SIU Seafarers International UnionSIU Job Opportunities
 Help
About the SIU Jobs Member Benefits & Resources Paul Hall Center Seafarers Log Heard@HQ Slop Chest
Heard@HQ

New ‘MarAd Update’ available (1/1)
Season's Greetings
USNS Rappahannock rescues fishermen (12/20)
SHBP Scholarship deadline: April 15 (12/19)
Mail Handlers Union rejoins AFL-CIO (12/15)
USNS Sacagawea heads out for sea trials (12/13)
Rallying for workers’ rights (12/12)
USNS Alan Shepard christened (12/7)
Russian ITF affiliates agree to form single union (12/7)
SIU comments on draft NVIC (12/5)
Dahl crew embodies spirit of giving (11/30)
Members covered under Plan Level N switch to Core Plus (11/27)
Rondeau confirmed as TRANSCOM deputy commander (11/21)
ATC earns tremendous safety achievement (11/17)
More milestones at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (11/14)
‘Buy Union Week’ starts Nov. 24 (11/9)
SIU ship carries peacekeeping cargo to Lebanon (11/7)
Halloween spirit aboard Sumner (11/3)
AFL-CIO to host election night ‘watch party’ (11/2)
MTD: FOC pitfalls reflected in recent accidents (10/31)
USNS Mendonca returns from Middle East mission (10/27)
Baltic actions recoup $471,000 for crews (10/24)
GAO: Key challenges remain in TWIC program (10/20)
NCL’s Veitch honored (10/18)
Philly tanker update (10/17)
Horizon Hunter christened (10/11)
ITF protests ‘impending crisis’ (10/10)
Congressman Oberstar honored (10/5)
Secretary Chao: Mariners are ‘key part’ of homeland defense (10/3)
CG requests comments on medical, physical evaluation guidelines for mariner credentials (9/29)

  View all items...

Home / Heard@HQ / Heard at Headquarters 2006 / October-December

Rallying for workers’ rights (12/12)

Seafarers on Dec. 8 took part in a rally in Washington, D.C. supporting the Employee Free Choice Act. Featured speakers at the demonstration included Senate Labor Committee Chairman Ted Kennedy, House Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney.

A few photos from the rally appear below.

The AFL-CIO web site features detailed information about the Employee Free Choice Act – legislation that would restore workers’ rights to freely choose union representation. Check it out by clicking HERE

###

 

 
Comments/questions about this site? Contact webmaster@seafarers.org
© Seafarers International Union - All Rights Reserved