The Seafarers Entertainment and Allied Trades Union (SEATU) represents workers in the service, hospitality and gaming industries. SEATU is affiliated with the Seafarers International Union.
SEATU members working aboard the Pride of America recently left no doubt about their view of a new contract between the union and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL).
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-Washington) recently spoke on the House floor in support of the Jones Act, a maritime law that is vital to protecting U.S. national, economic and homeland security.
A longtime backer of the American maritime industry, Larsen delivered his brief remarks April 18.
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.
