LifeLabs’ BC Strike Might Be Over, But Workers Are Still Worried About Its New American Owner

LifeLabs’ BC Strike Might Be Over, But Workers Are Still Worried About Its New American Owner

After more than a year at the bargaining table, and over two months on the picket line, LifeLabs workers in BC are back at their jobs with a new collective agreement, but their union is raising the alarm about the company’s new owner: a multi-billion-dollar American firm that’s looking to expand in Canada. LifeLabs, which conducts blood testing and other diagnostic services in three provinces, saw over 1,200 of its BC workers, represented by the…