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Following the strike-wave, the union gained official recognition from many shipowners. In 1911/1912 the growth of the NSFU was checked by a breakaway movement in Southampton and Glasgow which led to the formation of the rival British Seafarers' Union. [2] At a national level, however, the NSFU was able to maintain and increase its supremacy.
The British Seafarers' Union (BSU) was a trade union which organised sailors and firemen in the British ports of Southampton and Glasgow between 1911/1912 and 1922. Although of considerable local importance, the organisation remained much smaller and less influential at a national level than the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, (NSFU).
Seafarers International Union of North America (1 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Seafarers' trade unions" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
It built upon the union-employer relationship that had emerged during the war years and brought together representatives of the Shipping Federation, the National Union of Seamen and the National Union of Ship's Stewards, as well as some smaller unions in the industry, but allowing the British Seafarers' Union only local representation. In 1919 ...
Seafarers International Union is the largest union in North America representing merchant mariners. [1] Seafarers International Union staffs union halls in 20 seaports, including facilities in Guam and Puerto Rico, according to the SIU website. This watch bob references the Seafarers Log, SIU's official organ.
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP), founded on March 6, 1885 in San Francisco, California, [1] is an American labor union of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard US flag vessels. At its fourth meeting in 1885, the fledgling organization adopted the name Coast Sailor's Union and elected George Thompson its first president.
The Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union (AMWU) was a trade union of sailors, firemen and ship-board service personnel which existed in the United Kingdom between 1922 and 1927. It was a merger of the British Seafarers' Union and the National Union of Ship's Stewards , both of which were opposed to the principal trade union in the shipping ...
The National Maritime Union (NMU) was an American labor union founded in May 1937. It affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in July 1937. After a failed merger with a different maritime group in 1988, the union merged with the Seafarers International Union of North America in 2001.