BCGEU reaches tentative agreement with LifeLabs employer

B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) members working at LifeLabs have reached a tentative agreement with their employer in the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 24.

The member bargaining committee is consolidating details of the tentative agreement for presentation to members on Monday. Following details being shared, BCGEU members at LifeLabs will vote on whether to accept the agreement.


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Until the vote on the tentative agreement is held, the union’s overtime ban and work-to-rule job action – which started yesterday, Oct. 23 – will stand down.

“From the 98 per cent strike vote in July to the difficult decision to action that vote this weekend, our LifeLabs members have shown solidarity and a willingness to fight to get the deal they deserve,” said BCGEU president Stephanie Smith. “That solidarity enabled the members of our bargaining committee to make the progress at the table we have now seen.”

Yesterday, over 200 LifeLabs union members rallied at the Burnaby Reference Laboratory in support of a fair agreement. They were joined by labour allies from around the region.

The BCGEU represents about 1,550 workers at 94 LifeLabs locations across B.C. as medical laboratory technologists, laboratory technical assistants, client information specialists, couriers, and clinical technical assistants.

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