The Seafarers International Union’s tallying committee last month completed its tabulation of ballots cast by union members in voting on proposed SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District/NMU constitutional amendments. The tallying committee report was submitted to the secretary-treasurer and was scheduled to be mailed to each port no later than Nov. 30 (after this edition of the LOG went to press). The report will be submitted for ratification by the membership at the regular December membership meetings.The following tallying committee members were elected at the Nov. 6 membership meeting in Piney Point: Gerald Costello (chairman), Ekow Doffoh, Melvin Grayson, Robert Lindsay, Timothy Pillsworth and John Reid.
The committee reported that each of the 11 proposed constitutional amendments was approved by a large majority. As previously reported, some of the proposed changes include a modification of the types of mail services that may be utilized for union election cycles (reflecting the increased use of overnight mail and similar services and the decline of telegrams); creation of a “retiree members” class, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2006; elimination of the position of vice-president at large from the list of elected officers (to take place after the positions are vacated by current officeholders); and a change in the port address of the San Francisco hall.
Voting on the proposed amendments took place Sept. 1-Oct. 31, with Seafarers casting secret ballots at union halls and by mail.
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