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Dear Seamus: All Seasonal Workers Want for Christmas is Dignity and Respect

This Christmas season, seasonal workers in Newfoundland and Labrador are in crisis due to a failure of the federal government. Despite months of broken promises, the federal government has largely failed to support seasonal workers facing financial crisis this winter season.  This Union signalled the coming crisis to the federal government back in April when the markets for snow crab collapsed. At the time, FFAW-Unifor proposed needed changes to the federal employment insurance (EI) system and income supplements for all affected fish harvesters and plant workers.  “The crab fishery came and went, and just as the fishing season began to wind down and folks prepared to file their annual EI claims, the federal criteria for EI changed. more, >>click to read<< 14:26

North Carolina’s seafood industry is in crisis

Restrictions on commercial fishing in North Carolina are well-intentioned, aimed at preventing the “fishing out” of some varieties. But have they become too burdensome for fishermen just trying to make a living? Read more here  07:53

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/06/02/3906815/north-carolinas-seafood-industry.html?sp=/99/108/#storylink=cpy