Proposed Amendments Will Strengthen Your Union As we get closer to the voting period in our SIU election (November and December), I encourage all eligible members to cast their respective ballots – and I also ask that you support each of our proposed constitutional amendments. Some of the amendments are of the unremarkable “housekeeping” nature.…

High-ranking officials from the military, the administration and the U.S.-flag maritime industry recently convened at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education (PHC), located in Piney Point, Maryland. The school hosted the latest meeting of the U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) Sealift Executive Working Group (EWG). The EWG typically meets twice per year;…

A near-record seven out of every 10 Americans support unions, according to the latest annual Gallup Poll on the popularity of the labor movement. Additionally, in another indication of the backing unions enjoy, the gap between labor support and opposition is the widest in at least half a century. The poll, done yearly around Labor…