Strike

Toronto – Striking couriers and mailroom clerks at LifeLabs have voted to accept an offer to end their two week strike. The 160 OPSEU/SEFPO members, who work in three locations in the Greater Toronto Area, voted electronically today to accept the deal reached yesterday that includes wage improvements. It’s a first collective agreement for the...

Toronto – After nearly two weeks on strike, the bargaining team representing roughly 160 LifeLabs couriers and mailroom clerks in the GTA has reached a tentative agreement with the employer. If a majority of the 160 OPSEU/SEFPO Local 5119 members vote to accept the tentative agreement, the strike will be over. The vote will take...

Toronto  – Mediated talks between OPSEU/SEFPO and LifeLabs failed to produce a settlement to end a strike that has lasted nearly two weeks. No new talks are scheduled. Members of Local 5119 will be reporting for their picket line duties on Friday as previously planned. OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says the Union will continue to...