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Union Membership Fairly Steady in 2018

The yearly report on union membership from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showed very little change in 2018.

Union Membership Fairly Steady in 2018

Coalition Highlights New Shipbuilding as Critical to Continued Strong U.S. National, Economic Security

Lessons of Pearl Harbor Still Reinforce Need for Maritime Capabilities

Coalition Highlights New Shipbuilding as Critical to Continued Strong U.S. National, Economic Security

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.

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

Trumka on Janus Decision

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

Trumka on Janus Decision

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.

Congressman Larsen Speaks Out for Jones Act

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.

SIU, MTD Backed Historic Strike in 1968