News

Shuler Elected AFL-CIO President

The AFL-CIO has issued the following news item.

SIU, MTD Backed Historic Strike in 1968

Many Seafarers probably know that the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968 while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.

Port Authority Board of Directors Elects SIU AVP Powell to Post

SIU Assistant Vice President Bryan Powell has been unanimously elected to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority.

The port authority’s board of directors voted for Powell on March 16.

Board members serve four-year terms, without compensation. Powell has been on the board since March 2017.

For more information about the port authority, visit www.portdetroit.com