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Paul Hall (August 21, 1914 – June 22, 1980) was an American labor leader from Inglenook in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was a founding member and president of the Seafarers International Union (SIU) from 1957 to 1980. [1] He was the senior vice president of the AFL–CIO at the time of his death.
Then Paul Hall started organizing seamen on the East Coast and the Gulf. By 1948, the surge in new membership propelled Hall to the post of SIU vice president. [8] This consolidation helped the SIU edge out the NMU whose earlier purging of Communist Party members or those suspected of CP association had left it weakened. [8]
The school was moved to the 60-acre (240,000 m 2) plot at the confluence of the Potomac River and St. George's Creek [2] at the Piney Point location in 1991, [1] and at the same time renamed after former SIU president Paul Hall. According to SIU, "Tens of thousands of rated and licensed seamen have completed upgrading classes at the training ...
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The Seafarers International Union of Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Latin America (SIUPRCLA) is a labor union of mariners. [1] SIUPRCLA is an affiliate union of Seafarers International Union.
Select periods were beneficial, including during World War I when a shipping boom and ISU's membership included more than 115,000 dues-paying members. [1] However, when the boom ended, the ISU's membership shrunk to 50,000. [1] Andrew Furuseth (left) with Senator La Follette (center), and muckraker Lincoln Steffens, circa 1915
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American Maritime Officers (AMO) is a national labor union affiliated with the Seafarers International Union of North America.With an active membership of approximately 4,000, AMO represents licensed mariners working in the United States Merchant Marine aboard U.S.-flagged merchant and military sealift vessels.