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In Ballard, a human resources manager for Trident Seafoods talks to a room of people hoping to be seafood processors – warning them of the dangers of the…
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The yard in front of the CARQUEST Auto Parts store on this remote Alaskan island is crowded with old cars.Sonny Nguyen, the store’s owner, keeps them…
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On Monday, June 1, 1981, Seattle’s KIRO TV reported a shooting in Pioneer Square.KIRO: “The shots were fired right around a quarter of 5 this evening,…
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A few years after Abdirahman Shire moved to the U.S., he found work at a Tyson Foods chicken factory in Kentucky.That’s when he got a call from a friend,…
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00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2b490000For generations, immigrants from Seattle have migrated north to seek their fortunes in the Alaskan fishing industry.Filipinos were among the first, and remain the largest group, but recently East Africans have joined the throngs.In this series we look at what life is like for this new wave of seafood processing workers."Ballard North" was produced with the support of the Program Venture Fund, in partnership with The Seattle Globalist. It was reported by Jessica Partnow, with additional reporting by Alex Stonehill, Sarah Stuteville, and Feliks Banel. The series was edited by Carol Smith.