William Coaker and the Fishermen’s Protective Union – Part II, Politics and Decline
By Site Editor | Oct 7, 2008
On the eve of World War I (1914-18) the Fisherman’s Protective Union (FPU), founded by William Ford Coaker, was prospering. It had recruited members from all over the colony of Newfoundland, especially in the heavily-Protestant settlements along the Northeast Coast. The union had also spun off into other ventures aimed at helping fishers break free [...]
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