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