'Richard is very, very weak': Fisherman's hunger strike enters Day 10 - News Summed Up

'Richard is very, very weak': Fisherman's hunger strike enters Day 10


As Richard Gillett hits Day 10 of his hunger strike outside the Fisheries and Oceans building in St. John's, his father wants him to stop it. (Alyson Samson/CBC)The Twillingate fisherman is in the second week of his hunger strike, despite being diabetic and having a heart condition. Richard Gillett lies on his cot in his tent on Day 10 of his hunger strike outside DFO's offices on White Hills Road in St. Johns. (Alyson Samson/CBC)Since beginning his hunger strike April 13, he says, he has become very tired and weak. Richard Gillett wants a review of the relationship between the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union and the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.


Source: CBC News April 22, 2017 19:14 UTC



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