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Newfoundland’s ‘break-away’ harvesters raise enough to try again for union

The would-be Canadian union has reached its goal of receiving dues from at least 500 harvesters and says it will try again in 2019 

By Undercurrent News | Nov. 2, 2018 14:46 GMT
A demonstration of netting used to catch cod hangs inside a building in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) has reached its goal of receiving dues from at least 500 harvesters, enough to maintain its existence and make another run at getting approval by the Canadian province’s Labor Relations Board (LRB), CBC News reports [...]

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