Omega Protein Ratifies Three-Year Contract
Monday, May 5, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Omega Protein fishermen unanimously
ratified a three-year collective bargaining agreement on April 26 that improves
the lives of 69 members working on the vessels fishing menhaden in the Atlantic
Ocean and Chesapeake Bay, when not docked in Reedville, VA along the Northern
Neck. The agreement raises the UFCW 400 members’ living standards and
protects
their health and welfare benefits, the union reports. - UFCW 400’s
Wednesday Weekly