The Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan are pleased to announce that they have increased the number of visits the Plan provides for physical, occupational, pulmonary, speech, and cognitive therapies to treat a non-catastrophic medical condition. Effective May 1, 2024, the Plan will increase this benefit…
Apr
26
Apr
26
The commanding officer of the United States Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) recently reiterated her ardent support of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Board members and guests listen to Gen. Van Ovost Addressing the Maritime Trades Department (MTD) Executive Board via video on April 25, Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost also made it crystal…
Apr
25
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO Releases 2024 Death on the Job Report Ahead of Workers Memorial Day Report finds that workers of color are dying on the job at increasingly higher rates. Black workers’ job fatality rate is the highest it’s been in nearly 15…
Apr
23
Mariners, officials and industry leaders convened at the Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C. on April 16 to discuss work-life balance improvements for merchant mariners. Maritime Administrator Ann Philips opened the symposium with an introduction, which was immediately followed by remarks from SIU member Father Sinclair Oubre. "My goal as…
Apr
21
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler released the following statement commenting on the significance of the UAW vote at the Volkswagen (VW) plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and its impacts on the labor movement: We congratulate the Volkswagen workers, our UAW family and UAW…
Apr
18
The U.S. Transportation Command recently posted the following news release. To access it on the USTRANSCOM website, click or tap HERE. USTRANSCOM commander testifies on top readiness concerns Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, speaks with Air Force Tech. Sgt. Hyacinth Malak, assigned to the…
Apr
17
The following news item was posted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (available HERE). Prior coverage is available HERE. SIU President David Heindel also serves as president of the Maritime Trades Department, one of the formal backers of the petition. USTR Initiates Section 301 Investigation of China’s…
Apr
12
The Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (to which the SIU is affiliated) recently issued the following news item: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Lifetime Achievement Supporting U.S. Great Lakes Shipping WASHINGTON D.C. (April 10, 2024) – On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, the Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF) recognized the significant…
Apr
11
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler sent the following letter to U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, in support of the Section 301 shipbuilding petition that the SIU-affiliated Maritime Trades Department signed onto earlier this year. Dear Ambassador Tai: On behalf of the 60 affiliates of the AFL-CIO, representing 12.5 million working people…
Apr
03
The AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated, recently adopted the following statement during a meeting of their executive council (the first such meeting since Mike's passing late last year). The statement is linked on the federation's website HERE. On the Passing of Michael Sacco The entire AFL-CIO family mourns…