December 9, 2025 — StarKist Samoa canneries’ initiative to build two new housing facilities to provide accommodations for Samoa’s guests workers working at the cannery is applauded and highly commended by Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt.
StarKist Samoa, is the single largest private employer in the territory with 2,400 workers on the payroll. And 70% are Samoa citizens hired as Guest Workers for the canneries in a government initiative to accommodate the cannery’s high manpower demands.
The guest worker program is exclusive for Samoa citizens only.
As guest of honor attending the dedication of the new Legislative Building recently, StarKist President Injoo Ha and senior executives paid a courtesy call on Samoa’s leader and his delegation.