After rounds of failed salary negotiations, over 1,200 medical laboratory workers in New Zealand plan to spend the week of November 29 on strike. They are demanding pay increases that are in step with the country’s rate of inflation and that recognize the increasing demands placed on them. Among the labs involved are the New Zealand Blood Service, district health boards nationwide, Tairawhiti in Gisborne, Wellington Pathology, and Southern Community Laboratories.

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December 2006 - Table of Contents

LIR December 2006 (full PDF issue)

A Booming ’06 for Lab M&A, but With Smaller Buys

Tm Bioscience on the Block

Carilion Labs Nears Close on Presbyterian, More Acquisitions Coming

Panacea Pharmaceuticals Spins Off Reference Lab

Lab Industry M&A Brings Focused Consolidation in ‘06

After $500k in Overflow Testing, Tennessee Building New Crime Lab

New Zealand Lab Workers to Strike for Higher Wages

Consumers Open to, but Skeptical of Retail Health Clinics

New Cancer Lab to Open in the Bahamas

Lab Stocks Rise 7%; Medtox Up 21%

Growth in Hospital Testing