Photo courtesy of National Sea Products

At another non-unionized plant I worked in they treats us like gold. I went to work up there packing fish and I had to start at $7.25 an hour and the rest were getting $7.50. That was for the first month. I didn't mind that. You were just starting off, but when I got up there, I w, doing three to their one. So I said, "No, I'm not doing this. I'm not doing three to their one. I'm not getting paid less. I don't want no more, but I wants to be up where they're to."

And she said, "We can't do that."

"Well, I won't be back tomorrow night," I said.

And when we went in the office, the manager said, "Okay, pay her." That was no more than he should do, really. I was doing more work, I should at least get pal what they were getting paid.

In 1991 we worked that long of hours and I was that poisoned with working night shift and my husband coming in as I was walking out, I sent in for a fishing licence. To my surprise, they sent me back one. And so I just said to my husband, "The last of July, I'm quitting the plant."