LifeLabs Lab Workers Strike

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The looming LifeLabs strike: What you need to know

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B.C. Government Employees Union has issued 72-hour strike notice for LifeLabs workers.

Union says members voted 98 per cent in favour of strike vote in November .

LifeLab workers earn from four to 16 per cent less than comparable employees at other similar companies, union says.

Union president: "They’re actually asking us for pay concessions".

“Negotiations were already ongoing when the sale happened,” BCGEU’s Finch said. “(Quest Diagnostics) is an American Fortune 500 company an American -style for-profit model through the Canadian health system. “We saw negotiations slow down once the purchase was complete.” Why is BCGEU representing private-sector workers? The BCGEU, one of the largest unions in B.C. with over 90,000 members, represents workers in almost every community and economic sector, not just government employees..

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