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Once again declaring himself “a strong supporter of the Jones Act” and “a strong believer of cargo preference,” U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-Louisiana) received the International Propeller Club of the United States annual Salute to Congress Award. During a dinner in northern Virginia on May 1, Richmond became the 35th…
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SIU inland members employed…
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Strong bipartisan support for the nation’s freight cabotage law is continuing in the face of misguided attempts to weaken or repeal the critical statute. Legislators from both sides of the aisle, the head of a major industrial coalition, and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao all recently spoke…
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The SIU will continue to be represented on a noteworthy maritime advisory committee. U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao on April 24 announced the appointment of 29 members to the Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee (MTSNAC). SIU Executive Vice President Augie Tellez, who first served on the committee beginning…
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Six SIU members recently achieved milestones in their respective careers by ascending the uppermost rung of the steward department’s upgrading ladder. They etched their names in SIU history May 6 during the union’s…
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SIU-contracted Pasha Hawaii recently celebrated construction milestones on two new Jones Act vessels that signify new jobs for Seafarers. Company and shipyard executives along with dignitaries on April 30 attended the ceremonial keel laying of the M/V George III and the cutting of the first steel plates for the M/V…
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While the camaraderie and spirit of the Seafarers Waterfront Classic only grows larger each year, the actual fishing tournament is…
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Apprentices Randy Slue and Christian Kalinowski recently experienced a unique period of training at the SIU-affiliated Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, when their fathers arrived at the school to work alongside them. QMED Randy Slue and SIU hawsepiper Third Mate Christopher Kalinowski (currently a member of the…
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At press time, some 31,000 unionized grocery workers were reviewing a tentative new contract on the heels of an 11-day strike in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The agreement between the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and Stop & Shop’s parent company, Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize, preserves health care and…
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Attacks on America’s freight cabotage law – and the hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs that go with it – are nothing new, but neither is solid bipartisan support for the century- strong statute. The latter point again came into focus March 13, in the form of a bipartisan letter…