LifeLabs centres behind picket lines today

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – If you need to get blood work done or an EKG test today, you might have to wait a while.

There are picket lines outside 19 Lifelabs patient service centres today.

Job action is also planned for tomorrow.

Lifelabs is one of the province’s two major companies that do lab work for doctors.

“The total number of our members is slightly over 700,” says BCGEU President Darryl Walker. “We hope the employer calls us and says let’s get back to the table. If we don’t get that call, the expectation is there will be further job action.”

The union decided to strike after talks with a mediator fell apart over the weekend. The main issues are wages and the employer’s demand that members accept concessions.

“This is our last resort,” Walker tells us. “We thought we had an opportunity to solve it and it came to naught. The last thing we want is for the public to be disrupted by this.”

The last contract expired in December, 2011. BCGEU members voted 98.5 per cent in favour of job action in November 2012.

Affected locations around the Lower Mainland (including times they will be closed):

777 Hornby Street Vancouver – Mon.7:00 a.m. to Tues. 3:00 p.m.
750 West Broadway Vancouver – Mon. 7:00 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
3195 Granville Street Vancouver – Mon. 9:00 a.m. to Tues. 4:30 p.m.
3540 West 41st Avenue Vancouver – Mon. 8:30 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
4366 West 10th Avenue Vancouver – Mon. 8:30 a.m. to Tues. 4:30 p.m.
943 West Broadway Vancouver – Mon. 9:00 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
1530 West 7th Avenue Vancouver – Mon. 8:00 a.m. to Tues. 4:00 p.m.
888 West 8th Avenue Vancouver – Mon. 8:30 a.m. to Tues. 4:00 p.m.
324 Gilmore Avenue Burnaby – Mon. 6:30 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
3001 Gordon Avenue Coquitlam – Mon. 7:00 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
3650 Mount Seymour Parkway North Vancouver – Mon. 7:00 a.m. to Tues. 3:30 p.m.
1200 Lynn Valley Road North Vancouver – Mon. 7:00 a.m. to Tues. 3:30 p.m.
575 16th Street West Vancouver – Mon. 7:30 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
6051 Gilbert Road Richmond – Mon. 8:00 a.m. to Tues. 4:00 p.m.
1077 56 Street Delta – Mon. 8:00 a.m. to Tues. 4:00 p.m.
4515 Harvest Drive Delta – Mon. 7:00 a.m. to Tues. 4:00 p.m.
12080 Nordel Way Surrey – Mon. 6:00 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
17760 56 Avenue Surrey – Mon. 6:30 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.
1656 Martin Drive White Rock – Mon. 6:30 a.m. to Tues. 5:00 p.m.

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