The Seafarers International Union or SIU is an organization of 12 autonomous labor unions of mariners, fishermen and boatmen working aboard vessels flagged in the United States or Canada. Michael Sacc
Seafarers International Union is the largest union in North America representing merchant mariners.
Seafarers International Union staffs union halls in 20 seaports, including facilities in Guam and Puerto Rico, according to the SIU website.
This watch bob references the Seafarers Log, SIU's official organ. The Log is published monthly by Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District/NMU, AFL–CIO.
Paul Hall (labor leader)
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Paul Hall was an American labor leader from Inglenook in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was a founding member and president of the Seafarers International Union from 1957 to 1980. He was the senior vic
Seafarers International Union of North America
…until they merged in 2001. The Seafarers International Union membership lagged behind that of the National Maritime Union during World War II. Then Paul Hall started organizing seamen on the East Coast and the Gulf. By 1948, the surge in new membership propelled Hall to the post of SIU vice president. This…
Hall in 1972