Sullivan Met With Protest
February 17th, 2012
The St. Jude Hotel and the NL Liquor Corporation have been named the 2011 Employers of Distinction Award winners by the Newfoundland and Labrador Employers’ Council. The awards ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at the Sheraton Hotel, where outside, disgruntled trawlermen handed out their own “awards” aimed at Ocean Choice International. Former provincial cabinet minister Loyola Sullivan, who is connected to the company, was the guest speaker at yesterday’s event. Among the protesters were trawlermen who are embroiled in a labour dispute with OCI. The trawlermen were locked out by the company, which then brought in replacement workers to crew the “Newfoundland Lynx”.
