Fired Protesters at Norpel in New Bedford File Labor Complaint
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Standard Times] By Simón Rios - January 15, 2015 -
NEW BEDFORD, Nearly a month after getting fired from a fish processing plant, mother of two Francisca Portillo has yet to find a job.
After participating in a Dec. 15 vigil in front of the company's Fish Island plant, Portillo and five others were fired by Norpel, or Northern Pelagic Group, which processes mackerel and herring.
A week after the protest, advocates for the workers filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board in Boston, the independent federal agency that oversees labor disputes. The charge, aimed at Norpel as well as Employment...
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