(Canadian Press).

By Aaron Schulze

LifeLabs

LifeLabs reaches tentative three-year deal with BCGEU, members to vote on Monday

Oct 24, 2021 | 1:20 PM

KAMLOOPS — LifeLabs have reached a tentative three-year agreement with B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU).

A news release from BCGEU on Sunday (Oct. 24) states 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.

Until the vote on the tentative agreement is held, the union’s overtime ban and work-to-rule job action – which started Saturday (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 LifeLab members have shown solidarity and a willingness to fight to get the deal they deserve,” BCGEU President Stephanie Smith says. “That solidarity enabled the members of our bargaining committee to make the progress at the table we have now seen.”

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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LifeLabs has four locations in Kamloops: St. Paul, Nicola, Tranquille, and Harrison Way.