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A lifelabs building
May 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
thetyee.ca
After 10 weeks of rotating strikes, LifeLabs workers in B.C. have a new collective agreement and patients can look forward to reduced wait times for needed health tests.
The LifeLabs Strike Is Over. But the Union Isn’t Happy | The Tyee
Blood tests and other lab work should be part of the public health-care system, says the BCGEU.
thetyee.ca
May 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
copevancouver.bsky.social
Vancouver should be a Solidarity City.

Today @seanorr.bsky.social was on the picket line supporting Lifelabs workers demanding a fair deal.

#vanpoli #solidarity #canlab
Sean Orr with picket sign: 'Lifelabs: On strike for a fair deal!!'
March 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Lifelabs corp HQ. American-owned Quest Diagnostics purchased LifeLabs in August 2024 from OMERS, a jointly owned pension fund company, for CDN $1.35 billion. LifeLabs’ B.C. workers, who have been without a contract since last April, have been on strike since Feb. 16.
May 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
pressprogress.ca
LifeLabs’ BC strike might be over, but workers are still worried about its new American owner.

Quest Diagnostics, a US healthcare behemoth, sees LifeLabs as providing a "strong foundation" for expansion into Canada:

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LifeLabs’ BC Strike Might Be Over, But Workers Are Still Worried About Its New American Owner
US healthcare behemoth Quest Diagnostics sees LifeLabs as providing a
pressprogress.ca
June 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
seanyyz.bsky.social
Gawd, LifeLabs is horrible.
May 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
canadahealthwatch.ca
LifeLabs workers to strike Thursday, seeking better conditions following acquisition by for-profit US company vancouversun.com/news/lifelab... @njgriffiths.bsky.social

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LifeLabs employees at a rally outside the company's main office in Burnaby on Feb. 16, 2025
February 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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BC Health Coalition urges province to end contract with U.S. owner of LifeLabs www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/bc-...

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A sign is seen outside a LifeLabs location in North Vancouver, B.C., Oct. 22, 2021.
April 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
thetyee.ca
The months-long strike at British Columbia’s LifeLabs has raised questions about foreign ownership of medical services and Canadians’ health data.

That such a large part of Canada’s health infrastructure is owned by a massive foreign company is cause for concern, notes one expert.
BC’s LifeLabs Strike Highlights the Risks of Foreign Ownership | The Tyee
The labour dispute raises concerns about global firms controlling Canadians’ medical services and health data.
thetyee.ca
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
snarkysteff.bsky.social
LifeLabs BC is owned by a FORTUNE 500 AMERICAN COMPANY.

We should not have all the diagnostics work in BC being handled by an AMERICAN company.
July 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
minibubbly.bsky.social
LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses 4-year bid to keep it quiet #BCpoli #ONpoli #LifeLabs
Ontario and B.C. privacy watchdogs say LifeLabs 'failed to take reasonable steps' to protect health info

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses 4-year bid to keep it quiet | CBC News
A statement from the privacy commissioners of both Ontario and British Columbia says their joint report, completed in June 2020, found that LifeLabs "failed to take reasonable steps" to protect clients' data while collecting more personal health information than was "reasonably necessary."
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2024 at 12:57 PM
canadahealthwatch.ca
LifeLabs data breach report released after firm loses four-year bid to keep it quiet www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/lif... @cdnpress.bsky.social

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LifeLabs logo visible on the side of a building
November 27, 2024 at 3:46 AM
larryneufeldsk.bsky.social
Guess who made donations to the Sask Party? Lifelabs. We need to get money out of politics from corporations and the wealthy that can influence government decisions #Saslatchewan #skpoli theflatlander.ca/not-simple-f...
Not simple for Saskatchewan to end contract with American lab company: minister
The NDP took issue with $28,000 in donations LifeLabs has made to the Saskatchewan Party since 2016. The figure is reported on Elections Saskatchewan's website.
theflatlander.ca
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
avilewis.ca
I stand in solidarity with LifeLabs workers as they fight for fair wages and safe staffing. Their struggle against a US mega-corp putting profits over public health is a battle to protect our healthcare from creeping privatization and US-control...

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B.C. LifeLabs workers could start strike on Sunday, says union | CBC News
The B.C. General Employees' Union delivered a 72-hour strike notice to LifeLabs on Thursday.
www.cbc.ca
February 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
healthydebate.bsky.social
"About half of B.C. and Ontario’s respective medical lab sectors are now U.S. owned." By @maddidellplain.bsky.social

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LifeLabs strike highlights risks of foreign ownership in Canadian health care - Healthy Debate
The months-long strike at British Columbia’s LifeLabs has raised questions about foreign ownership of medical services and Canadians’ health data.
healthydebate.ca
May 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
other-jane.bsky.social
Support striking LifeLabs workers! From the article: “LifeLabs is owned by US health giant Quest Diagnostics and [employees are] ‘fighting against an American model of healthcare and its impacts on workers.’”https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/lifelabs-bc-strike
Here's what to know about the BC LifeLabs strike | News
Unionized LifeLabs workers in BC have launched a strike that will result in temporary closures of some locations this week.
dailyhive.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
leeram.bsky.social
How are we not the 51st state?

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October 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
drkarenpinder.bsky.social
It should not be so damned difficult to book bloodwork at LifeLabs. We need a second company.
May 15, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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striking BCGEU workers
June 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
hoi.t4tkiss.ing
hooded stranger just meowed at me as i was leaving the lifelabs 😭
March 26, 2026 at 8:22 PM
sethdklein.bsky.social
BC's LifeLabs Strike Highlights the Risks of Foreign Ownership via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...
BC’s LifeLabs Strike Highlights the Risks of Foreign Ownership | The Tyee
The labour dispute raises concerns about global firms controlling Canadians’ medical services and health data.
thetyee.ca
May 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
m-espeee.bsky.social
Now fix LifeLabs.
December 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
sharonk.bsky.social
the key to lifelabs is looking up wait times and then going to the one with the shortest time
April 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
vancouversun.bsky.social
Picket lines set to go up at LifeLabs locations across B.C.

vancouversun.com/news/lifelab...
Picket lines set to go up at LifeLabs locations across B.C.
Check here to see where rotating strike action might affect your LifeLabs testing appointment.
vancouversun.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
chantzy.bsky.social
BC lifelabs issues a stike notice and one reason is that they are chronically understaffed. People need blood tests to survive.

And yet, they won't bring respirator masks to the lab. globalnews.ca/news/1101822...
B.C. LifeLabs workers issue 72-hour strike notice | Globalnews.ca
The move follows months of negotiations with the company, which the union claims is refusing to raise wages to match the cost of living or to deal with 'chronic understaffing.'
globalnews.ca
February 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM