The United States Department of Defense (DoD) on March 20 announced that three SIU-crewed vessels are slated to play key roles in a mission that ultimately aims to facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza following the construction of a temporary pier off the coast. The construction is expected…
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21
Mar
20
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued the following news item: Recent analysis shows that supply chain improvements and reduced shipping costs have resulted in more than 80 percent of reduction in inflation in the U.S. economy WASHINGTON – On the second anniversary of the launch of the Freight Logistics Optimizations…
Mar
18
The following advisory, dated March 18, is available on the U.S. Maritime Administration website HERE 2024-004-Southern Red Sea, Bab el Mandeb Strait, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Somali Basin, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Strait of Hormuz, and Persian Gulf -Threats to Commercial Vessels Description This advisory supersedes and cancels…
Mar
18
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO Applauds Biden Administration’s Rule to Protect Workers by Banning Use of Chrysotile Asbestos Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) rule to protect workers: Today’s groundbreaking rule by the EPA is the first final rule…
Mar
13
The office of U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has posted the following news item. Additional information is available elsewhere on the SIU website HERE. Senators Baldwin, Casey Back Steelworkers in Fight Against Unfair Chinese Trade Practices in Shipbuilding WATCH: Baldwin, Casey, Steelworkers host press conference on American shipbuilding and China’s…
Mar
12
SIU/MTD President David Heindel (right) joins (from left) IAM President Brian Bryant, Senators Bob Casey and Tammy Baldwin, and USW President David McCall at the press conference. The SIU-affiliated Maritime Trades Department is teaming up with other labor organizations to help level the playing field when it comes to shipbuilding.…
Mar
12
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Equal Pay Day For Equal Pay Day—the day in 2024 a woman needs to work until to catch up to what a man made in 2023—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: (Washington, D.C., March…
Mar
07
Following a fatal attack by Houthi rebels that reportedly claimed the lives of at least three mariners and injured four others aboard the ship True Confidence, the Seafarers International Union and the Maritime Trades Department issued the joint statement that appears below. The International Transport Workers’ Federation also posted a…
Mar
06
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to Join Labor Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Mark Pocan at State of the Union Looking forward to President Biden laying out an agenda that continues his record as the most pro-union president in history (Washington, D.C., March 5,…
Mar
05
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) once again is helping set the record straight regarding a maritime law that is vital to U.S. national, economic and homeland security. United States Senator Roger Wicker In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, Wicker – responding to a recent op-ed that criticized the…