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In June 1937 the United States Congress withdrew all maritime mail subsidies, which by then included a total of $450,000 per year to Panama Pacific for its three liners. [9] At the beginning of March 1938 the Panama Canal tolls were revised, increasing Panama Pacific's costs by $37,000 per year. [9]
[1] [2] At the time Curran was an able seaman and boatswain aboard the Panama Pacific Line ocean liner SS California. He was a member of the International Seamen's Union (ISU) but was not active in the work of the union. Lawrenson later married writer Helen Lawrenson. He was forced out of the union in 1947, and according to his wife, Curran ...
Curran and the crew of the Panama Pacific Line's SS California went on strike at the sailing time and refused to cast off the lines unless wages were increased and overtime paid. [1] [2] The strike was essentially a sitdown strike. Curran and the crew refused to leave the ship, for the owners would have simply replaced them with strikebreakers ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 08:16, 11 February 2018: 1,148 × 1,776 (735 KB): Centpacrr {{Information |Description=October 10, 1936 Farewell Dinner program on board the Panama Pacific Line S.S. ''California'' on the last night of its passage from San Francisco to New York |Source=The Cooper Collections (uploader's private collection) |Dat...
SS California entering Havana Harbor, Cuba in 1934.. California was the first of three sister ships built by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company of Newport News, Virginia for the Panama Pacific Lines, a subsidiary of American Line Steamship Corporation which was a part of J. P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.
Union Pacific said it earned $1.67 billion, or $2.75 per share. That’s well ahead of the $1.53 billion, or $2.51 per share, Union Pacific earned a year ago, but just behind what Wall Street ...
The Confederation of Workers of the Republic of Panama (Spanish: Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá, CTRP) is a national trade union center located in Panama. It has a claimed membership of 35,000 and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.
The head of the union that represents track maintenance workers says Union Pacific is jeopardizing safety by delaying nearly 1,200 planned projects until next year and laying off more than 1,000 ...