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Newfoundland unions locked in tense battle to represent fishermen

Newfoundland harvesters' longtime collective bargaining agent FFAW aims to keep its designation while new union FISH-NL raises string of allegations against it

By Jeanine Stewart | June 23, 2017 17:17 BST
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In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, a new fishermen's union is locked in a tense battle to oust decades-old union Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) from its seat as the province's official collective bargaining agent for fish harvesters [...]

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