Mr. Richard Cashin This is Me

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1. 1. The Telegram Online

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   Published on: 3/30/2003   Last Visited: 3/30/2003

   Richard Cashin, who co-founded the Fishermen, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union decades after Coaker's age of prominence, took second place with our readers, with 276 votes.
   
   A panel of labour experts picked the same two leaders, but not in the same order. The tally of their votes put Cashin first, followed by Coaker.
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   Cashin, a lawyer who served as Liberal MP for St. John's West from 1962 to 1968, was approached by Father Desmond McGrath in 1970 to help organize inshore fishermen at Port au Choix.
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   Cashin was elected as the organization's first president, a position he held until he retired in May 1993.
   
   He was one of the province's most outspoken public figures, particularly during a 1971 strike at the Lake fish processing plant in Burgeo, and during a 1974 strike that hit the inshore and trawling sectors.
   
   Cashin also headed a federal task force on the Atlantic fishery in the early 1990s, served on a commission on national unity, and in 1996 was appointed a member of the Canadian Transportation Agency.
   
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   Payne had hoped Cashin would take first place in the readers' poll, followed by Ladd, Coaker and Riche.
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   But it took Richard Cashin, and I would give Des McGrath the credit there, too, to pull it off."
   
   Payne said she was disappointed that Nancy Riche, secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Labour Congress, wasn't on the readers' final list.

2. 2. Map of selected NAFO Areas - A Recent Account of Canada’s Atlantic Cod Fishery

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   Richard Cashin, the head of the Fishermen, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) was selected to chair this Task Force.

3. 3. Fish Harvester's Resource Centres Website

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   Published on: 1/28/2008   Last Visited: 1/28/2008

   Guest speakers include Richard Cashin, former President of FFAW/CAW, on Friday afternoon and Premier Danny Williams, who will address delegates Saturday morning.