The origins of the Sailors'
Union of the Pacific go back
to March 6, 1885, when the Coast Seamen's Union was organized on the San
Francisco waterfront by a group of three hundred sailors dissatisfied by
the wages and conditions aboard ship that existed at that time.
In 1886, the Steamship Sailors' Union was organized
and in 1891 merged with the Coast Seamen's Union to form the Sailors' Union
of the Pacific.
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific has been in
continuous operation, through good times and bad, for over 115 years an
achievement unequaled by any maritime union in the world.
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"Entering
our third century of continuous operation, the mission remains
unchanged: to maintain and develop skill in seamanship, to
effect a change in maritime law towards the development of
the American Merchant Marine, to assist the seamen of other
countries towards the establishment of the Brotherhood of
the Sea."
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| The SUP's Monthly Newspaper
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Aug 2010 issue |
Matson
initiates foreign-flag service from China to the Pacific
Coast
Matson Navigation Company has expanded its China
service, but without American mariners or U.S.-flag, U.S.-built
vessels.
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