City councillor and United Fishermen and Allied Worker’s Union spokesperson Joy Thorkelson put her fellow councillors on notice that she intends to have a serious discussion about the economic outlook for the community following a disastrous fishing on the North Coast.
I feel for the shore workers as i used to be one . I left in 2005 for medical reason’s , but this has been a long time coming . For starter’s the union should get some back bone and fight to keep jobs in the local plant and keep the shore worker’s working , meaning why sit back and do nothing when in March or April every year it’s the same thing every year , herring is frozen in the Canfisco plant , but it is shipped right out to be processed else where by cheaper labor , maybe not even union worker’s … start there , keep all fish that is caught here and frozen here , fight to get it processed here , than work on job idea’s , bring them to the Manager’s of the Plant’s here to see if it’s viable , if it isn’t look for other species of fish to bring and keep the worker’s working .