TORONTO - The union representing striking DriveTest workers is asking the province to allow it to resume some services for Ontario residents awaiting a driver's licence.

DriveTest workers began a strike on Aug. 21 over the key issue of job security after talks broke off with their employer, Serco DES Inc., and about 200 of them rallied at the legislature today.

Wayne Fraser of United Steelworkers Local 9511 says the union is asking the province to allow it to resume written and vision testing.

He says he has asked Transportation Minister Jim Bradley to reconsider his earlier rejection of a request for a meeting to discuss a renewal of services.

The strike affects 93 full-time and part-time DriveTest sites, which grant or renew licences to novice drivers and those over 80.

The province earlier extended the expiry date of any licences that require a test for renewal. DriveTest has estimated some 4,000 people per day have not been able to obtain their driver's licence since the strike began.

The work stoppage, however, doesn't affect those who simply need to renew their licence without taking a test as they can still renew at Ontario Driver and Vehicle Licence Issuing Offices.

The province contracted out driver testing in 2003 to Serco DES in a 10-year deal.