The Seafarers’ International Union of Canada (SIU) and other marine sector labour organizations have issued a joint letter calling on officials across the country to include marine sector workers in their ‘Phase 2’ plans to vaccinate essential workers against the COVID-19 virus. To date, plans have not made direct mention of seafarers and marine sector workers in any list of essential workers set to be getting the COVID-19 vaccine once the second phase of the vaccine rollout takes place.
