Earlier this month, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the House Committee on Education and Labor issued the following news item. It's available on the JEC website HERE Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) and the House Committee on Education and Labor released a new report…
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From the American Maritime Partnership (AMP), to which the SIU is affiliated: WASHINGTON — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, today released the following statement responding to an unjustified Jones Act waiver request in relation to energy prices. “This unjustified Jones Act waiver request…
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Delegates to the AFL-CIO convention recently approved a resolution backing the Jones Act, America’s freight cabotage law. SIU Secretary-Treasurer David Heindel read the statement June 15 in Philadelphia. The full text follows. SUPPORT FOR THE JONES ACT Submitted by the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO Cabotage laws have been around since…
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Bosun Moussa Hamdy relayed this account of a recent rescue conducted by the SIU-crewed MV Endurance (TOTE Services). For additional photos, visit the SIU Facebook page HERE. On June 15 at 0858LT the MV Endurance received a MAYDAY call from the 30-foot sailing vessel Black Pearl 170nm off the coast…
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The U.S. maritime industry collectively should capitalize on the growing awareness of its essential roles. Carl Bentzel, a commissioner with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), emphasized that view June 9 at the Maritime Trades Department convention in Philadelphia. Carl Bentzel The FMC is self-described as “the independent federal agency…
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Federation President Sees ‘Future Where Unions Can Be the Constant’ The head of America’s largest labor organization says that unions can and must play vital roles as technology constantly reshapes workplaces. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler delivered that message June 9 at the Maritime Trades Department convention in Philadelphia. She also…
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Cotton Says Jones Act Should be Global Model The top official of a powerful international labor group said the global pandemic called overdue, positive attention to the maritime industry. ITF General Secretary Steve Cotton Steve Cotton, general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), addressed the Maritime Trades Department…
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In a wide-ranging address June 10 at the Maritime Trades Department convention in Philadelphia, U.S. Rep. Donald Norcross (D-New Jersey) often returned to one key subject: good, union jobs. A longtime electrician and onetime president of the South Jersey Building and Construction Trades Council before his election to Congress, Norcross…
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The AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated, has issued the following news item. SIU President Michael Sacco, the longest-serving member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, oversaw the election. Liz Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President at 2022 Convention Alongside Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond (Philadelphia, June 12, 2022)—The AFL-CIO Convention delegates today elected…
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently issued the following news item, which includes SIU Executive Vice President Augie Tellez. To access the release on the Maritime Administration's website, click HERE. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Announces New Members of Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee Wednesday, June 8, 2022 WASHINGTON, D.C. –…