The following advisory, dated March 18, is available on the U.S. Maritime Administration website HERE 2024-004-Southern Red Sea, Bab el Mandeb Strait, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Somali Basin, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, Strait of Hormuz, and Persian Gulf -Threats to Commercial Vessels Description This advisory supersedes and cancels…
Mar
18
Mar
18
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO Applauds Biden Administration’s Rule to Protect Workers by Banning Use of Chrysotile Asbestos Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) rule to protect workers: Today’s groundbreaking rule by the EPA is the first final rule…
Mar
13
The office of U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has posted the following news item. Additional information is available elsewhere on the SIU website HERE. Senators Baldwin, Casey Back Steelworkers in Fight Against Unfair Chinese Trade Practices in Shipbuilding WATCH: Baldwin, Casey, Steelworkers host press conference on American shipbuilding and China’s…
Mar
12
SIU/MTD President David Heindel (right) joins (from left) IAM President Brian Bryant, Senators Bob Casey and Tammy Baldwin, and USW President David McCall at the press conference. The SIU-affiliated Maritime Trades Department is teaming up with other labor organizations to help level the playing field when it comes to shipbuilding.…
Mar
12
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on Equal Pay Day For Equal Pay Day—the day in 2024 a woman needs to work until to catch up to what a man made in 2023—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler issued the following statement: (Washington, D.C., March…
Mar
07
Following a fatal attack by Houthi rebels that reportedly claimed the lives of at least three mariners and injured four others aboard the ship True Confidence, the Seafarers International Union and the Maritime Trades Department issued the joint statement that appears below. The International Transport Workers’ Federation also posted a…
Mar
06
From the AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated: AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler to Join Labor Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Mark Pocan at State of the Union Looking forward to President Biden laying out an agenda that continues his record as the most pro-union president in history (Washington, D.C., March 5,…
Mar
05
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) once again is helping set the record straight regarding a maritime law that is vital to U.S. national, economic and homeland security. United States Senator Roger Wicker In a letter to the Wall Street Journal, Wicker – responding to a recent op-ed that criticized the…
Mar
01
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), to which the SIU is affiliated, has posted the following news item. The article is available on the ITF website HERE Saudi ship owner morally bankrupt; Bahrain maritime authorities look the other way Seafarers are struggling to survive after being abandoned by a Saudi…
Feb
29
The U.S. Mint has begun accepting orders for products in its "Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Program," including a silver dollar honoring (among others) the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II. Orders are expected to begin shipping in early April. The direct link for ordering the "Greatest Generation 2024 Proof…