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Category: Media Releases
CLOSURE WITHOUT CAUSE: Unprecedented Levels of Mackerel Call into Question Minister’s Decision to Close Fishery
“I’ve been at this for over 30 years and in all my years fishing, I have never seen better signs of mackerel – period.”
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Profit over people: Royal Greenland isn’t here to help Newfoundlanders
Both plant workers and fish harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador are impacted by ASP’s attempts to squeeze harvesters’ shares in the market – the hundreds of hours of lost work
Meeting with Premier Furey and Ministers
August 4, 2022 Today, FFAW-Unifor met with Premier Andrew Furey, Ministers Bernard Davis and Derek Bragg, as well as members of the Premier’s senior staff. The Union took the opportunity
Secretary-Treasurer Vacancy – Notice of Nomination Period
On July 29th, 2022 FFAW-Unifor’s Elections Committee received notice of resignation from Secretary-Treasurer Robert Keenan. As per Article VII, Sections 1 – 12 of the FFAW-Unifor Constitution, written notice is
Harvesters Call on DFO for Investment in Mackerel Science, Witness Unprecedented Abundance During Moratorium
July 29, 2022 The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is once again calling on the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to invest in new science opportunities for
Mackerel Sampling Opportunity
DFO-Science is requesting mackerel biological samples from NL waters and there is an opportunity to collect mackerel samples by 2 harvesters based in 4R and by 4 harvesters based in