18 de abril de 2020

Chile: Canadian transnational expels and abandons salmon workers in the Patagonian outdoors, after suspecting Covid-19

Workers for the Canadian salmon farm Cooke Aquaculture Chile, abandoned outside after having been expelled due to suspicions of Covid-19 in the Aysén Region. Photo: Diario...
18 de abril de 2020

Indignación con Salmonera Canadiense que dejó abandonados a sus trabajadores luego de sospecha de Coronavirus

Alcaldes de la Patagonia exigen protocolos seguros para los trabajadores y que las salmoneras no continúen con su excesiva rotación de personal cuya mayoría proviene de...
8 de abril de 2020

Ecoceanos en Radio U. de Chile: ¿Dinero de Salmonera frente al coronavirus es buena voluntad o protección de intereses?

La salmonera AquaChile, perteneciente Agrosuper, que también cría cerdos y pollos para exportación,  dispuso un laboratorio para la toma de exámenes de COVID-19. Pero los trabajadores...
31 de marzo de 2020

Ecoceanos y ONGs de EE.UU. Canadá y Australia exigen participación y monitoreo de Stakeholders en proceso de cambios a certificación de Aquaculture Stewardship Council

Incorporar la participación, consulta, escrutinio y la revisión de los VR de parte de las partes interesadas (stakeholders), que involucran a las comunidades locales, es la...
28 de marzo de 2020

Police and Navy Break Sanitary Customs Barrier in Chiloé letting Salmon Farm Trucks Circulate

Workers in the salmon farm industry have demanded the standstill of activities and the citizens of Chiloé called for a sanitary barrier to be established in...
24 de marzo de 2020

Salmon farm industry workers demand standstill of production to protect Chiloé, Aysén and Magallanes from Coronavirus

The call for «complete standstill» is backed by the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT), which points out that the Coronavirus situation «has generated a lot of...
20 de marzo de 2020

Chile: Ship workers in the salmon farmed industry demand preventive measures from the government to halt the spread of Covid-19

Maritime transport companies of the mega export-industry of Chilean salmon cultivation have only given their workers 1 face mask and hand sanitizer as a preventive measure...
20 de marzo de 2020

Chiloé Island will close to combat Coronavirus after citizen pressure, albeit starting next week

Chiloé community demand quarantine and suspension of labour activities in the processing plants (salmon farming), especially in the colder factory sections, without deductions for the workers.
20 de marzo de 2020

Chile: Another Diver Dies in the Salmon Export Industry

Melinka, Aysén, Chile, March 17, 2020 (radiodelmar.com)– Two workers from the subcontractor company Servicios Marítimos Marinetech Ltda, which performs loading and unloading tasks on the barge...