HIS SEASON, YOUR DONATION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER
FFAW-Unifor’s Women’s Committee is encouraging folks to consider making a donation to a food bank this holiday season. This time of year is very difficult for food banks – we
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Snow Crab Rebate Update
This morning, FFAW President Dwan Street, Inshore Director Sherry Glynn and crab negotiating committee member Glen Winslow met with provincial fisheries and aquaculture Minister Loyola O’Driscoll, Deputy Minister Jamie Chippett, and ADM
UPDATE ON CRAB FINAL PAYOUT
We won the Panel decision on crab in April, but ASP is attempting to draw us into an arbitration which would see rebate payments delayed to harvesters, allowing processors to
FFAW-Unifor Expresses Deep Concern Over Baltic III Wreck as Vessel Further Deteriorates Off Cedar Cove
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is expressing serious concern following reports that the MSC Baltic III has sustained further structural damage and deterioration
Loss of Cod from the Offshore Confirm Longstanding Harvester Concerns
ST. JOHN’S, NL – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) provided an update from the most recent 3Ps Atlantic cod assessment held in St. John’s from November 4–6, 2025. Fish harvesters
FFAW Condemns Federal Budget’s Short-Sighted Neglect of Fisheries Sector
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) is issuing a call to action following the federal budget tabled by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finance Minister
NEW SEAL STUDY CONFIRMS WHAT HARVESTERS HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) welcomes new research from The Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland, confirming what Newfoundland and
FFAW CALLS FOR REOPENING OF COMMERCIAL MACKEREL FISHERY AHEAD OF REBUILDING PLAN WORKING GROUP MEETING
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is calling attention to the province’s mackerel fishery in advance of the Rebuilding Plan Working Group that is
FFAW-UNIFOR 2025 MACKEREL SURVEY
Your photos and descriptions are needed to show the extent of what is happening in our waters. From southern Labrador to every coast of Newfoundland, harvesters are saying there’s no