Notice/Reminders Pre-Employment Drug Tests are Reported to Coast Guard; Marijuana Still Banned by Department of Transportation Seafarers are reminded that the U.S. Department of Transportation forbids the use of marijuana by employees subject to drug testing under DOT regulations. Even if marijuana use is legal in your home state, it…
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The SIU remains active in a project that involves delivering school books for children in Puerto Rico, Guam and Alaska. For more background on the program, click HERE. Below is a new press release from the Transportation Institute about recent outreach; SIU Port Agent Amancio Crespo is quoted in the…
Apr
15
From the Economic Policy Institute: Statement • By Celine McNicholas • The results of the election at the Amazon fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama, reveal a broken union election system. It is clear that if policymakers do not reform our nation’s labor law system, then they are effectively denying workers…
Apr
09
The following statement is from the International Transport Workers' Federation, to which the SIU is affiliated. SIU Secretary-Treasurer David Heindel, quoted in the statement, serves as chair if the ITF Seafarers' Section. ITF Statement on second postponement of International Bargaining Forum negotiations Maritime employers in the International Bargaining Forum (IBF)…
Apr
09
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: Blasting Amazon’s Anti-Worker Attacks, Labor Movement Urges PRO Act Passage Statement from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the union vote at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama: The heroic Amazon workers in Bessemer have made history, helping pave the path toward…
Apr
08
Bosun Rodriguez: Piney Point Training ‘Definitely Helped’ How’s this for a sign of the times: Mariners from the SIU-crewed cable ship Dependable on March 21 rescued a boater in the middle of the Pacific Ocean – and the individual quickly reassured his liberators that he’d recently tested negative for COVID-19.…
Apr
02
The SIU-afffiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education has posted its course dates for the rest of this year. Check them out HERE. Questions may be sent to [email protected] ###
Apr
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Honorees Enthusiastically Praise U.S. Merchant Marine The global COVID-19 pandemic continues affecting most if not all parts of life, and it prominently figured in the respective remarks of this year’s Salute to Congress honorees. The annual event, sponsored by the Propeller Club of the United States, is considered one of…
Mar
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The following news release was issued by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) on March 29. ITF Welcomes Ever Given Resolution The world’s foremost transport worker body is welcoming the end to the crisis affecting the MV Ever Given (IMO: 9811000), the cargo vessel that has been blocking the Suez Canal. “We…
Mar
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From the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO: WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT GOALS The Biden White House released its plans for kickstarting offshore domestic wind farm projects that would “create thousands of jobs across the country with the choice to join a union.” Meeting with state officials, industry executives and…