Unionized Kamloops LifeLab workers hold rally as strike enters seventh week

Negotiations between union, employer 'definitely not moving forward' in LifeLabs strike: BCGEU rep

Locations around the province have been closed on a rotating basis since Feb. 20.

Unionized Kamloops LifeLab workers hold rally as strike enters seventh week

Dozens showed up to a rally Sunday in a show of support for striking medical laboratory workers in Kamloops, as they call for better working conditions and wages. Mandy De Fields, bargaining committee chairperson for the BC General Employees’ Union, said the rally was held to show solidarity w...

Some 50 Unilabs-Biolab employees protested in front of the Boucicaut Avenue site in Chalon-sur-Saône, asking for an increase in wages.

‘If we’re broken, we can’t take care of our patients,’ LifeLabs Kamloops workers hold rally

KAMLOOPS — Employees from all five LifeLabs locations in Kamloops chanted, marched and rallied outside the downtown office Sunday (March 30) afternoon. LifeLabs workers have been on a rotating strike for six weeks, with wages, understaffing and benefits among the top issues for the B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU). In Kamloops, the Harrison Way and Tranquille Road have seen closures due to rotating strikes. Striking workers from Kamloops Li…