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There’s Something Wrong With Our Tuna!

Fishers Demand Rights at Sea

Migrant fishers in Taiwan's distant-water fishing industry, who catch the tuna that ends up in the cans we buy, face routine labor rights violations, including injuries and even death. Fishers are at sea for 6 months or longer without a way to communicate with their families, unions, or regulators, unable to report injury and abuse. Despite the known labor risks in Taiwan’s tuna industry, U.S. companies continue to purchase tuna from the Taiwanese fleet without investing in real protections for workers, putting their own profits ahead of workers’ rights, health, and safety.

The fishers need our support more than ever. Please join us on March 16 from 4:30-6:00pm for a rally & vigil for those lost at sea in front of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center to show solidarity with migrant fishers working in Taiwan and elsewhere who face dangerous, abusive conditions and extreme isolation at sea.

Please note: this is not a DSA sponsored event. It is a community event being shared by the Labor Working Group.

Sponsored by: MA Global Labor Justice Committee

For more information contact Russ Davis at russdavis@comcast.net

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/solidarity-rally-vigil-for-fishers

Join us for a social for dinner or a drink at Pho Pasteur at 1462 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02169 at 6:00pm, March 16th !  We will then walk over to Quincy City Hall (1305 Hancock Street) for the Quincy City Council meeting at 7:30pm. We will observe the proceedings, consider how we can make use of the time for public comments, and report back to the neighborhood group.

Anyone is welcome to come just to the social, or the meeting, of course!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/quincy-city-council-watch-social-3162026