Briefs & Speeches

FFAW/CAW ensures the concerns of our members are heard in a variety of ways, including the presentation of briefs on a wide-range of issues such as Fisheries Resource and Allocation matters; Employment Insurance; Collective Bargaining legislation; Workers' Compensation laws; Occupational, Health and Safety; Training; Women's Issues; and other Social and Economic Justice topics.

Rationalization of the Harvesting Sector (2/10/2010)

Earle McCurdy's Speaking Notes at DFO Minister's Roundtable on Placentia Bay (9/14/2007)

Policy Paper: Stabilizing & Strengthening the NL Fishery (12/1/2006)

Earle McCurdy's Address to the 8th Constitutional Convention (11/30/2006)

Presentation to Fisheries Summit (5/24/2006)

Finding the Balance: Upholding the Principles of Workers’ Compensation (2/7/2006)

Examples of Rising Insurance Costs (10/4/2005)

Marine Insurance - High Rates Hurt Fishing Industry (10/4/2005)

Fleet Rationalization and Vessel Replacement Policy in the 35' - 65' Nfld. & Labrador Fishery (12/2/2004)

Make Work Pay - A Case for Restoring the Value of the NL Minimum Wage (11/29/2004)

Presentation to the Task Force on Seasonal Employment (4/13/2004)

DFO Brief: Preserving the Independence of the Inshore Fleet in Atlantic Canada's Fisheries (1/20/2004)