FFAW Condemns DFO’s E-Log Policy and Phone Seizure Overreach; Calls for Minister Intervention
The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW-Unifor) is demanding immediate action from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to address the ongoing issues with its mandatory electronic logbook (e-log) policy and the recent invasive seizure of a harvester’s cellphone, which continues to cause increasingly significant distress and disruption for Newfoundland and Labrador’s fish harvesters. FFAW-Unifor is calling for a return to a voluntary implementation, allowing the continued use of paper logs, and an end to overreaching enforcement practices. “DFO’s electronic logbook policy is a poorly executed overreach that ignores the realities of our industry. Harvesters have been vocal about these issues from the start, and our prior communications to DFO made it clear that a forced transition would lead to chaos. The department’s failure to listen has left fish harvesters struggling with unreliable systems and no support,” says FFAW-Unifor President Street. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 14:08
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