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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 ]
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 ...
In 1958 the union decided on an aggressive building program, and hired New Orleans–based architect Albert C. Ledner to design some unique buildings for them, including a headquarters building at Seventh Avenue between 12th Street and 13th Street, completed in 1964, a block-through service annex at 346 West 17th Street and a plaza and "pizza-box"-shaped companion building next to it on Ninth ...
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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
In 1967, Paul Hall established the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship in Piney Point, Maryland, to give young people the chance for a career at sea. Since then, thousands of SIU members have advanced their skills, and thousands of young people from deprived backgrounds have found employment through the school.
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.