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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.
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 people (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Seafarers International Union of North America" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
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 . In 1998, the United States Department of Labor obtained a consent order requiring SIUPRCLA "to repay $374,729, plus interest, to its welfare plan as ...
The International Seafarers' Federation (ISF) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing sailors.. Until the end of World War I, sailors were represented by the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), but unions representing sailors became increasingly convinced that the ITF was dominated by the interests of dockers and railway workers.
Joseph Curran (March 1, 1906 – August 14, 1981) was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. He was founding president of the National Maritime Union (or NMU, now part of the Seafarers International Union of North America) from 1937 to 1973, and a vice president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).
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.