George McCartney, retired SIU vice president West Coast, died March 19 after battling various ailments that had sharply worsened. He was 72.McCartney retired in 1998 after serving the previous 17 years as an SIU vice president. But anyone who knew him understood that he never really left the union. McCartney remained intensely loyal to the SIU, constantly volunteering his time and always wearing his SIU colors with pride. He attended the March membership meeting in San Francisco the day before his death.
McCartney began sailing with the SIU at age 17, joining in 1948. He sailed for a dozen years before coming ashore.
When he retired, he noted, “The SIU has always been my life, my main interest, since I was a kid.”
Next month’s Seafarers LOG will contain a more detailed remembrance.
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