Month: July 2021

Full Nomination Packages for the 2024 FFAW-Unifor Executive Board Election are now available online for viewing and download.

July 29, 2021 – FFAW-Unifor wishes to advise members that have applied for the 2021 Snow Crab Survey that the draw has taken place. Those applicants who were drawn will be

Click here to read the latest issue of the Union Forum – Published July 2021

July 27, 2021 – The Sea Cucumber Committee met this evening to discuss the ongoing dispute with processors. The Committee wishes to stress the following points: 1. According to a letter

July 27, 2021 – Please note that the 3L Shrimp Committee has increased the CAP by 30,000 per share. This increase will be effective immediately and the CAP for 3L

July 23, 2021 – FFAW-Unifor has been actively working to address the concerns of sea cucumber harvesters that affect many members and communities in our province. We requested that DFO clarify

July 21, 2021 – Negotiations for the minimum price for squid took place this week between FFAW-Unifor and ASP. Last night, July 20th, the parties reached an agreement on price for

July 20, 2021 – The FFAW-Unifor Sea Cucumber Negotiating Committee met tonight, July 20th, to discuss updates in the current dispute over ASP’s sampling, handling and grading protocols for the 2021

July 20, 2021 – Applications are now being accepted from harvesters interested in participating in the Federal Government’s Lost Gear Retrieval Project (or ‘Ghost Gear Project’) in the Southern 2J

July 20, 2021 – The initiative to equip fishing vessels with AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators) for improved preparedness for marine cardiac emergencies began in 2018. In the Winter 2019 issue of