Help wanted: Seafarers union brings search for workers to capital region

Anthony Côté is looking for sailors, which brought him to the Carp Fair.
The Seafarers International Union set up a booth at the fair, hoping to interest job hunters aged 18 to 24 in careers on the water. Côté represents the union, which is joining management in the search.
Just one problem, he says. People keep asking him: What’s a seafarer?
Mostly they call themselves sailors, if that helps. These are the crews of a couple of hundred ships that carry iron o