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Industrial/Retail/Offshore Sector

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Industrial/Retail/Offshore Sector

FFAW-Unifor’s Industrial-Retail-Offshore (IRO) sector is made up of a wide variety of sectors and occupations – from plant workers to skilled trades to hospitality and retail and more.

FFAW Pie Chart 2023 B6

FFAW-Unifor’s 4000 IRO members elect representatives to the union’s Executive Board and to its IRO Council. These elected representatives ensure the concerns of IRO members are part of the union’s decision-making process.

FFAW-Unifor has four Member Representatives on staff dedicated to our members in the IRO sector.

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Collective Agreements

Members of FFAW-Unifor’s IRO sectors are covered by the following collective agreements:

Dr. Erin Carruthers

Dr. Erin Carruthers is the Science Director and Senior Fisheries Scientist with the Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor), which is the labour union that represents the owner-operator fleet in Newfoundland and Labrador. The FFAW is committed to research and management that supports healthy oceans, fisheries, and coastal communities. Dr. Carruthers received her Ph. D. in Biology from Memorial University in 2011 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Before coming to Newfoundland, Erin worked as a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the St. Andrews Biological Station. Her current research program is co-constructed with fish harvesters and includes research on coastal fishing communities, collaborative longline and trap surveys, and best practices for the avoidance, handling and release of unwanted catch.