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House Passes Protecting the Right to Organize Act

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called it “the most significant step Congress has taken to strengthen labor laws in

2019 SEATU Convention Builds Towards Future

Convention themes aren’t always so literal, but at the 2019 SEATU Triennial Convention, “Building for the Future” was a slogan that delivered.

Missouri Defeats Right-to-Work (for less) Law

Missouri voters on Aug. 7 provided the state’s working families – and the labor movement nationwide – with a tremendous victory by rejecting the state’s so-called right-to-work law.

Trumka on Janus Decision

Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31:

Congressman Larsen Speaks Out for Jones Act

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.

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