Sailors' Union of the Pacific
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP), founded on March 6, 1885 in San Francisco, California,
is an American labor union of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard US flag vessels.
A monument was erected to Furuseth at San Francisco Embarcadero on September 1, 1942. It was later moved to make way for a highway.
Andrew Furuseth of Ã…sbygda, 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 Pacific and the International Seamen's Union, and served as the executive of both for decades.
Furuseth in 1928
Furuseth c. 1879
Andrew Furuseth (left) with Senator La Follette (center), and muckraker Lincoln Steffens, c. 1915.
A monument was erected to Furuseth at San Francisco Embarcadero on September 1, 1942. It was later moved to make way for a highway.