Tag Archives: Newfoundland and Labrado
Fisherman seeking to challenge FFAW-Unifor’s election surpasses fundraising goal
Bay Bulls fisherman Jason Sullivan passed his fundraising goal of $25,000 for a legal challenge to the process that led to the FFAW-Unifor’s election of a new president on Jan. 5th. Sullivan was disqualified from running in the FFAW election two days before the vote. He added that the fisherman had a target of $25,000 but is at $50,000 and counting in terms of committed e-transfers. “If we don’t fight this out and make sure, at the very least, we have a fair election, it’s no good complaining when the fishery is in the toilet come April.” >click to read< 15:01
Letter: Stop digging a graveyard for our fisheries
Our fishing industry in Newfoundland and Labrador is in shambles, and yet politicians and decision-makers are blind to the fish bones pilling up in the graveyard, and with it, our prime industry, economy and our communities. Either that, or they simply do not care or have a handle on this industry they are responsible for managing and growing. Are they aware or concerned about the rapid expansion of the Canadian factory freezer trawler operations off our coasts while our groundfishery recovery is stalled and shrimp and crab fisheries in decline? >click here to read< 11:05
