Dynacare’s River East location. (HANDOUT)
Laboratory workers at Dynacare have overwhelmingly approved a strike mandate, with 99.7 percent voting in favour in a vote conducted this week by the Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals (MAHCP).
“Workloads have increased while pay has stagnated,” said MAHCP president Jason Linklater, adding Dynacare wages have fallen 20 to 50 percent behind Shared Health compensation for the same work since the company secured a monopoly on non-hospital lab services in 2017.
Dynacare is a subsidiary of Labcorp, an American corporation whose net earnings more than doubled over the last two years, from $418 million in 2023 to $876.5 million in 2025.
The union’s collective agreement with Dynacare expired March 31. Mediation since July 15 has failed to produce a deal, and no further bargaining dates are scheduled.
“They need a competitive and equitable contract that recognizes their value to Manitoba’s healthcare system, and to Dynacare,” Linklater said.
MAHCP represents nearly 350 laboratory technicians and technologists at Dynacare’s 22 laboratory and health services centres in Winnipeg, Brandon and surrounding communities. Members completed more than 15 million lab tests in the 2024/25 fiscal year, according to Manitoba government records.
