International Seamen's Union
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The International Seamen's Union was an American maritime trade union which operated from 1892 until 1937. In its last few years, the union effectively split into the National Maritime Union and Seafa
Andrew Furuseth (left) with Senator La Follette (center), and muckraker Lincoln Steffens, circa 1915
Andrew Furuseth
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Andrew Furuseth of Åsbygda, Hedmark, Norway was a merchant seaman and an American labor leader. Furuseth was active in the formation of two influential maritime unions: the Sailors' Union of the Pacif
International Seamen's Union
…Union charter. The new union represented 7,000 members on the East and Gulf coasts. Seventy years later, SIU holds the charters to both NMU and SUP. Andrew Furuseth Seafarers International Union of North America…
Furuseth in 1928
Furuseth c. 1879
"More Personal Ambition Than Patriotism," a political cartoon published in The Wasp mocking the promotion of Chinese exclusion by Furuseth, James Budd, Edward J. Livernash and James D. Phelan, February 22, 1902