Fishermen for Taiwanese Suppliers Rally for Better Conditions at Boston Seafood Trade Show
More than a dozen migrant fishermen, industry workers, and labor advocates rallied Sunday outside a seafood industry convention, calling for better working conditions and Wi-Fi access on Taiwanese deep-water fishing vessels, which supply some of the world's largest seafood companies.
Adrie Nelwan, 50, worked for about 25 years as a deep-water fisherman, staffing Taiwanese boats and sending money back to his family in Indonesia, he said. He made his living that way until 2021, when a line snapped and struck him in...
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