The origins of the Sailors'
Union of the Pacific go back
to March 6, 1885, when the Coast Seamen's Union was organized on the San
Francisco waterfront by a group of three hundred sailors dissatisfied by
the wages and conditions aboard ship that existed at that time.
In 1886, the Steamship Sailors' Union was organized
and in 1891 merged with the Coast Seamen's Union to form the Sailors' Union
of the Pacific.
The Sailors' Union of the Pacific has been in
continuous operation, through good times and bad, for over 115 years an
achievement unequaled by any maritime union in the world.
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"Entering
our third century of continuous operation, the mission remains
unchanged: to maintain and develop skill in seamanship, to
effect a change in maritime law towards the development of
the American Merchant Marine, to assist the seamen of other
countries towards the establishment of the Brotherhood of
the Sea."
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| The SUP's Monthly Newspaper
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May 2013 issue |
Navy League urges congressional leaders to reject administration proposal to decimate Food for Peace
The drastic changes in the Food for Peace program proposed in President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget, prompted Bruce Butler, Executive Director of the Navy League of the United States to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R-Ohio), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R- Kentucky) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California).
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