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Maritime Trades Department

The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Created in 1946, the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO gives workers in the maritime industry and its allied trades a voice in shaping national policy. (Click HERE to visit the MTD web site.)

The MTD is one of seven constitutionally mandated departments within the AFL-CIO. Its 24 affiliated international unions help comprise a network of 24 port maritime councils in the United States and Canada. This allows the MTD to be active in issues affecting working men and women from the grassroots to the national level.

The main purpose of the MTD is to stand up for the working people of the U.S.-flag and Canadian-flag maritime industry -- from the shipbuilders to the mariners to the longshoremen to all of their suppliers and associates. The department performs a specialized role in the Labor movement by highlighting policies and programs that ensure the continuation of a strong North American maritime industry.

Officers
President: Michael Sacco
Vice President: Ernest D. Whelan
Executive Secretary-Treasurer: Francis X. Pecquex

Address
Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO
815 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: 202-628-6300
Fax: 202-637-3989

Affiliates
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers

Communications Workers of America

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

International Union of Elevator Constructors

International Union of Operating Engineers

International Association of Fire Fighters

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers

Laborers' International Union of North America

International Longshoremen's Association

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers

Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association

United Mine Workers of America

International Union of Allied, Novelty and Production Workers

Office and Professional Employees International Union

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada

Seafarers International Union of North America

Sheet Metal Workers International Association

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

United Steelworkers of America

Transportation-Communications Union

Port Councils
Mobile, Alabama
Anchorage, Alaska
San Francisco, California
Wilmington, California
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Honolulu, Hawaii
Chicago, Illinois
New Orleans, Louisiana
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Algonac, Michigan
St. Louis, Missouri
New York, New York
Cleveland, Ohio
Toledo, Ohio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Houston, Texas
Norfolk, Virginia
Seattle, Washington
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada