About Half of Iceland's Striking Fishermen Get Back to Work as Some Agreements Reached
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by Michael Ramsingh - November 14, 2016
About half of Iceland’s fishermen will get back to work after just a three-day-long strike that started last Thursday night.
According to a release from government fishery officials with Fisheries Iceland, the Fishermen’s Union of Iceland known as SSI signed a two-year labor deal over the weekend to end the work stoppage.
The agreement settled several issues between Iceland’s fishermen and the processors and vessel owners that employ them. The deal settled an issue with fish prices sold at auction versus the market for prices of fish not sold at auction...
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