages and safer working conditions from the company.
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Outside of the company’s warehouse on Monday, dozens of workers continued to protest with signs that read “stop pay cuts.”
Harpal Singh said in the year and a half he has worked for the company, per-package pay has dropped from $1.89 to under $1.40.
On May 8, 2026 drivers with the shipping company Dragonfly in Saskatoon went on strike calling for better wages. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Drivers said while they technically work though third-party brokers contracted by Dragonfly, the company itself controls hiring, scheduling and pay for delivering packages from companies like Amazon.
Singh said he delivers around 250 packages a day and has to pay for gas and vehicle maintenance out of pocket. He added that delivery drivers also give 15 per cent of their delivery pay towards broker fees.
“We are not making anything,” he said. “That’s why we are on protest.”
Singh said he and a number of protesters with Dragonfly were fired after voicing concerns surrounding the pay cuts and working conditions.
“It’s totally bad because I gave my one and a half year to this company,” Singh said. “I worked seven days with zero off.”
On May 11, 2026 drivers with the shipping company Dragonfly protested outside of the Saskatoon warehouse calling for better wages. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
At an NDP press conference on Monday, Sherin Wilson echoed Singh’s concerns and said he was also fired for joining the picket line.
“It’s not an easy job,” Wilson told reporters. “We are asked to work in winter hours, we are asked to go on route (on a) highway the government says is not safe.”
Wilson said drivers are now being brought in from Calgary and Manitoba to help fulfill orders from Saskatoon’s warehouse since the strike.
Wilson said drivers are simply asking for the same wages for delivery drivers as before.
“We are ready to work but on a fair wage with respect.”
The letter from NDP labour critic Nathaniel Teed to the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Ken Cheveldayoff. (Submitted)
Sask. NDP calls on province to address conditions
NDP labour critic Nathaniel Teed said he has written a letter to the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, Ken Cheveldayoff, calling on him to immediately address the allegations brought forward by Dragonfly workers.
Teed said drivers are working long hours in their own vehicles, paying for their own insurance costs and are “barely scraping by with a sky-high cost of living in Saskatchewan.”
“We’ve heard from workers who say they’ve been bitten by dogs on delivery routes and pressured to return to work immediately because missing deliveries means fines and lost wages,” Teed said.
“This is not dignity at work. This is not fair, and it raises serious concerns about workplace safety in Saskatchewan.”
A statement from the Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety said it has received Teed’s letter outlining concerns from Dragonfly drivers and will review the information.
In a statement, Dragonfly noted that it does not directly employ delivery drivers.
“We work alongside independent delivery companies that are responsible for driver hiring, scheduling and compensation, as well as for managing their day‑to‑day employment practices in accordance with applicable laws and regulations,” the company explained.
“Our priority remains ensuring continuity of service for consumers, and our vast network of delivery partners has allowed us to maintain delivery operations since Friday.
“We recognize the important role drivers play in the delivery ecosystem and remain in dialogue with our delivery partners to better understand the situation.”
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