BCGEU, LifeLabs reach deal
LifeLabs’ 700 B.C. employees are back to work following a tentative collective agreement reached between the company and the B.C. Government Employee Service Union.
The three-year agreement runs from Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2014 and includes a one-time lump sum payment equal to two per cent, payable upon ratification of the collective agreement; a one-per cent wage increase retroactive to Jan. 1; a one-per cent increase effective July 1; and a two-per cent increase effective July 1, 2014.
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