Fishermen’s union takes fight to Minister Tootoo, story and video

January 22, 2016 Canada

The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union is hoping residents of Prince Rupert can dust off their pens, stamps and notebooks and put them to good use in the coming days. The union (UFAWU-Unifor) was hard at work last fall, rallying North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen, the City of Prince Rupert and the District of Port Edward to support them after ), a division of the Jim Pattison Group announced the closure of salmon canning operations at its Oceanside Plant. While they received sympathetic voices in all those representatives, mayors and council members, UFAWU is taking the fight federally. Read the article here 12:08

Canadian Fishing Company (Canfisco), City of Prince Rupert, District of Port Edward, Minister of Fisheries Tootoo, North Coast MLA Jennifer Rice, policy of adjacency, Skeena – Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen, UFAWU

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Chandra Effenberger says:

January 14, 2020 at 10:42 pm

I have water rights there. And one of my great Grandparents settle that island. I was wondering where I could find out more information about this.

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