Massive strike pits African fishers against superprofitable EU firms – ICSF icsf.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icsf.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Madagascar recently signed a fisheries partnership agreement with the E.U., even as the treatment of workers on vessels from the bloc comes under scrutiny.
West African fishers strike for fair wages and respect on EU-owned vessels – ICSF icsf.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from icsf.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A four-day strike by nearly 2,000 Senegalese and Ivory Coast fishers who work on vessels owned by European companies operating in West African waters pulled back the cover on unfair and exploitative labor practices that plague the industrial fisheries sector. “The conditions are very tough, and we don’t get paid what we deserve,” Aliou Ngom, […]
About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies