Greg Pretty News Today

The Fish, Food and Allied Workers union is angry over redfish allocations for inshore harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, saying the federal government is prioritizing corporations over fishermen struggling to survive.

After more than 40 years with the FFAW, Greg Pretty is retiring ahead of the next election for union president.

The president of a cod harvesting company in Newfoundland and Labrador says the province is ready to reopen the commercial cod market, 32 years after the moratorium was announced.

John Efford, the unofficial fisheries union protest leader, says crab harvesters will be back on the steps of Confederation Building on Monday morning as their crab tie-up continues.

Association of Seafood Producers executive director Jeff Loder says the current crab tie-up is getting to a point where it is going to negatively affect the market for the rest of the season, and other fisheries after that.

The FFAW is doubling down on their assertion that harvesters will fish for nothing less than their "fair share...

With their boats tied up and crab pots still on dry land, fish harvesters and union officials are calling on the Newfoundland and Labrador government to revisit a 2023 report that sets out what they say is a fair way forward for the snow crab fishery.

Teachers and university professors staged a national walkout against the Milei administration in Argentina while workers at Canadian Pacific Kansas City and Canadian National railroads are voting on strike action.

Harvesters and processing companies are about $30-million apart on a price for crab-and it could result in a d...

Crab harvesters are once again vowing to tie up their boats just days before the crab season is set to begin off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.