The Seafarers' International Union of Canada (SIU) reached a settlement with the Canadian government in a lawsuit the union brought regarding foreign seafarers.
SIU filed 42 lawsuits in 2015 over the government's decision to issue work permits to non-Canadian crew aboard foreign-flagged ships that were sailing in Canadian waters.
Much of the case centred on 11 work permits issued by the government to foreign crew members of the 37,500-dwt New England (built 2005), which is owned by Netherlands-based Iver Ships.
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