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Washington, D.C.—Faleomavaega Provides Update Regarding Meeting With StarKist; Makes No Apologies for Supporting Minimum Wage Increases (12/12/2008)
Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he is providing the people of American Samoa with an update regarding the high-level talks that took place earlier this week between StarKist, Dongwon, and ASG officials. The meeting was held at the Governor and Faleomavaega’s request in response to StarKist’s announcement that it would eliminate twenty full-time salaried positions, hourly employee pension benefits, seven paid holidays, paid vacation for hourly employees, and additional activities that benefit hourly workers effective January 1, 2009.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that he will be meeting this week in San Diego with U.S. tuna boat owners, the South Pacific Tuna Corporation, Bumble Bee, and Chicken of the Sea to discuss important issues affecting the industry including minimum wage, 30A tax credits, and pending legislation to treat all U.S. tuna boat owners the same.
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Congressman Faleomavaega today announced that after all these years of traveling to Manu’a to assess her many needs, one of the biggest problems why Manu’a continues to lag behind with its overall development is because there has never been any real serious decisions taken by both the executive and legislative branches of the local government to properly determine, for example, how much of this year’s ASG $340 million budget, should be specifically earmarked for Manu’a’s needs. ...more »
Faleomavaega today announced that after consultations with leaders and members of the Fono and the public, he has given full support on amending a certain provision in American Samoa’s constitution to give the Fono an equal say on the process of passage and overriding the Governor’s veto power.
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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the Indonesian Ambassador to the United States, His Excellency Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat, requested his assistance regarding 42 Indonesian fishermen who are believed to be held in American Samoa, three of whom are believed to be missing. In response to the Ambassador’s concern, and in his capacity as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, Faleomavaega has written to Attorney General Michael Mukasey to request the FBI to investigate this matter to determine if any Federal laws possibly have been violated. Copies of Faleomavaega’s letter to the AG were forwarded to Governor Togiola Tulafono, Lieutenant Governor Faoa Sunia, President Lolo Moliga and Senators, and Speaker Savali Ale and Representatives of the Fono. The full text of the Congressman’s letter follows.
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