A four-day strike by nearly 2,000 Senegalese and Ivory Coast fishers who work on vessels owned by European companies operating in West African waters pulled back the cover on unfair and exploitative labor practices that plague the industrial fisheries sector. “The conditions are very tough, and we don’t get paid what we deserve,” Aliou Ngom, … Continue reading West African fishers strike for fair wages and ‘respect’ on EU-owned vessels