Seafarers International Union of North America

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The Seafarers International Union (SIU) is the umbrella organization of twelve autonomous unions of seafarers, fishermen and boaters who work on ships sailing under the US or Canadian flag. The union has over 35,000 members and is the largest maritime union in the United States . Headquarters is Camp Springs, Maryland.

history

The SIU was founded on October 14, 1938, during the turbulent times of the Great Depression and the global growth of the Communist movements . SIU's roots go back to 1892 when delegates from trade unions from the West Coast, the Great Lakes, and the Gulf of Mexico met at a seaman's conference in Chicago . The conference was probably the decisive factor in the merger of the sea unions, which was later founded as the "International Seamen's Union (ISU)" as a member union of the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
Michael Sacco has been the union's president since 1988.

Member unions

According to the 2005 report by the American Department of Labor , the following unions are represented in the SIU with the specified membership figures:

SIUNA Affiliated Unions
Member union revenue Members proof
Seafarers International Union of North America
Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters
District / National Maritime Union 		$ 19,868,333 11.714
American Maritime Officers $ 15,228,913 3,921
Fishermen's Union of America Pacific & Caribbean $ 10,525 45
Industrial, Professional, Technical Workers International Union $ 416,930 1.064
Marine Firemen's Union $ 3,675,662 802
Sailors' Union of the Pacific $ 2,811,294 736
Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trades Union $ 195,316 3.421
Seafarers International Union of Canada Unknown Unknown Unknown
Seafarers International Union of Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Latin America $ 252,361 637
Seafarers Maritime Union $ 1,200,432 110
Sugar Workers Union No. 1 $ 280,209 332
United Industrial, Service, Transportation, Professional
and Government Workers of North America 		Unknown Unknown Unknown

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Report query for the year 2005 at the United States Department of Labor at erds.dol-esa.gov
  2. ^ Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO, Affiliate Unions . In: seafarers.org . Archived from the original on February 24, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 16, 2007.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seafarers.org
  3. ↑ Marine Firemen's Union website
  4. ^ Website of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific
  5. ^ Website of the Seafarers International Union of Canada

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