As the West Coast Sailors goes to press, SUP sailors are preparing to board the APL Agate in Norfolk, Virginia, where the vessel will be reflagged from Singapore to U.S.-flag. Next month the same thing will occur in the APL Japan.
On March 16 the U.S. Coast Guard issued a final rule to consolidate the regulations covering the issuance of merchant mariner qualification credentials, to reduce the burden on mariners
President Obama wasted no time in beginning to fulfill his campaign pledges to assist American workers.
On January 29, he signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act which reversed a 2007 Supreme Court Decision on discriminatory pay practices
The financial markets are in tatters, consumer spending is anemic and the recession continues to deepen, but corporate America is keeping its eyes on the prize: crushing organized labor.
Unemployment figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on December 5, show a mind-numbing 533,000 jobs lost in November, the largest monthly jobs loss in 34 years.
Chevron Shipping Company added another vessel to its growing U.S.-flag operation this month when the California Voyager joined the fleet.
The future growth and viability of the U.S.-flag fleet and the jobs of American maritime workers in all segments of our industry depend heavily and directly on the election of Senator Barack Obama.
At the request of the maritime Unions ?SUP, MM&P, MEBA, ILA and ILWU? affiliated with the AFL-CIO?s TTD, Laura Moskowitz, staff attorney for the Oakland, California-based National Employment Law Project, testified on September 17 before the House Committee on Homeland Security?s Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Counterterrorism chaired by Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-California).
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they?ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to Unionize...
After 18 protracted and often contentious bargaining sessions plus many Union caucuses, the Sailors? Union, MFOW and SIU-Marine Cooks, successfully concluded negotiations with Matson Navigation Company.