Nomination Packages – IRO & Inshore Divisions
Full Nomination Packages for the 2024 FFAW-Unifor Executive Board Election are now available online for viewing and download.
Month: April 2017
Fish Processing Workers Hold Demonstration at WorkplaceNL
04/27/2017 ST. JOHN’S – Workers from fish processing plants around the province gathered at WorkplaceNL headquarters on Thursday to call for a Fish Processing Sector Safety Council that will address
Job Posting: Receptionist/Accounting Clerk Position
04/27/2017 Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW-Unifor) invites applications for the following: Receptionist/Accounting Clerk Position Temporary – June 5, 2017 – October 13, 2017 The successful candidate should have a
STATEMENT ON HARVESTER PROTESTS
04/24/2017 FFAW’s Executive Board understands and agrees that this is a difficult time in the fishery. The fishery is in transition which creates uncertainty. FFAW has worked hard to help
Statement: Sarabeth Anne Forbes
04/23/2017 FFAW-Unifor is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Unifor member Sarabeth Anne Forbes, a worker at Parkland Cape Breton, an assisted living facility in Sydney, NS and member
Consultation with FFAW results in DFO announcing full stock assessment for northern cod
04/20/2017 Last week, Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with FFAW leadership in Ottawa. One of the many points raised in this meeting included a need for full stock assessment on northern
Ice compensation, extended employment insurance needed
04/19/2017 FFAW-Unifor President Keith Sullivan is calling on the federal government to pay extended Employment Insurance (E.I.) benefits to fish harvesters and plant workers in the province who are kept
Notice to harvesters participating in the Traceability Project
04/13/2017 Tag delivery is expected next week and distribution of tags will begin the week of April 24th. Pick-up locations will be posted here on the website/Facebook page. If you
FFAW leadership discuss shrimp cuts, transition to cod with Federal MPs and Fisheries Minister
04/11/2017 ST. JOHN’S, NL – Yesterday, FFAW-Unifor leadership met with the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Dominic LeBlanc and Newfoundland and Labrador Members of Parliament to discuss the urgent issues
MEDIA ADVISORY – FFAW leadership to meet with fisheries minister and federal NL caucus
04/10/2017 Today in Ottawa, FFAW-Unifor leadership will meet with the federal Newfoundland and Labrador caucus, as well as the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Dominic LeBlanc. Meetings are expected to
Frustrations mount against drastic cuts to inshore shrimp quota
04/07/2017 ST. JOHN’S, NL – FFAW-Unifor is once again calling on the federal government to remove the offshore trawlers from shrimp fishing area (SFA) 6, and to reconsider the drastic