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I, l- A \ SlU-crewed ships, like the 1st LI Jack Lummus shown above offloading cargo, are part of the swift sealift operation that is """ O i - .-j • fe'V;: .. .'}• -A-- Slow Economy Ends Lakes Shipping Season Page 7 Thousands Hit the Bricks in Vegas Against Union-Busting Hotel Page 3 -HCO coiy>rut-ir~ -Haa ooQXOO jiH X) to UJ73i-«00J> -vi,nro:T»2 om>0 oHr--! �^ JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG President's Report Sea/<9i«rs EtecUon ResuHst WIU Be Amoimced Uiis HlonBi That or Time Religion' For trade unionists, there is nothing like that ol' time religion—solidarity. Sticking together in a fight is at the heart of trade unionism and this time-honored prin­ ciple was evident last month when thousands of union members joined striking Las Vegas hotel workers in a demonstration of support. In a town known for its gaiety, fun and frolic, one hotel has provoked a bitter fight by refusing to negotiate in good faith with the unions which represent its more than 500 employees. The owners of the Frontier Hotel Michael Sacco and Gambling Hall, who purchased the property in 1988, refused to consider a con­ tract with its employees similar to the one in place since 1989 with the more than 30 other establishments along the famous Las Vegas Strip. Prior to the 1989 negotiations, the hotel, its employees and their unions had a 40-year history of smooth Voting for union officers took place in all SlU halls from November 1 through December 31,1992. Above, labor relations. The new Frontier owners, aided by a notorious Assistant Vice President Kermett Mangram issues ballots to QMED Stephen Kues (center) and )yjm ' union-busting attorney, reduced wages by more than $4.00 S^^ard/Baker Manuel Faria in the port of New York. hour, slashed health care benefits, cut off payments to the Voting has ended and results of Special membership meetings concluded on December 31. employees' pension plan and wiped out seniority rights. Added the election of officers for the On the ballot were candidates were held last month in union to the company's illegal bargaining activities was a program of Seafarers International Union; At­ seeking the posts of president, ex­ halls listed in the SIU Constitu­ harassment—including eavesdropping, surveillance and in­ lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland tion to. elect delegates for a rank- ecutive vice president, secretarytimidation—directed at unionized hotel workers. Waters District will be announced and-file tallying committee. That treasurer, six vice' presidents, six Frontier employees, who have been on strike since Septem­ later this month at SIU halls committee will tabulate results of assistant vice presidents, two ber 21,1991, have maintained a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-athroughout the country and in the the election, which began in all headquarters representatives and week picket line. Not one of the union employees has crossed next issue of the Seafarers LOG. SIU halls on November 1 and Continued on page 10 the line to join the scabs hired by Frontier management. The demonstration of solidarity organized by the federation of American unions—the A^-CIO—last month, was but one ac­ tion of many extending the support of trade unionists from around the country to the striking Frontier workers. I am proud to have among our membership so many people who volunteered their time to join in that march and rdly. .S. Representative Gerry which convenes this month. The 11-term legislator specifi­ "As chairman, it is-my-ehal- cally listed "the renaissance of Despite long bus rides^ dozens of Seafarers made the trip to Las Studds (D-Mass.) is expected to Vegas last month to show our support for our brother and sister )e elected chairman of the House lenge and opportunity to identify America as a seafaring nation" as Vlerchant Marine and Fisheries and enact Aose changes neces­ a priority. trade unionists. Conimittee by the full House fol- sary to improve our coastal en­ "We need an investment pack­ Fortunately, we in the Seafarers have not had this kind of owing his nomination to the post vironments, to bring jobs back to age to retool U.S. shipyards, knock-down-drag-out fight with an employer in quite a whiles ast month by the Democratic American shipyards and put c^- revive the American merchant But in joining the Frontier employees, on strike for 15 month!, Steering and Policy Committee. goes on U.S.-flag ships, and fleet, create seagoing jobs and we are reminded that workers never get too far away from Meanwhile, the composition preserve what is left of the diver­ make U.S. ports more competi­ potential conflict with their employers. And when fights are of the committee will not be sity . that Mother Nature tive," Studds added. "Targeted necessary or provoked, we are reminded by the Frontier strike, mown until later this month as provided," Studds said. "I have investment tax credits and the support of fellow workers provides strength and sustenance. tlouse members still are receiv­ already begun working with the broadened loan guarantee ing their assignments in the wake Clinton administration to estab­ programs promise to invigorate This is what trade unionism is all about. It is a security of the 110 new members elected lish priorities for Ocean, coastd domestic shipbuilding, expand blanket for a member and his or her family. It means that when in November. and maritime initiatives." Continued on page 10 a worker has to deal with an employer like Frontier, or any Following his nomination, other employer of this type, he or she does not have to do it on Studds thanked his fellow their own. In sum, a union is a worker's only shot at a fair play­ Democrats and outlined plans for ing field. the upcoming session of Congress, Studds, Breaux Head Maritime Panels Bid Committees' Make-Up Changes DOT Seciietary-DesSgnate Pena Yows MariOnw Reform Will Be a 'Priority' Maritime reform will be a priority of the U.S. Department of Transportation, according to the secretary-designate picked by President-elect Bill Clinton to head the government department that oversees the U.S.-flag fleet. Federico Pena, the former mayor of Denver, told the Wall Street Journal last month he was concerned about the decline in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet and will use his new job to assist in rebuilding it. Pena headed Clinton's transportation transition team which studied what heeded to be done in the department and the American transportation in­ dustries. When asked if he would recommend possible regulatory relief for the merchant marine, he answered he would have "to look at that very carefully." The secretary-designate— who like all other Cabinet-level officials appointed by Clinton must be approved by the Senate—stated the new ad­ ministration is concerned about statements made by American President Lines and Sea-Land that reform be instituted this year or the companies would look into reflagging their fleets. Pena's words reiterate those of U.S. Senator John Breaux (D-La.) and U.S. Representative Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) who head the merchant marine committees in their respective branches of Con­ gress. Both elected officials have listed maritime reform as one of the first items their committees will address after Congress con­ venes this month. Aspin for DOD Post ^Clinton fulfilled a promise to name all of the members of his Cabinet by Christmas. Pena was among the final appointees. How­ ever, as of press time, the presi­ dent-elect had not named anyone to head the Maritime Administra­ tion. Clinton reiached into Congress to,5acquire his secretary of defense: U.S. Representative Les Aspin (D-Wis.). Just elected to his 11th term, Aspin has been the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee since 1984. He has expressed his general sup­ port for the commercial aspects of military sealift to SIU repre­ New Bedford Port Agent Henri Francois (right) congratulates U.S. Representative Gerry Studds on being named chairman of the Mer­ sentatives while he served in the chant Marine and Fisheries Committee. House. Brown to Head Commerce The president-^|ect gaWtwo Volume 55, Number 1 January 1993 political friends the nod for posi­ tions dealing with trade. Ron The Seafarers LOG (ISSN 0160-2047) is published Brown, the man who ran the monthly by the Seafarers International Union; At­ Democratic National Committee lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District; for the last several years, was AFL-CIO; 5201 Auth Way; Camp Springs, Md. named as secretary of commerce. 20746. Telephone (301) 899-0675. Second-class Brown is known around postage paid at MSC Prince Georges, Md. 20790Washington as a compromiser 9998 and at additional mailing offices. willing to work out deals. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Micky Kantor, chairman of the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, Clinton presidential campaign, Md. 20746. was selected to be the U.S. Trade Communications Dep't. Director and Editor, Jes­ Representative. Kantor will have sica Smith; Assistant Editor, Daniel Duncan; As­ complete negotiations on the to sociate Editor, Jordan Biscardol^ As.sociate world trade talks (known as Editor/Production, Deborah Hirtes; Art, fii7/ Brewer. Continued on page 10 �SEOFMBISLOe JANUMY1993 3 U^. Seain Races to Abica with AU ftxr Smnalia Seafarers are answering their nation's call to duty again as they crew vessels headed to the East African nation of Somalia. At the request of the United Nations, U.S. military forces are leading an international effort to bring food and peace to the warravaged nation.Two years of civil war as well as many more years of famine and drought have caused an estimated 600,000 people to die. As of December 24, a total of 17 SlU-crewed vessels were involved in the relief effort. "I think it's excellent that our country is taking a stand and help­ ing people who are hungry," AB Carl Wentworth told a reporter for the Scfl/arerj LOG on Decem­ ber 22 shortly before his ship, USNS Algol, set sail from Hous­ ton for Somalia. "I was a poor child so I know what it's like to be hungry all the time." Wentworth's view was echoed by the other crewmembers the LOG was able to reach. "We've got to help," noted OMU Lloyd Estes, who joined the SlU in 1969. "Those people literally are starving to death. [The crew] is for it. We all like to help." USNS Algol Bosun Abe Mur­ ray said the crew "has a very good attitude" about the voyage, while AB Nolan Manen added the United States "should have gotten involved sooner." The Algol was the last of the eight fast sealift vessels called to active duty to depart a U.S. port with military supplies for troops in Operation Restore Hope, the military code name for Somalian relief efforts. The others—USNS Antares, USNS Capella, USNS Denebola, USNS Altair, USNS Belletrix, USNS Pollux and USNS Regulus, all operated by Bay Tankers—began steaming to east Africa during the middle of December. Hard toMIss Holidays As "soon as other Army and Chronology of U.S. Involvement in Somalia M^ne units began arriving via air­ lift, other SlU-crewed preposition­ NOV 24—State Department announces Bush administration has agreed ing vessels were waiting to offload to airlift 3,000 more U.N. troops to Somalia to protect relief operations. trucks, tractors, ready-to-eat meals, This follows claims by American relief organizations which said they may unable to continue working in Somalia due to insufficient security. medical supplies and other be Gunmen shell a U.N. ship carrying wheat as it tries to enter the port of materiel. Those ships included the Mogadishu. The ship turns back. Cpl. Louis J. Hague, 1st Lt. Alex DEC. 1—U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghaii calls for guaran­ Bonnyman, FFC William Baugh teeing deliveries of food and medicine through "a country-wide show of and Pvt. Franklin Phillips as well •force." In response, the U.S. circulates proposals for creating a U.S.-comas the replenishment ship, manded force operating under a U.N. mandate. DEC 2—The U.S., Britain, France and Russia agree on a draft resolution Lawrence Gianella. that would put an American generalin command of the new multinational Also called into duty by the force the Security Council plans to send to Somalia. (China abstains.) Military Sealift Command to as­ DEC 3—Security Council votes unanimously to send U.S.-led military force sist the offloading of goods are to Somalia. This is the first U.N. intervention in a country's internal affairs the roll on/roll off vessels with a mandate to use offensive force, if necessary. American Cormorant, American DEC 4—After more than two months of peaceful service in Somalia, U.N. forces return fire, killing a Somali gunman. Condor and American Eagle. 6—For the first time in nine days, food reaches the central city of According to published DEC Bardera, where workers were down to their last 25 sacks of grain. reports, more civilian-crewed DEC 9—Marine combat troops stage a predawn landing in Mogadishu. vessels are expected to be called No shots are fired as the initial landing parties take command of the airport, up to assist the Somalian relief seaport and surrounding areas. White Mogadishu quickiy comes under control, heavy fighting between rival clans continues elsewhere in the effort as it expands. country. On December 19, President 10—U.S. envoy Robert Oakley, a former ambassador to Somalia, Bush authorized the U.S. Maritime DEC arranges a meeting between the country's most powerful warlords. Administration to provide war-risk DEC 11—Somalia's two most powerful warlords sign a peace agreement insuranqc coverage for comrnercial aimed af ending two years of anarchy and bloodshed. vessels, containers and barges DEC 12—Marine helicopters destroy three armed Somali vehicles and kill chartered or leased to the govern­ at least one gunman. Other marines escort their firstfood convoy to a relief ment that sail as part of Operation agency feeding starving civilians. In all, 20 tons of food are delivered.to a relief center that had received none since July. Restore Hope. A Wentworth pointed out the hardest part of the journey would be missing his family again over the holidays. He sailed aboard the Cornhusker State and Maersk Constellation during the Persian Gulf war."What we're doing here is extremely important. I'm proud to be part of it," the 43-year-old AB said before the 1,000-foot ship left. When U.S. forces got the call to head for Somalia, among the vessels waiting offshore to assist were the military prepositioning vessels from Diego Garcia. The Sdmallan Independence Ist Lt. Jack Lummus arrived with The independent nation of the initial squad of Marines. For a Somalia was created in 1960 by a time, the American Overseas merger of British Somaliland and Marine-operated ship served as Italian Somaliland. Although the press center for American cor­ Continued on page 9 respondents. n 1!-.^ ^ At— ^ Si— i. I'I tLI ' ^ The ship can maintain a cruis­ ing speed of 15 knots. However, the speed drops to between 6 to 8 knots when laying cable. The ves­ sel sails at 4 Imots when towing a sea-plow and laying cable. TTie Global Mariruer features a library, hospital/operating room, gymnasium and recreational areas as well as lounges for the crew. Safety features on the vessel include water-tight transverse bulkheads at various locations, a back-up diesel-driven generator for emergency electrical power, fire-resistant furnishings and four encapsulated lifeboats. The cable ship also is equipped with the latest in surface navigational radar and collision avoidance sys­ tems. oceanic is ready to provide com­ munications for the 21st cen­ tury," said AugieTellez, SlU vice president for contracts. "The SlU is proud that our members help DEC 16—Marines and French Foreign Legion soldiers deliver their first, symbolic convoy of food to Baidoa. DEC 20—Troops move into Kismaayo ahead of schedule.U.N. forces also plan to seize four other population hubs on an accelerated schedule, because they are fearful of massacres and intensified looting like that which took place recently in Kismaayo. DEC 21—Troops are poised to seize control of the nation's "famine belf from warlords and freelance looters. make that possible." Seafarers have crewed Trans­ oceanic vessels since the early 1960s. With, the addition of the Global Mariner, the company operates a total of five cable ships: the Link, Sentinel, Charles L. Brown and Long Lines. Trans­ oceanic is a wholly owned sub­ sidiary of AT&T. '•m: : • S: J -• • " '4 -- i i K ; • --VA'S'' • !.-> J--- M• AS Dedicated Marchers With the march starting after sundown so it would coincide with early evening shows on the strip, the temperature hovered around 40 degrees. However, that did not stop members like OS Michael Charbin of New Jersey from being there. "1 lost my voice and got sifck for two days, but 1 would do it again," he told the Seafarers LOG. Charbin was staying at his mother's house in Las Vegas when he heard about the march. He rode his bicycle to the event to meet with other Seafarers for his first-ever union march and rally. "1 was surprised and over­ whelmed with the response. People were cheering, cars were honking their homs and stopping traffic. It was great," said the April 1992 graduate of Lundeberg School trainee class 494. Many Seafarers reported seeing patrons at other casinos come outside and cheer in support of the marchers. About 550 trade unionists working at Frontier struck on September 21, 1991 in response to unfair labor practices com­ mitted by the owners of the= casino: Margaret Elardi and her sons, Tom and John. The hotel had operated with a union con­ tract for more than 40 years before the Elardis purchased it in 1988. The contract expired Jun^ 1, 1989^, but negotiations con­ ' -'v 1: SlU Executive Vice President Joseph Sacco led the SlU delega­ tion and spoke to all the marchers in a rally following the two-mile procession on December 5. "The turnout was fantastic," Sacco said. "There were people cheer­ ing us on everywhere you looked, even on such a cold evening." bers and their families—includ­ ing SlU members from the port of \Yilmington, Calif, and the East Coast—volunteered for what has been reported by the media ^ the largest labor deiponstr^tion in the westem\Jnited States. • ' .''V!- iv;S , SW Joins Batlte Agahst Uilon-Basting Vegas Hotel Seafarers from across the country joined with fellow trade unionists last month to march down the Las Vegas caSino strip in support of striking Frontier Hotel workers. More than 20,0()0 union mem­ • '•t' "With this vessel. Trans- The GtobafSentfne/, which is identical to the new Gtoba/Manner, began cable-laying operations last spring. SlU Executive Vice President Joseph Sacco leads approximately 60 Seafarers past a casino during the AFL-CIO Desert Solidarity March. f• ^ Seafarers Bring Newest AT&T Cable Ship te States SlU crewmembers are in Sin­ gapore preparing to bring the third new Transoceanic Cable Ship Co. vessel to' the UniWd States. Members boarded the Global Mariner last month to set it up for its inaugural run. Like its sister ships—Global Link and Global Sentinel—the Singapore-built Global Mariner will fly the American flag. The 479-foot vessel is designed to lay and repair fiber optic cables along the ocean floor. As with the other two, it features bow thrusters to help the vessel keep its course during cablelaying and repair operations. Storage facilities on the ship pro­ vide space for up to 4,100 nautical miles of cable. " tinued until the strike was called. The Elardis then hired scabs to keep the casino in business. The striking employees are represented by locals affiliated with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Operating Engineers. Carpenters and Teamsters. In trying to bust the unions at the hotel, the Elardis have eliminated the workers' pension plan, reduced wages, cut back on the health plan (leaving some employees unprotected) and dropped job security and seniority rights. To date, not a single trade unionist has crossed the picket line and returned to work. A ruling by the National Labor Relations Board last year declared Frontier's negotiations with the uiyons a "sham." Other casinos have supplied food and other support for the strikers. • •^ WW. '' w;®:. -a ••I- •, �;I • • 4 JANUARY1993 SBAFARk "eafarets Play AcUve Role in Subic Bay Base Departure a personal 'Well Done' to those whose long hours'of hard work made this effort a complete suc­ cess. You can take great pride in proving that sealift is, ready am willing to respond to any chal­ lenge in war and in peace." Operations handled by the former largest Navy base Outside the United States have been dis­ persed across the Pacific theater. The base was known for its onestop shopping. Nearly 70 percent of the supplies used by the Navy during the Persian Gulf war came from Subic Bay. Crewmembers aboard the Sea-Land Enterprise pose on the ship's Now, military and MSC ves­ deck. They are, from left, AS Fred Varona, Steward/Baker Sharon sels wiir receive ready supply Ortiz, Steward Assistant Paul Grier, DEU Guy Leary and AB Glenn stores at bases in Bahrain, Diego Chtistianson. Garcia and Singapore. Ships will take on consumable stores at The eruption of Mount its lease for Subic Bay. Despite Guam, while the base at Pinatubo in 1991 caused the U.S. efforts by President Corazon Yokosuka, Japan wiH have repair to reassess its position in the Aquino to support the exten­ parts. Philippines. Clark Air ForCe Base sion, the Philippine senate Ammunition once stored at the was damaged so heavily that the rejected the deal. The U.S. an­ Philippine base has been dis­ U.S. decided to abandon it. The nounced it would pull out by the tributed to naval stations in Japan, U.S. then sought an extension on end of 1992. Guam, Hawaii and the continen­ tal United States. Ship main­ tenance will take place at Yokosuka, Guam, Singapore, In­ donesia and Malaysia. About 500 Marines departed the base after ceremonies turned Guam has become the new naval ammunition, all of which over the 15,000-acre facility to focus for Military Sealift Com­ was doiie at Subic, now will be the Filipino government. Except mand-Pacific Fleet (MSCPAC) handled at several Pacific loca­ for three years during World War operations since the decommis­ tions including Guam. 11, American forces had main­ sioning of the Subic Bay Naval At one time, Subic Bay held tained a presence on the Philip­ Base last month. the largest ship maintenance pine Islands since defeating Spain facility outside die United States. (The SIU's Government Ser­ in the Spanish-American War in 1898. Tlie base played an active vices Division represents the un­ The drydocks and other equip­ role in the Korean, Vietnam and licensed crewmembers aboa:rd ment were transported to Sin­ The Sea-LandEnterprisewas in Guam recently, transporting military gapore, which now will become MSCPAC ships.) Persian Gulf wars. hardware from the closed bases in the Philippines. MSCPAC vessels—including the main facility in the Asian SlU-crewed MSC-chartered theater. Guam, however, has been ships—had Been calling on the set up to handle part of the workload. He became a dock superinten­ naval base at Guam even brfore •Thomas "Teddy" Gleason, comes to an end," said SlU Presi­ Of the 1,800 military and retired president of the Interna­ dent Michael Sacco. "Teddy was dent in 1932, but that year he also the U.S. Navy decided to close civilian jobs once located at Subic the base on the Philippine Islands. tional Longshoremen's Associa­ a participant in many struggles in was blacklisted by stevedoring Bay, Guam secured a majority of However, the American territory tion (ILA) and a former member behalf of longshoremen and in companies and steamship lines 2,000 miles east of the transferred positions. Ap­ approximately of the executive board of the behalf of the industry. He also due to his union activities. He Maritime Trades Department made many contributions to help then worked at odd jobs until the the Philippines will be handling proximately 1,200 jobs—both military and civilian—^moved to (MTD), passed away on American seamen better their election of Franklin Roosevelt as more cargo than ever before. Guam. U.S. president, the subsequent Guam will provide con­ Christmas Eve in his native New lives. "We enjoyed his cooperation coming of his New Deal sumable provisions (food and The isl and also will be used for York. He was 92. A lifelong trade unionist, and appreciated his commitment economic policies and the Other supplies) to U.S. Navy and some of the training and aviation. Gleason served as president of the to an American-flag shipping legalization of union activity on MSC vessels that once were taken maintenance once located at the the docks. ILA from 1963 to 1987. He was a capability." on in Subic Bay. The storing of Philippine base. Shortly thereafter, he became Gleason began the first of his strong supporter of the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. He served as a many jobs on the docks in 1915, president and business agent of vice president of the MTD and working as a checker a:longside Checkers Local 1346 of the ILA. USNS Kilauea Welcomed Home executive board member until he his father in New York for 35 The local later merged with three retired. Gleason continued to be cents an hour. The oldest of 13 others to form Local 1, and welcome and did; in fact, attend children, he joined the fledgling Gleason served as its president. MTD meeting."? well after his ILA in 1919. He subsequently ^In 1953 Gleason was elected 1987 retirement, including the worked as a checker, billing general organizer. In 1961 he as­ most recent one in February 1992. clerk, longshoreman, winch sumed the post of ILA executive "With Teddy's passing, a driver, truck loader and vice-president and became the union's chief contract negotiator colorful era on the waterfront timekeeper. with waterfront employers. Two years later, he was elected inter­ national president. He later ser^d as a vice presi­ dent on th^N^^-ClO executive council. During the Johnson ad­ ministration, he served on the President's Maritime Advisory Committee. He made several trips to Saigon during the Viet-^ nam War to initiate a program to relieve port congestion. Gleason took great pride in securing a guaranteed annual in­ Captain L.M. Pivonka, head of the Military Sealift Commandcome for ILA members after Pacific Fleet (MSCPAC), reads a statement of welcome to the automation (mainly in the form of crew of the ammunition ship USNS Kilauea during ceremonies containerized shipping) led to on November 19. The vessel last docked at its home port of reduced work opportunities for Oakland, Calif, in October 1982. The 10 years that the Kilauea— whose unlicensed crewmembers are represented by the SIU's longshoremen. Gleason's wife, Emma, passed Government Services Division—had been on active duty repre­ Teddy Gleason meets with SlU President Michael Sacco at the MTD away 30 years ago. He is..survived sented the longest deployment among all active MSQyessels. During meeting in Detroit in 1991. Gleason was welcomed at MTD functions by three sons, 15 grandchildren those years, it had sailed with|he U.S. Seventh Fleet, the vessel will undergo an overhaul before returning to active duty in May. long after his 1987 retirerrient as ILA president. and six great-grandchildren. The last American forces left Subic Bay Naval Base on November 24, ending a 94-year history of U.S. military forces on the archipelago. The base used to serve as home port for several vessels of the Military Sealift CommandPacific Fleet (MSCPAC), whose unlicensed departments are crewed by members of the SIU's Government Services Division. All MSCPAC operations were completed at the naval base by the V? ' '' end of September. MSCPAC and MSC-chartered commercial ves­ sels took part in the withdrawal from Subic Bay. More than 258,000 tons of cargo were carried aboard the ships in 36 different voyages beginning in January. Vice Admiral Michael P. Kalleres, head of the Military Sealift Command, congratulated MSC­ PAC mariners for their efforts in the departure in a message delivered November 24: "I'm taking this opportunity to express Guam Becomes New SE Asia Staging Area -• •-. •••>; .'i'" Teddy' Gleason, ILAOMcialf Dies at 92 �F :• .„ ... >• .-J. , : ,. MHUARY1993 SEAFAKBIS LOG 5 Russians Award Medais to Murmansk Run Seamen > U.S. merchant mariners—in­ recounted both the general impor­ cluding SIU members—had to tance of American merchant suppress their natural fears to em­ mariners in World War 11 and the bark on the Murmansk run during specific contributions they made World War II to take supplies to during the Murmansk run. Russia. Whether facing the Nazis "The glory of war soon was or harsh arctic storms, these men replaced by the reality of death ranging in age from their teens to and destruction," stated Ian Mil­ their sixties and older volunteerec lar, a maritime historian. "Mur­ to crew ships that may hot return mansk was only 30 kilometers to deliver the goods. The older from the front. But merchant mariners knew what faced them mariners and Navy gunners the younger ones now are retell­ worked together like well-oiled ing tales of their harrowing trips, machines.... You have too long thanks to the Russian govenment. been overlooked, but no one has Fifty years later, the former forgotten, and nothing has been merchant seamen (including forgotten." numerous SIU members) who Maritime Administrator War­ survived those trips to the then- ren Leback noted that the death Soviet cities of Murmansk anc toll among American merchant Archangel have been thanked anc mariners during the war was recognized by the Russian larger, by percentage, than that of A crowd of almost 1,000 persons showed up for the ceremony December 8 at the Russian embassy. people. Most recently, at any of the armed services except ceremony December 8 at the Em­ the Marine Corps. "American and Burgess also remembers the being belittled a lot during World and 1 never would have believed bassy of the Russian Federation allied seamen showed exceptional vicious storms. "On one hand, the War 11," he said. "But the fact is, we and the Russians could get in Washington, D.C., hundreds of courage," he said. "And the war's rougher the sea, the better 1 liked 1 did more for my country as a along like this." ex-merchant seamen and Navy most dangerous run was that to it," he explained, "because sub­ seaman than as a soldier. The Close Calls armed guards received com- northem Russia." marines can't operate in that merchant seamen were all volun­ John Chatfield, 73, recounts merriorative bronze medals is­ teers, and we were ready for any­ the harrowing moments as if they sued by the Russian government. thing." happened only last week. "1 was Including family members, al­ While driving the many on the Beauregard to Murmansk most 1,000 people—twice the hundreds of miles from Kansas to in 1942. We were carrying 500 number anticipated—from Washington, Litsch thought tons of TNT, plus nitroglycerin dozens of states turned out for the about the time he signed on the and other explosives," recalled ceremony in Washington. The Cecil N. Bean headed for Russia the former OS and AB. "At the overflow crowd created logistical in 1944. The Bean was part of a docks in Murmansk, we were problems and delays; but, just as 36-ship convoy which needed ice they forged through the frozen breakers to get to Murmansk. White River to Archangel during "It was exciting but, yeah, was scared, especially the first the 1940s, the honorees took the problems in stride and focused on time the depth charges knocked out the lights. With those depth the positive. charges, it was like being inside a Most seemed pleasantly drum while someone l)eat on it. surprised finally to be recognized "But you would hear stories for taking part in the vital journeys from the older guys who had sur­ around Nazi-cxxupied Norway to vived attacks, been sunk, diveMurmansk and Archangel, where bombed, hit mines ... yet they they delivered ammunition, sup­ still stuck with [sailing]. It was plies and equipment. More than inspirational." 100 ships were lost on the Mur­ Former oiler Joe DeCarlo, 71, mansk run, which started in 1942 travelled from New York with his and lasted until the war in Europe Everett Caril, pictured with his wife, Jessie, remembers the rough seas wife to the embassy. DeCarlo ended in 1945. sailed during the war with the "I was impressed with the which sometimes made ships "seem like a cork floating around." SIU's Sailors' Union of the ceremony, andtesides, I know a lot of guys who had no chance to go,' Russian Ambassador Andrey weather. Pretty weather could be Pacific. "Tbe Murmansk run was said former SIU member Fred Kolosovskiy summed up the deadly. colder than hell," DeCarlo said. Litsch, referring to his fellow mer­ proceedings when he said, "We "But sometimes our ships Chatfield sailed to Murchant mariners who perished are sorry this ceremony didn't would roll 45 degrees, and 1 mean "The snowstorms at least John mansk In 1942. prevented bombing from the take place years ago. But you they would just hang there.' SIU pensioner John Reed, a planes, but they didn't stop the bombed 72 times by the German have always been recognized in the hearts of the Russian people. veteran of four wars, first sailed subs." DeCarlo marvelled at being in fleet. We spent all winter there. They know the merchant marines aboard the Liberty Ship William "Once, they dropped a bomb and Navy gunmen sailed through Matson to Russia during WWII. the embassy. "I'll tell you a sign between the dock and the ship. the Arctic, through attacks which He^rovefipmJ)es Moines, Iowa of the times (fi-om the war)," he Another time, they dropped a fire often lasted for days at a time. to attend the ceremony. "1 had a recalled. "1 brought a record bomb right on the TNT, but the Often, the price was ultimate: feeling tfiere might be a big album of the Russian national an­ bomb was defective. Near Nor­ human life. We're very grateful crowd," said Reed, 73. "1 left in a them back with me, and the Coast way, the Germans once hit a ship snowstorm, but it was worth it. 1 Guard waptpd to seize it. They and proud of you." wanted to check for any secret was satisfied. Danger Above and Below Continued on page 16 messages. There was just no trust. A former chief cook. Reed Joe Burgess, who sailed as an OS with the SIU during the war, recently made a vastly different remembers running into trouble type of trip to Murmansk. He and jefore he even got to Murmansk. two friends flew there and, in conWe were tied up near an am­ junction with a local medical munition dock in west London in facility, helped start a chapter of 1943," he told a reporter for the Alcoholics Anonymous. Reed Seafarers LOG. "A siren went last month celebrated 25 years off, and then this little plane flew with the program. "That's the first time I've been jy. 1 saw the swastika, and 1 was to Russia in 49 years," he said. Joseph Burgess drove to shaking so much 1 couldn't shoot "This time, it was beautiful." Washington, D.C. from North straight. Carolina to receive his medal. Committed to Victory "He had dropped flares, and Former AB Litsch, 65, is the that place was lit up like daylight. during the war or have since ighty bombers followed him. sheriff of Anderson County, Kan­ passed away. "This is something All 1 can say is, God was looking sas. He sailed during both WWTl we were long overdue in getting." out for me." and the Korean conflict, and Vessels on the Murmansk run Burgess eventually reached remembers his reasons for first carried almost 15,000 aircraft, Vlurmansk on the Liberty ShipSS shipping out in 1944—^at age 16. 7,500 tanks, 345,735 tons of ex­ lenry Lomb. "The Germans Being young, we were gung-ho plosives, $1.3 billion of food )ombed us every night," said the patriotic. Everyone wanted to do shipments and 2.6 million tons of 69-year-old, who drove from whatever we could to win the war." Litsch was drafted during petroleum products to Russia. North Carolina with his son to the Korea, and his experience in the ceremony., "You get so damn 'No One has Forgotten' armed forces gave him renewed Before the medals were scared, you kind of develop a appreciation for his earlier role as a Former Seafarer Fred Litsch (left), pictured witli^lU Assistant Vice presented in the embassy buffer. You start thinking, 'Well, merchant seaman. "1 remember President Tony Sacco, proudly displays hisrMurmansk medal; auditorium, several dignitaries they haven't got me yet.'" (•, •' <9 "M: -mM.M 'Mr-; 'lU n:,"- 1' 1.?- '• �1 v w/' X:'-' 6 JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG FTF Aids Cnatians iR Securiug $450,000in Back Pay struck in Virginia; a $10,450 ad­ The International Transport vance to the replacement crew in Workers Federation (ITF), with New York; a $173,200 bank help from the SIU and two guarantee for the Pluton's pre­ foreign seamen's unions, last vious crew; and a $135,800 month secured almost $450,OOC guarantee to the Ana's crew. in back wages owed to 52 The German union became in­ Croatian merchant mariners. volved at the request of a German The financially struggling company which had a joint operat­ Croatia-based D.P. Shipping Co ing agreement with D.P. Shipping. Ltd. owed approximately a year's Clinton, based in Norfolk, worth of back wages to the mer­ served as a liaison between Morchant seamen who crewed two o Varras, the Croatian ris, its freighters, the MVPluton / and Seafarers' Union and the crew­ MV Ana. In mid-December, the members aboard the Pluton. He company paid $129,000 in back visited th%erewmembers daily. "I wages; the ITF, of which the SIT. tried to keep [the crew's] spirits is an affiliate, also securec up and steer them in the right $308,000 in bank guarantees for direction," he said. "We just the Croatian seamen and wanted to make sure they got a $10,000 advance for a new crew fair shake: good, safe working which signed on the Pluton in ITF Inspector Spiro Varras (wearing tie) aids Croatian merchant mariners in securing back wages. From conditions and fair pay. New York. "This is just one more example It took a work stoppage in late left are AS M. Dabelic, 2nd Cook F. Bagavac;, Mechanic T. Valentic, Bosun I. Gavran, AB N. Milohnic, of the true meaning of 'Brother­ November by the reluctant but Varras, Deck Maintenance M. Basic, Mechanic B. Runjic and three unidentified crewmembers. hood of the Sea,"' Clinton said. fed-up crew of the Pluton to spur "All merchant mariners have a action from D.P. Shipping. The Clinton III and the SIU's ITF In ment with D P. Shipping, the remarked Morris. common interest, a common At the same time, the ITF, the 23 officers and crewmdmbers spector Spiro Varras in helpin ship's charterer, Hugo Neu & bond and a responsibility to look said that for patriotic reasons, the seamen claim their back Sons, Inc. from New York, Seafarers' and Dockers' Union of for one another." out agreed to make another payment Croatia and a German seafarers they didn't want to strike. The wages. ( to the crew upon completion of Varras said the back-pay issue Pluton is the first seagoing vessel The strike began December II loading in New York. They also union arran^d for payment of "is resolved as far as the seafarers back wages that were due to a prior to fly the Croatian flag since the when the Pluton docked in arranged transportation to Croatia crew of the Pluton and to other are concerned." A Greek com­ former Yugoslav republic Chesapeake, Va., near the port o for the 23 crewmembers. declared independence in 1991. Norfolk, Va. The crew not onl) Meanwhile, the vessel's owner seamen from the Ana. TTie overall pany now is managing the Pluton breakdown of payments was: due to D.P. Shipping's financial But, from the time they sailed was tired of hearing repetitive but lined up a replacement crew to $129,000 to the Pluton crew which troubles, he added. from war-ravaged Croatia in '91 empty promises about upcoming meet the vessel in New York. and then proceeded to wherever payments from the company, bu The financial arrangements business could be found, the also was concerned about the were a result of direct interven­ crewmembers were paid infre­ ship's next two stops. After load­ tion by Varras, who coordinated quently and in smaller amounts ing scrap metal in New York, the the action despite the difficulties than what was in their contract. Pluton was supposed to proceed caused by one of the worst storms Additionally, the part of the mer­ ;o Karachi, Pakistan, one of the on the East Coast this century. He chant mariners' salaries that was to world's biggest scrap-meta handled a large volume of com­ be paid to their respective families )orts. However, the crew had 5 munications from the unions, eeling their own ship would be families, governments, com­ in Croatia never was sent. scrapped in Pakistan if the com­ panies and banks. "Spiro's work "They were quite remarkable pany were to go bankrupt. was the critical factor in obtaining in the amount of patience they By November 30, the Pluton a reasonable solution during a showed," said Edd Morris, an ITF inspector and representative for was bound for New York, and the very emotional situation," The MV Pluton I, a Croatian-flag ship, lies at anchor in New York. the Seafarers, who worked with crewmembers had received a par SIU Port Representative Bobby tial payment. Through an agree lAM's Ostro Retires; Longtime SIU Friend Justin Ostro, vice president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (lAM) and a longtime friend of the Seafarers, retired on December 1. Ostro, 65, also served as a vice president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department. A lifelong trade unionist, he sailed during World War II as a "merchant mariner. He was vice president of the California AFLCIO and served three terms as a member of the Democratic Na­ tional Committee. At a retirement dinner Novem­ ber 7 in Las Vegas, SIU President Machinists' VP Justin Ostro pictured Michael Sacco recalled the ties as he addressed 1991 MTD con­ between the Seafarers and Ostro. vention on WWII veteran status. "[Former SlU President] Paul Hall was a keen student of human added, "As happy as we are for character and, incidentally, some­ him and his family, , we are sad­ what partial to-guys who had gone dened over the obvious loss to to sea,'' Sacco said. "When a ourselves and the rest of the trade union beef brought them union movement he has served so together, Paul Hall was im­ well." pressed with Justin's savvy style A native of New York, Ostro and his on-the-level manner. . . . recently said he believes or­ The two of them struck up a great ganized labor "is probably in the friendship and they worked process of a mid-course change, together in a number of beefs of moving towlB^ well- thought out mutual benefit to our two or­ organization in new industries ganizations and often in behalf of that maybe didn't get attention in other unions as well." the past. The movement also may Sacco also commended Ostro be developing a new outlook on for his work at the MTD,, and what it takes to represent people." Sl^t^ngRtrie GumgaAffet^ CreivHtSr of CaAfe SM/is The Seafarers Appeals Board has approved a change in the shipping rules concerning the crewing of cable ships. The action, number 366, is designed to have crewmembers get to the ships as quickly as possible when the company is notified of a cable bre^. The port nearest to the cable ship being activated will have one job call, rather than three, to fill the jobs before they are returned to Manpower to be made available for all ports. The change affects Rule 4 D of the shipping rules and takes effect January 1. "A cable ship is supposed to be underway within 24 hours of the company (Transoceanic Cable Ship's parent firm AT&T) being notified of a break," said Augie Tellez, SIU vice president for contracts. "The vessel would be in port with a standby crew and would need to fully crewed fast." The Seafarers Appeals Board is made up of representatives from both the union and its con­ tracted companies. the Shipping Rules shall be The complete text of SAB amended in the following man-» ner. Action No. 366 follows: Rule 4 D shall be designated ACTION NO. 366 Rule 4 D I. Rule 4 D 2 shall be The Seafarers Appeals Board added to Rule 4 D and shall read acting under andpiirsuant to the as follows: Collective Bargaining Agree­ In the event personnel are re­ ments between the Union and the various Contracted quired by a cable ship to assist Employers, hereby takes the fol­ in the repairof a cable break, all jobs requested by the Employer lowing action. shall be referred by Manpower WHEREAS, Transoceanic to the port nearest to where the Cable Ships, Incorporated cur­ cable ship involved is located, rently operates 5 cable ships, for one job call only. All jobs not which lay and repair undersea filled on the initial referral shall cable for worldwide com­ then be made available by Man­ munication service, important to power to all ports simultaneous­ governmental and commercial ly and offered to those seamen users and, first responding, subject, to WHEREAS, frequent cable standard shipping procedures breaks result in the disruption of involving qualifications, such service requiring the ac­ seniority, date of registration, quisition of personnel, skilled in etc. Transportation in such cable repair procedures, to be cases shall be provided by the dispatched to the appropriate Employer. area as soon as possible. The remainder of Rule 4 shall Therefore, to expedite the continue in full force and effect. dispatch of necessary personnel Effective date: January 1, due to time constraints. Rule 4 of 1993. 5• �v J • . • • •. •-••vStev•-.-M JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG 7 •'.•.. > •:"-i-^?;.'V. A, N Slow Economy Forces End to Great Lakes Sailing Seasmi The economy and not the weather forced most of the SIUcrewed Great Lakes fleet to dock for the winter before the first of the year. "Cargo demand has been slug­ gish," noted Glenn Nakvasil of the Great Lakes Carrier Associa­ tion, which monitors the action of U.S.-flag shipping on the Lakes. "The weather is cooperating, but there is nothing to transport." lowed ah extended sailing season after January 1;more than 30 ves­ sels took advantage. "We just don't see it happening this year," he said. According to Kelley, sevej^al SlU-contracted cement carriers and tugboats still will be operat­ ing into the new year. "Our Han­ nah tugs operate all winter on the lower lakes. One serves as an icebreaker for another that is pushing cargo." One vessel that will not be seeing action this winter is the J.A.W. Iglehart, Despite the ce­ ment carrier having a "good season," the Inland Lakes Management ship tied up in November to undergo its regular five-year Coast Guard inspection. The last of the engine and steward department crewmembers signed off early last month when the self-unloader entered a drydock in Superior, Wis. The vessel usually sails well into December; however, the extra layup time was needed for not only the inspection but also inter­ nal repairs, according to Captain Don Ghiata of Inland Lakes. V'We had a good season," Ghiata, who works in the personneToffice, noted. "In fact, all four of our vessels {Iglehart, Alpena, Paul Townsend and S.T. Crapo) did well." . Ghiata explained that while coal and ore carriers are reporting lower than average loads, "we delivered plenty of cement this year." Although original plans listed all American Steamship Com­ pany vessels as being laid up by December 31, the company was looking at options that would keep several of the bulk carriers sailing into the new year. A decision was expected to have been announced by 4ate Decem­ ber. Weather permitting, he stated the company has plans to fit out and sail the Alpena, Townsend and Crapo in March. Upon com­ pletion of its needed repairs, the Iglehart is expected to return to the Lakes by May. The last of the deep sea foreign-flag vessels left the Lakes in mid-December when the St. Lawrence Seaway began shutting T Opening a hatch to check on bunkers is Wiper Ron Cummings, who sails on the IglehartWAh other crewmembers pictured on this page. down for the winter. With the vessels just laying up, no word has been relayed on when fitout will begin. Tradition­ ally, crewm^bers begin report­ ing to their yessels in March and April depending on the weather, vessel's ocation and cargo. . V •V, • Keeping an eye on the gangway is AB/Watchman Nick Verbanac. '•.f: Despite a couple of snowstorms, cold weather has not been a factor on any of the Lakes. Byron Kelley, SIU vice president for the Great Lakes, stated all of the waters still were navigable in late December. "Ice floes have started show­ ing up on Lake Superior, where (air) temperatures have been in the teens," Kelley said. "But the tops of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan still are clean and there has been nothing floating past the (Algonac, Mich.) hall." Nakvasil pointed out that in 1988, the last year both the winter Head Conveyorman Mark Fee lis- Oiler Nelson Hawley catches snack before reporting for work. weather and the economy al­ tens to the latest union news. Quick Response by Tugboatmen Helps Save Line-Worker from Freezing Wafer - -J •. • '7 • ; •Hi-' • it:; til I- W•Qn- Replacing a stenciled warning in the engineroom are Third Assistant Engineer John Cummings (left) and Oiler Gene Hayes. DeGraff and Carrol tossed a line into the water to help pull him out. The tugboat captain noted the crew had very little time in which to save the line-handler because of the low water temperature as well as a wind chill of minus 10 degrees on land. He radioed Great Lakes dispatcher Bob Kirby who called an ambulance to the scene. Within three to four minutes, DeGraff and Carrol pulled the line-handler from the water. "He was a big guy," Thayer noted. "It took them longer than normal be­ cause he was big, heavily clothed due to the weather, and in a state of shock." The boatmen placed their jackets over the man and wrapped Making coffee for fellow crew- Assistant Conveyorman Mike aboard the Iglehart is Kruse stands by on the deck as a blanket thrown from the saltie members AB/Watchman Bob Twite. bunkers are loaded. around him. They took him to a car on the dock for warmth. By then, the ambulance had arrived. DeGraff and Carrol rejoined the tug. Thayer said the crew wit­ nessed the line-handler sit up in the ambulance before they resumed assisting the deep sea vessel out of the lake and into Lake Michigan."We assume he's okay," Thayer added. "None df us have heard from him since the Deck Engineer Kenny DeGraff (left) and Deckhand Don Carrol (right) incident." Quick action by two SIU boat­ men saved the life of a line-hand­ ler during an undocking operation on Lake Calumet near Chicago on December 5. Deck Engineer Kenny DeGraff and Deckhand Don Carrol rescued the man, whose name was not known, within minutes after he fell into the 40-degree water, according to Captain Don Thayer. The captain, who began his career with the SIU, told the Seafarers LOG that the Great Lakes Towing tug Florida was standing by with another tugboat to assist a foreign-flag salt-water vessel leaving the Gateway Grain Elevator dock on Lake Calumet, located in South Chicago. About 6:15 a.m., the pilot on the ocean­ going vessel told Thayer to check out a commotion on his stern. "A line-handler had fallen in the drink," Thayer recalled. "I turned the tug around, back to the dock. Kenny and Don jumped off and ran down the dock." The Filipino crew on the "saltie," as deep-sea vessels are called on the Lakes, were yelling and had thrown a life ring to the linehandler. Thayer turned the Florida's search light on the water to locate the man, while pose with Captain Don Thayer following the rescue on December 5. •:W' .--'in:: • "V;;^ '.1 ::i7 8 •P ri;' i:? :7, S: \ - -: ; •V Wpi- �••--i-"^>-vUx^<?-^--;.-«it;'-VT.W.-' 9 SEAFARERS LOG MMUARYi A ExploitaRonamlRlackbARihg Marked Rttier Non'Union Years, RecaHs Retiring Lakes Seafarer date in technology advances and When Donald Bensman believe it." we train people to stay that way." On another occasion, in decided to retire he came to the Bensman continued, "I've union's headquarters building August 1957, Bensman was sum­ last month moned to the captain's office ant read the horror stories of foreign and visited told he was discharged. "The ships blown up because an un­ the Seafarers companies had a practice o trained crew didn't know what it LOG office laying people off iii the summer was doing. That's from a lack of "He feflectet to hire students." The young education." on the condi people, working temporarily The former SIU official, who tions for could be paid lower wages than signed-off the Paul Thayer in seamen during professional seamen. After the November 1992, while retiring the almost five summer, the companies would from sailing, has "no plans to decades in call back the regular seamen slow down. He intends to stay Donald Bensman which he ha( "That's what happened to me. active in the Toledo Port both sailec was off for a month and rehirec Maritime Council and to work for and come ashore for a period to for the samb job in September. pro-union and pro-maritime can­ The government-Issued Copeland cbntinuods discharge book, InIn the case of this unfair firing, didates in his area. Additionally, stituted by Congress In 1936, allowed shipowners to ldentlfy«unlon work as a union official. Brother Bensman, an en- there was one bright spot: Bensman has a t-sbirt shop to sympathizers through the use of colored Ink. Maritime unions sought gineroom seaman, recalled the Bensman was home for his son's run. Bensman and his wife. Patsy, and won the use of Individual Identification cards^nd single discharge union's early organizing efforts birth. will continue to reside in Toledo, slips per voyage. ^ The retiring Lakes Seafarer on the Great Lakes and he men­ tioned the names of Paul Hall (the also reminisced with the LOG union's chief officer from the staff about the period of time he time after WWII to his death in worked as a union organizer and 1980), the Tanner brothers (Cal SIU official. After a two-year and Al, both of whom served as stint as an organizer, Bensman officials of the SIU) and other was elected port agent for Duluth Seafarers who were active in in 1962 and held various posts for The so-called Copeland book and pro-union seamen bitterly labor. Congress enacted the union until 1976 when he which Donald Bensman had to resented the use of fink books. which allowed a seaman to have thosestruggles. returned to sailing. Ugly Non-Union Days -^arry during the period of time he The document itself became a tar­ his choice of identification. The > Among the companies he sailed before seamen had banded get of the seamen's frustration. bill created a system by which a Bensman, who began sailing helped organize were American together in strong unions, was one Fink books were burned. More seaman could carry either a in 1945, remembered the viciousSteamship Reiss (now of many kinds of "fink books'' than 50,000 Seamen signed government-issued' continuous ness of the pre-union days -and known as Company, Pringle Transit) and which American seamen were re­ jledge Ige cards refusing reii to use the discharge book or else; hold a that story was nottpretty.lt pretty. It was an Kinsman Marine Transit. government-issued Tdentification quired to carry at one time or nkbook. era of firings on the spot for little Forming a Port Council card and receive individual dis­ another. or no reason; it was a time when Strike Action Succeeds charge certificates after each Bensman also helped establish no seaman had a right to The first fink books in U.S. The strong maritime unionism grievance procedure or fair hear­ the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades listory were employer-issued. of the early '30s, and a successful voyage. The February 17,1939 edition ing. It was a period of almost Detiartment port councils in the Known as "continuous discharge strike in 1934 forced shipowners legalized blackballing. "A lot of Toledo, Ohio, Cleveland and jooks," shipowners in the late to curtail the.use of fink books. In of the Seafarers LOG, in an ar­ people forget how rotten the com­ Detroit metropolitan areas. The nineteenth century and in the fact, prohibition of the fink book ticle entitled "What About Fink panies were back then. A lot of jringing together of all unions early 1900s required seamen to was a key demand of the '34 Books?" outlined the position of the SIU: "The Seafarers Interna­ new members don't understand with members engaged in lold certificates in which the strike. that and don't know what we maritime-oriented trades was company recorded voyages. In the late '30s, shipowners, tional Union is opposed to the fought for," he said. viewed as important by maritime Seamen surrendered the books to who hoped to make up the ground Copeland Continuous Discharge The blacklisting of union sym- trade unions as the issues facing he vessel's mastesr when they they had lost to the unions by Book, aptly termed the Fink Book pathizers by ahti-unioii American shipping were, to a }Oarded a ship. " going through the back door of by Union men employers was made easy arge extent, the same ones conThis system allowed government, began calling for Shipowners'Tool through what seamen termed the ronting all U.S. workers, said shipowners to make written nota­ government-issued continuous The LOG articKcharged the "fink book." It also was known as 3ensman. tions concerning a seaman's posi­ discharge books which would Copeland book was "a con­ the "Copeland book" (the last The Great Lakes Seafarer said tion on unions on a document sections to note a venient method for shipowners name of the congressman whose at the time the MTD port councils which would be presented to contain seaman's so-called character, as and their stooges to id^ify and bill created the system) or the were set up in the early '60s, the other employers. It allowed well as his seatime and shipboard trace men who are 'not d^irable' "continuous discharge book. St> Lawrence Seaway opened, shipowners to make covert mark­ position. from the employers' y«ra^oirit.'' permitting deep sea ships to dock ings signaling a seaman's union (See article on this page.) This issue was raised while Speaking to seamen,\Ae LOG With this fink book system,^ at ports along the Great Lakes. attitude through the use of certain Congress debated whether the drafted how shipowneraCcbuld when a seaman was discharged, This opened the Great Lakes to ink colors and other tactics. U.S.-flag merchant marine ccKie the continuous the captain made an entry into his rireign-flag shipping and in­ In the period after World War should be the recipient of direct book: "If you have been on si Copeland book rather than issue a creased the opportunities for to the depression of 1921 and subsidies. In a com­ the blank spaces will show you single paper discharge slip as is runaway shipowners to seek U.S. through that anti-union decade up government piece of legislation to the have not been a 'loyal' eontp^y panion done today. "The captains had cargo while abandoning to the depression of theearly' 30s, 1936 Merchant Act, the stooge. There have been cases of their own codes in the books," American bottoms. Ink books were issued through Seaman's Act, Marine continuous dis­ extremely stirong union action ocsaid Bensman. "One color ink fink halls," as the employment charge books issued by the cufting Runaway Jobs on a certain ship at a cer­ meant you were the company's Bensman recalled the reaction agencies of shipowner associa­ government were put in place. tain time; the book will show you idea of a 'good worker' while of the maritime unions, "We told tions were labeled by seamen, or The shipowners did not suc­ were a member of that crew, and another meant you weren't. That all of labor if this could happen to )y individual companies or their ceed in having a personal charac­ obviously undesirable to an could keep you from sailing and American ships, it could happen agents. A condition for shipping ter category added to this employer seeking docile labor. you /ou would have no idea why. to any American jobs." However, through these fink agencies was document. The book was to con­ "There is nothing to prevent Thatt's one of the things we fought most of the other union repre­ resignation from any union mem- tain the seaman's name, descrip­ the skipper from making entire to stop." sentatives "thought.we were lership. tion, age, address, nationality, entries with ink to indicate one The SIU and the West Coast nuts," as their industries seemed Tool for Blacklisting photo and signature. The name grade, making other entries partly seamen's unions waged a lermanently anchored in the The continuous discharge and type of vessel, the voyage and m ink and partly with rubber vigorous fight against the Jnited States, said Bensman. books issued by these shipowner the job to be filled were not6d in stamp toshowai different mean­ Copeland book. The 1939 Now look at them today: cars associations required a ship's the book. ing... .'1^ Seafarers LOG warned the union made in Mexico and steel made in master to descnbe a seaman's The LOG noted that the alter­ Just Another Fink Book would not allow anyone with a Corea. Now the economy is stmg- rating and his "personal charac­ native certificate of identification The government-issued confink book to ship from its halls. gljng and Americans are fighting to ter." Under the guise of personal was acceptable and that "No per­ On-the-Spot Firings ceep whatever jobs they can. character, shipowners could ef­ tinuousdischarge book was known son with a Fink Book may Bensman also remembered the American businesses have forgot­ fectively blacklist a seaman for as the Copeland book, named after register for shipment at halls con­ on-the-spot firings as he had been ten that >\merican consumers are )ersonal or political reasons. the congressman who introduced trolled by the Seafarers Interna­ a victim of such arbitrary the ones who support them. How Working ability, in many cases, the legislation calling for its crea- tional Union or its affiliates, or employer behavior. One of the many Mexicans can afford to buy was of secondary consideration. tion^Und imposition. allies." Seamen's unions saw the more interesting excuses he was a Ford [car]?" he added. Between 1922 and 1926, A Win for Seamen given for being fired in the preThe LOG ask^ Bensman 44,0()0 of these fink books were Copeland book as just another fink The certificate of identifica­ ' id to do with walk- what advice he would give a issued on the West Coast and in book sinca it could be used by union days had tion has evolved into what is ing on what the captain young person entering the two years—^1922 to 1924— shipownersvto identily and black­ known today as the merchant considered the wrong side of the Seafarers and the U.S. maritime 5,()()() were distributed on the ball union supporters through gaps mariners' document (z-card). As deck. When Bensman went to the industry. Brother Bensman last Coast. in sailing during strikes and secret result of the insistence of the a The maritime unions operat­ office for the payoff, he was told answered, "Stay in school and get coding through use of different unions on the issuance of in­ he was fired because he had an education. The greatest legacy ing during this time prohibited the colors of ink.The Sailors' Union of dividual identification docu­ walked on the so-called captain's 'aul Hall and others left this use of the employer-issued con­ the Pacific, the SIU after it was side of the deck, which also hap­ union is [the Seafarers Tlar^ tinuous discharge books and en­ formed-in 1938 and other unions ments and discharge slips for trip, it is these documents pened to be the dry side. undeberg School of Seamanship couraged the use of individual refused to recognize these fink each which are in wide use today "I had just picked up my pay in] Piney Point. That isf the only trip discharge certificates. books. within the U.S. maritime in­ Seamen angry with their working and was told I was dismissed. reason we are alive as a union In 1937, after much agitatioh dustry, rather than continuous When I asked why, I couldn't because we have stayed up-to- conditions and standard of living. and organizing by maritime discharge books. Tink Books' Dogged U.S. Seamra Before Period of Strong Unii ^ f \ �/: • Miimiiri993 . v/ SEAOU^UK Labor Violations Faco4ion-linidn Trade unionists around the country have taken note of the anti-union policies espoused by the Food Lion grocery ^ore chain as a result of exposes in newspapers and on television recently. Additionally, one Seafarer discoverd the policy when his wife went to work for the com­ pany and brought home its per­ sonnel handbook. He is urging fellow SIU members to steer clear of the chain (see the accompany­ ing stoiy on this page). The new year could bring the nation's fastest-growing grocery store chain more charges that it has been violating child labor and wage-and-hour laws on a massive scale. News reports have stated that the U.S. Department of Labor could bring as many as 1,400 separate charjges against Food Lion, a North Carolina-based food store. The department began investigating the chain after a Fair Labor Standards Act complaint was filed by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) in September. A UFCW spokesman told the Seafarers LOG that Food Lion has a history of "working people off the clock. In 1989, it paid $300,000 for wage-and-hour violations that occurred throughout the chain. The origin^ fine was for $1.2 million, but they were able to negotiate with the Reagan-Bush-Quayle people and without the employees it affected to bring the fine down to $300,(XK)." The company has a practice known as "effective scheduling" where . efficiency experts have listed how long each project should take. However, as the UFCW has pointed out, the prac­ tice does not take into considera­ tion customers asking a clerk or meat cutter for assistance. Thus, employees are left with the option of not completing their taafe or working off the clock. Food Lion has mor^than 900 stores in 14 states, most of which have right-to-work laws allowing employees to not join a union even if the business has a collec­ tive bargaining agreement. The UFCW has been trying for years to organize Food Lion's 50,000 employees. In November, the television show Prime Time Live inter­ viewed past and present store 9 / fy Store Chain food US. Discuss AHegations ^ ?"toScah Bach 1993 'fixpai •if®' , " 'tv firm Faces Overtime, Child-Labor Actions Y'K- *• Food Lioo » dtdfc °^L"«der JJOM •ym-::. the® Che ^Jin, J l«or» < JiS. Food Lion's continuing problems are making newspaper headlines. unsanitary grocery practices in the meat, deli, produce and dairy sections. Some of the actions in­ cluded store onicials climbing into dumpster^^o retrieve old produce to clean it and put it back on the shelves, removing the"sell by" dates with finger-nail polish to keep the product on the shelf longer and using bleach ancL^ lemon juice to remove the smell tually felt insulted" by various other parts of the handbook, from spoiled fish and meat which she reviewed after ter­ products so they could be sold minating her employment at Food after the expiration dates. Using an undercover camera, Lion. She noted one segment from page 16 which states, "Al­ the show's reporters taped a though we have purposely ground beef mixer not being avoided establishing rigid rules cleaned overnight then fresh beef and regulations concerning your run through the machine the next off-the-job behavior, you should day with the old food still in it, at all times conduct yourself in a chicken parts with expired dates manner that will bring credit to being covered with barbecu^e sauce and sold as fresh gourmet ^u and to Food Lion." \"Canwou believe the nerve of chicken and spoiled macaroni thoWpeople?" Mrs. Davis asked. salad being mixed with fresh "It's not enough for them to rule materials so all of it could be sold. The footage included in the workplace. They think they employees stating they would not somehow have the right to tell buy anything from their own people what to do on their own stores because they knew how it time." was prepared. ^ She also shook her head after Since the report. Food Liori reading a comment from a Food stock and customer sales have fal­ Lion employee published on page len. One stockholder filed suit 12 of the handbook: "Many stating the company had mis­ people consider their breaks as a represented itself thus causing its company obligation or lal)or law, stock values to be inflated. but our break time is a benefit—" Meanwhile, another lawsuit Mrs. Davis responded, "It's not a against the grocery chain may be benefit. It is a law that workers get heard this year. The UFCW fil^ a break every four hours. the suit two years ago, claiming "And there's another part in that.same section that says, a paid Food Lion has violated pension break twice a day is equivalent to and health insurance laws by dis­ a two-week vacation. Who would missing employees before they became vested in the company's fall for something like that?" Mrs. Davis added that during profit-sharing and pension plans her eight-hour shift at Food Lion, as well as not informing dis­ she and several other workers missed employees how they were not permitted to take any could continue teing covered by the company's insurance policy. breaks. employees to find out why Food Lion has a higher average profit than most chain grocery stores. On camera, employees described • /v m 'Us' SIU Pensioner's Wife Cannot Stomach Anti-Union Grocery Store Regulations , Elizabeth Davis, wife of SIU pensioner Jim Davis, thumbed through the Food Lion Personnel Handbook last May after her first day working as a cashier for the North Carolina-based grocery store chain. She got no further than page 6. There, under the boldfaced hea;dline, "Non-Union Statement," the handbook contains the following: "We arg absolutely opposed to a union at any of our stores or facilities, among any of our employees We are convinced that unions have the tendency to create an antagonistic relation­ ship between employees and management No employee is ever going to need a union to keep their job or to receive fair treat­ ment with good wages and good benefits at FOOD LION. We are Elizabeth and Jim Davis were outraged by the anti-union policies convinced our employees do not written in the Food Lion personnel handbook. need a union " Mrs. Davis returned the next We're; union thrOugh-and- what I mean." Brother Davis, who sailed day to the Food Lion store in Fer- through." with the SIU for almost 40 years nandina Beach, Fla. (near Jack­ When she was hired by Food before retiring in 1978, concisely sonville) and informed a manager Lion, Mrs. Davis did not know conveyed his feelings in a recent that she was pro-union and hailed that the company was anti-union, letter to Seafarers President From a pro-union family. In sup­ nor did she realize that Food Lion Michael Sacco: "Please urge our port of the labor movement, she faces numerous charges stem­ union brothers and sisters not to then quit before they could fire ming from alleged violations of buy from [Food Lion]. They are her. child labor and wage-and-hour real finks." "I didn't like what was going laws. But in her short stint there, The former AB said that one on there," Mrs. Davis recently she realized something was told a reporter for the Seafarers wrong. "They work you. to look at the Food Lion handbook LOG. "When I showed that hand­ death," she said. "There were a "was more than enough" for him book to Jim, he said, 'You're not few fair-haired employees who and his wife. "I couldn't stand it." Mrs. Davis added that she ac­ going back.' I told.him I agreed. got all the breaks, if you kno\v Seafarers Assist U.S. MHHary in UaNa Relief Efidrl to Semaiia Continued from page 3 nearly all the people in the nation are Somalis and speak the com­ mon language of Somali, the country is divided among the six major clans that oversee ter­ ritories within its borders. In 1969, Mohammed Siad Barre was named president of Somalia and he ruled the nation with an iron fist that included a 50,000-strong Somali National Army. An effort to depose Barre's forces in northernr Somalia occurred in 1989, but was beaten back. However, the national army began to disin­ tegrate along clan lines. By 1991, the nation was in civil war. Clan fighting around the capital of Mogadishu forced Barre to flee and go into exile in people of Somalia. Just before U.N. requested such, assistance. Thanksgiving, (President Bush Days later, U.N. Secretary announced the U^. would offer a General Boutros Boutros-Ghali division of ground troops if the made such a request but it took several more days—into Decem­ • \ ber—^before a written agreement among the nations of the Security Council could be reached. RepmtsmJin Somalia indicated thatjup to two million people could die shortly if aid did not arrive. In the meantime, U.S. for­ ces set sail for Mogadishu and awaited orders. The intervention approved by the U.N. marked the first time the 47-year-old organization ever had stepped into a country's inter­ nal affairs without being asked by that nation. As there was no estab­ lished goverhn^ent, the delegates The SlU-crewed 1st Lt. Jack Lummus was one of the first vessete to of the U.N.^ stated they could npl arrive with supplies off the shore of Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. • , wait for such approval. Late in November, Bush ad­ western Africa in January 1991. Fighting in and around the capital ministration officials started city continued as clan leaders holding high level meetings on tried to make themselves the what could be done to help the leader of the nation, while other clans fought for control of cities in and around their territories. U.N. Monitors Situation The United Nations, through various aid and relief organiza­ tions, continued to monitor the deteriorating situation. The U.N. sent a small contingent of peacekeeping forces, but the con­ ditions already®were out of hand. Drought and famine had swept across the country. Armgd men were capturing food and medical shipments intended for relief camps. The U.N. forces were un­ able to stop them. Starvation and warfare caused (jiousands of Somalis to die. MY I'- Ct. li •.r'-'-Vl-'-" 'YM. • or I.;,-. • ''S'O"'. ' • �JAMUARY1993 ••.i'::v'".-,.. •"•:•• ' 10 SBUWIBISLOG SlU Tallying (kunmtttee To Meet this Month Continued frontpage 2 •-•;K - ".V/i;"'' •V-'.'•* 'i'?.- • 10 port agents. Individuals elected in this round of balloting will serve a 1993-1996 term. The candidates on the ballot were determined to be qualified to run for union office by a credentials committee made up of six rank-and-file Seafarers who reviewed all nominating peti­ tions. The credentials committee report, which was prepared in August shortly after the constitu tionally designated nominations period closed, was submitted to the membership at the September meetings. Seafarers who were eligible to vote in the election are full book members in good standing, ac­ cording to the union's constitu­ tion. Besides being able to vote at one of the 20 union halls arounc the country, members were able to cast absentee ballots by mail. Capitol Hill Prepares To Address Maritime Continued from page 2 jobs in the maritime sector and level the playing field for U.S.flag ship operators and U.S. shipyards. As just one example, without immediate action, what remains of our U.S. liner fleet may go foreign, and thousands of American jobs will be lost." Studds, who had been serving as the acting chairman of the committee since the death of Walter Jones (D-N.C.) in Sep­ Senator John Breaux (D-La.) talks tember, was a supporter of the about maritime issues with <6iU maritime reform package intro­ members during a campaign rally duced last year by Bush in Baton Rouge last fall. Transportation Secretary Andrew Card. During the fall campaign, ever, no official listing will be the representative stated he would available until early January. work hard to pass maritime Senate See Changes reform into law. On the Senate side of Capitol Full Committee Unknown Hill, at least one change is ex­ However, the make-up of the pected to take place in the fivecommittee still was in doubt as member Merchant Marine the 103rd Congress convened Subcommittee. January 3. The only thing certain Subcommittee member Lloyd was that 28 Democrats and 18 Bentsen (D-Texas) has been Republicans would be named as selected by President-elect Bill members when work begins in Clinton to serve as the secretary the middle of this month. , of the treasury. His replacement Many longtime members has not been named. such as Democrats Carroll Hub­ John Breaux (D-La.) won re­ bard (Ky.), Dennis Hertel (Mich.) election to his Senate seat and and Charles Bennett (Fla.) as well will head the committee again. as Republicans Robert Davis Along with the ranking minority (Mich.) and Norman Lent (N.Y.) member, Trent Lott (R-Miss.), he — no longer serve in the House. sponsored maritime reform legis­ Others like Thomas Foglietta lation in the last Congress and has (D-Pa.), Nita Lowry (D-N.Y.), announced his intention to work Wally Herger (R-Calif.) and to pass a reform bill in the new Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.) have ac­ session. cepted positions on other com­ The only other member up for mittees. election in November was Daniel News reports have listed Inouye (D-Hawaii), who retained various new Den|ocratic and his seat. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) Republican legislators as being also is a member of the commit­ assigned to the committee. How- tee. Clinton Names Cahlnet Continued from page 2 GAIT) as well as work with Con­ gress to pass a North American Free Trade Agreement, which has been opposed by the American federation of trade onions, the AFL-CIO. Selected to head the State Department is Warren Chris­ topher. He has served as the head of both the Clinton transition team and the vice presidential selection committee. Christopher served as deputy secretary of state during the Carter administration. U.S. Representative Mike Espy (D-Miss.) is the nominee for secretary of agriculture. He has served his rural west Mississippi i.- •< 'S-i^i'.., A- !-:'}'\ y. I. r ' '• .i •'"3 • ' ' district since 1987. Espy, the son of an agriculture extension agerit, was the first African-American elected from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Lecturer for Labor Tabbed to head the Depart­ ment of Labor was Robert Rejch. An economist and professor at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, he at­ tended Oxford University with fellow Rhodes scholar Clinton. These, as well as the others nominated by the president-elect, are expected to be confirmed by the Senate by the end of the month barring any unforseen complica­ tions. SlU Helps Save Queen Mary; Complex to Reopen in March n • • T Thanks in part to efforts by the SlU's industrial division, the famed Queen Mary will remain in Long Beach Calif, and the hotel, three restaurants and banquet facilities on the vessel will reopen by the end of March, according to contract terms released late last month between the city of Long Beach and the vessel's new operator, Joe Frevratil. . j ri T D » Prevratil, formerly the president of Wrather Corp., signed a five-year lease with the Long Beach City Council He had managed the Queen Mao'—which employs more than 1,000 members of the SlU-affiliated United will operate the adjacent llliaiCU UllllCU Industrial lliuuauiai Workers—during part of v.- the 1980s. Prevratil --- also . (and currently vacant) Spruce Goose dome and shopping village. The dome once covered Howard Hughes' flying boat, which has been moved to a museum in Oregon. Many of the stores m the village have been closed for months. . . , . ^ ^ • i i Through petitions, rallies and other efforts, the UIW helped the Queen Mary survive a rocky 1992. Last year the ship. Long Beach's only major tourist attraction, almost was sold to a foreign investor who would have moved it overseas. Erroneous inspection reports also suggested the vessel immediately needed major repairs. Finally, the Walt Disney Co. announced it would stop leasing and operating the famous liner after this year. , • , Disney lost money running the Queen Mary, but Prevratil said he averaged $6 million m annual profits when he managed it. His immediate plans include eliminating the current $8 adult admission fee, installing low-cost children's rides and staging special events such as concerts in the dome. A <1* Delta Queen Steamboat Co. Names Builder of 3rd Paddlewheeier > The SlU-contracted Delta Queen Steamboat Co. recently selected McDermott Shipyard in Morgan City, La. to build a third paddlewheeier for the Delta Queen fleet of passenger vessels. Construction on the 420-passenger ship is scheduled to begin in February. Tentatively named the Belle of America, the six-deck vessel is expected to begin operations in the summer of 1994. Like its sister ships, theSlU-contracted Delta Queen and the Mississippi Queen, the Belle of America will cruise the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, as well as several of their tributaries. Additionally, the Belle will be the first new steam-powered riverboat built in the U.S. in almost 20 years. The builder's contract is estimated to be about $60 million. McDermott, traditionally a builder of barges, offshore supply vessels and Navy boats, this spring is scheduled to deliver the last of four 1,300-ton ocean surveillance ships to the Navy, 7%c JoM/Tm/o/Commerce reported. d. d/ RRF Will Buy 12 RO/RO Ships, Brings Fleet Total to 109 Maritime Administrator Warren Leback last month announced that the Department of Transportation will purchase 12 used roll-on/roll-off cargo ships for the U.S. Ready Reserve Force (RRF), at a total cost of $266 million. Leback said these acquisitions will lead to more than $60 million worth of repair work for U.S. shipyards. Once the repair work is done, the vessels will be turned over to the RRF, bringing the number of reserve fleet ships to 109. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., First Chicago Leasing Corp. and Eagle Shipholding Cprp. each own one of the U.S.-flag vessels to be purchased by the U.S. Maritime Administration, which maintains the RRF, The Journal of Commerce reported. The other nine fly the flags of Panama, the Bahamas, Saudi Arabia and Italy. These purchases are in response to a January 1991 study of U.S. mobility reqiffl^ents by the Department of Defense. d/ d/ dr Task Force Alms to Thwart Piracy After Reports of More than 400 Attacks / The International Maritime Organization (IMG) soon will set up a special task force to address piracy m Southeast Asia. IMG Secretary-General William G'Neil announced the plan and said "drastic measures" are needed to deal with this problem. The IMG has received reports of more than 400 cases of piracy during the past few years. Most of those attacks took place in Southeast Asia, off the west coast of Africa and the northeast coast of South America. d/ d/ d/ Atlantic Coast Seafarers Escape The Wrath of the Nor'easter of '92 ^, Seafarers, their families and their vessels came through a vicious four-day storm last month along the Atlantic coast nearly unscathed. Rain, sleet, snow and hurricane-force winds pounded the coast from Maine to Virginia between December 10 and 13. Nearly 20 people lost their lives in storm-related accidents. In New York, Assistant Vice President Kermett Mangram reported the storm delayed a couple of SlU-crewed Sea-Land vessels in the region but caused no other problems. A spokesman for Sea-Land said the Newark Bay remained docked in Boston an extra 24 hours during the storm's peak. The Sea-Land Crusader was delayed for a few hours while sailing to San Juan. Both ships were back omschedule within a week. Sea-Land's Elizabeth, N.J. port facility had some flooding and cargo damage, but nothing major, the spokesman added. New Bedford Port Agent Henri Francois noted all the fishing boats in the New Bedford fleet took leed of the storm warnings and tied up before the port's storm gates closed. "There was water damage to the homes, but no damage to the fleet," Francois said. "The captains paid attention to the advance warnings." , In Norfolk, an SlU-crewed McAlister Brothers tugboat was among the vessels called out by the Coast Guard to capture a runaway Ready Reserve Force ship whose lines gave way during the storm. Despite iress reports stating the vessel was loaded with oil, the Cape Hudson actually was empty, according to 'atrolman Bobby Clinton 111. The chase took several hours but the vessel was snagged and returned to its port before any damage could occur. A, Vorld Trade Talks Are Expected To Continue Into New Year _ Despite attempts by the Bush administration to complete the latest round of world trade talks before Bill Clinton becomes president, no final draft of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the world trade treaty suppported by more than 1(X) nations, appears ijnminent. Negotiators from around the world are waiting for Clinton to be sworn in before they present their final offers and compromises, according to published reports. Bush officials had hoped that the compromise reached between the U.S. and the European Com­ munity on agricultural subsidies would allow a final draft to be reached by Christmas. However, representatives from other U.S. industries were determined to oppose any concessions the Bush administration might have made. �m.('•••J'; ; ••ik fl- JMIUimi993 SBUWtBtSlOG 11 CandMates Thaak MU Members Presidential, congressional antMocal elections kept Seafarers busy xhis fall! The hard work volunteered by SIU members and their families helped to elect many candidates from the Democratic presidential ticket of Governor Bill Clinton and Senator Albert Gore Jr. to mem­ bers of Congress as well as state and local officials. Members discovered that their efforts of knocking on doors, passing out literature, waving signs and attending rallies brought additional respect and ac­ cess from the candidates during the fall campaigning. From the Atlantic to the Gulf and west to the Pacific, can­ didates took time out to listen to Seafarers who played active roles Texas Governor Ann Richards is pictured with SiU Vice President Gulf in their campaigns. C6a?t Dean Corgey duhng a Houston campaign event Pictured are some of the politicians from around the country who thanked Seafarers for thejir past and present support. i " * 7 Senator-elect Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) expresses her appreciatldFkfor help provided by the members of the SlU's industrial division, the United^ Industrial Workers, during her campaign. With Boxer are UIW Repre­ sentative Tony Amristrong (left) and UIW National Director Steve Edney. Newly elected U.S. Representative Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) (left) meets with Operating Engineers Local 25 Representative Allen Fran­ cis (center) and SIU Representative Ed Pulver. ^ . f' y , ... '' s ' ^ .. ^ >, ''i ' > ' •• Jacksonville Port Agent Tony McQuay (left) gives a tour of the SIU hall to U.S. Represeritative-elect Corrine Brown (D-Fla.) and State Former U.S. Senator Russell Long, a staunch supporter of the U.S.-flag fleet when he served in Congress, is flankedby SIU Pensioner Duke Duet (left) and AB Albert Wheeler during a Louisiana campaign rally. Representative Tony Hill, who is also a longshoreman. The Olsons Are Too Busy to Slow Down Pensioners Lois and Fred Olson remain active by volunteering time for politics. Here they meet with U.S. Rep. James Bilbray (D-Nev.). When Fred and Lois Olson retired from the Seafarers in 1986, they dove head-first into the arenas of politics and civic affairs. During the recent election cycle, they were busy campaign­ ing for the Clinton/Gore ticket as well as lobbying the Nevada legislature for health care and manufactured home reform. "We didn't retire to stagnate," Mrs. Olson recently told the Seafarers LOG. "We just changed the things we do." Since signing off the SS Con­ stitution for the last time, the pair has become active in Democratic politics in their home of Las Vegas, the state manufactured homeowners association, senior citizens clubs and more. They regularly lobby their state and congressional representatives on issues pertaining to maritime, seniors and manufactured homes. In fact, Mr. Olson serves on the state Democratic platform com­ mittee. "Please don't get the idea 1 don't do anything other than politics," Sister Olson noted. "I manage to garden, sew, knit, and I love to cook." Began Sailing in 1944 Brother Olson began his seafaring career in 1944 with the Sailors' Union of the Pacific be­ cause he "wanted to see the world and be involved in the World War II effort." Following the war, he joined the SIU and switched from the steward to deck department. "I didn't care what I sailed on," he said. "A ship was a ship. I enjoyed it because I had the best of two worlds: being a first-class The Olsons keep in touch with other SIU members and retirees with whom they have sailed. When a national issue needs at­ tention, "We make phone calls to friends in other states," Mrs. Olson stated. "When more retirees get involved, you'd be surprised what can get done. "Our SIU retirees are unique in that we are spread across the country. We have seen a lot of the world. We know how lucky we are to live in the United States," she said. 'Get involved' "Every SIU retiree is an am­ Sister Olson added she and her bassador for our maritime inter­ husband are able to see U.S. ests. Each of us can make a Senators Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and difference." Richard Bryan (D-Nev.) as well as Merger Formed Merger U.S. Representative James Bilbray The Olsons met when the (D-Nev.) because "we don't sit Marine Cooks and Stewards around and let the other guy do it. merged into the SIU in 1978. She We've been so successful because joined the MCS in 1958 after we back each other." being a waitress in Seattle. 'T wanted to make more money and see the world," she remembered. Sister Olson sailed on passenger ships throughout her career. "I en­ joyed my woik and years at sea. It was not an easy job. The hours woe long and the work was both physi­ cal and mental. But it was reward­ ing and brought me a sense of accomplishn^nt." The two met aboard the Santa Mercedes where they were work­ ing together. He was the ship's chairman and she was the steward delegate. "Ed Mooney (retired SIU official) and others have called us the most successful The Olsons are no strangers to their elected representatives as they merger between the SIU and MCS," Mrs. Olson added. talk with U.S. Senator Richard Bryan (D-Nev.). seaman'and a union member." The Washington native had very little interest in politics until 1973 when he was a member of the fifth bosun recertification class held at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seaman­ ship. During that class, the bosuns were introduced to the idea of communications. "Paul Hall (former SIU presi­ dent) told us the days of picket lines and head-smashing were over," he recalled. "All the action is in Congress and we need to be able to tell (representatives) what we need." That lecture was reinforced when Brother Olson flew home from Piney Point to Seattle. As he boarded the plane, which was to la^ first in Minnesota, he saw Hubert Humphrey (U.S. senator from Minnesota) take a seat. After takeoff, Olson intro­ •O ,'T. - I ! •; •'' T'c,.. • •V; • .••• duced himself as a member of the SIU to Humphrey. The senator told the bosun he had been with Hall the day before and started telling stories about the Seafarers. "For a little union, we sure get a lot of respect from the politicians," Mr. Olson said. "We have got to be active to be effec­ tive. By being active, we can go to a governor, representative city commissioner when we have a problem and get it solved. It makes it nice to get through." /• • �ti U • ; JANUARY 1993 SEAFARBIS Ul^ 7 Feel Like I'm Makins a Difference' Foley Relishes Role as School Ini^rueto^ Foley applied to the school and rapid changes, Foley remains As a member of the engine enthusiastic about his v;ork. He was accepted. department. Seafarer Bill Foley says he is proud to help train He graduated in class 193 in quickly learned the importance men and women so they can March 1976, then shipped out as and benefits of upgrading at the meet the needs of the maritime a wiper aboard the T.T. Wil­ Lundeberg School. After industry. liamsburg. "I was the only wiper graduating from the school in "One of the most exciting on board, and there was plenty of 1976, he eagerly alternated be­ times here was during the Persian work," Foley recalls. "My first tween sailing and taking courses Gulf war," he notes. "We had trip was 116 days without getting such as FOWT and QMED. double the normal student off the ship. The second trip was A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., population, and instructors were 102 days. TTien we did 28 days of Foley still appreciates the value running classes after hours and on tank cleaning." of upgrading, although his Following those busy initial weekends. There wasn't one perspective has changed. Since vbyages, Foley returned to Piney complaint about the additional 1979, he has worked as an in­ Lundeberg School instructor Bill work. Everybody just pulled Point for the fireman-oiler class. structor at the Paul Hall Center in Foley graduated from the trainee during in 1976. He continued that pattern program together." Piney Point, Md. the next few years, always using Foley acknowledges that "the Being an instructor "is the by using skills they learned here." time on the beach to bolster his people here [at the school] some­ most rewarding job I've had," After graduating from high skills and his earning power. times feel pressure because . . . Foley says. "I feel like I'm In 1979, Foley learned that the there have been so many new re­ making a difference, in people's school, Foley was unsure about lives. I've had some of the same which vocation he would pursue. school had an opening for a quirements for training, and we guys in trainee classes and He looked into becoming a car­ tankerman instructor. He got the have to follow guidelines from upgrading classes, and it's fantas­ penter or an electrician, but says. job and subsequently taught clas­ four federal agencies. But these ses on basic engine, FOWT, people are dedicated. They do tic to see how much they've Things just didn't work out." welding and hydraulics. He also what they have to in order to get School Gives Direction learned. They, in turn, give me developed a conveyorman course the job done. He then spoke with a few information about equipment for American Steamship Co. friends who had graduated from "I don't know what I'd be they see on ships. Meeting Industry's Needs doing today if I hadn't come "A number of people whom the Lundeberg School trainee I've taught no longer sail," Foley program and had sailed to various Having seen time and again through the school. I'd probably adds, "but some have contacted jorts around the world. Enticed the way the Lundeberg School have a city job in New York and me to say they're working full- >y the travel opportunities and the helps merchant mariners stay one have a pretty dim view of my time as welders or have done well chance to earn a good living. step ahead of their industry's future." Honorary Member FraMi CapeHa Oes SlU President Michaei Sacco be­ stows an honorary membership on Frank Capella at the union meeting last August. Frank Capella, longtime Piney Point retiree and UIW member, died November 23 fol­ lowing a long battle with cancer. He was 73. Bom in Chester, Pa., Capella joined the U.S. Navy and was as­ signed as a ship's cook to San Diego, Calif, with the U.S. Fleet Hospital aboard the USS Nebras­ ka which was stationed at Guadalcanal during World War II. He received the AmeriPan Theater Ribbon, the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and the World War II Victory Ribbon. After the war, Capella joined the United Industrial Workers, the industrial arm of the Seafarers International Union. He began working as a butcher at the Lundeberg School when it first opened 25 years ago. A mass of Christian burial was celebrated at St. George Catholic Church in Valley Lee, Md.; inter­ ment followed at the Seafarer's Haven Cemetery. Capella is survived by his wife, Eleanor; five children;eight brothers and sisters; 12 grandchildren; and one greatgrandson. In August, the membership voted to give Capella an Lundeberg School Vice President Ken Conklin (left) presents SID honorary union book, which member Gary Johnson with a certificate for completing his Associate SIU President Michael Sacco in Arts degree. Instructors Kate Riphardson and Don Mundell watch. presented to him. Lundeberg School College Program Has Summssful Year A total of 153 students en­ rolled in college courses at the Lundeberg School in" 1992, and two students completed the de­ gree programs to earn their As­ sociate in Arts degrees. The school's academic depart­ ment offered both evening and daytime college-level courses during six sessions, each lasting eight weeks. These college-level courses make up the general education component of the two Associate in- Arts degree programs offered at the school. Although students may attend the courses as full-time college stu­ dents by taking two general education courses, the evening classes make it possible for Seafarers to take a general educa­ tion course while also attending daytime vocational upgrading classes. Therefore, the dates for the eight-week college sessions coincide with the schedules for many of the vocational classes. The evening courses are needed to fulfill the general education requirements for the degree programs. Each session offers developmental math and English courses as well as the first college-level courses in math and English, MTH 101 andENG 101. In addition, a social science is offered—^psychology, sociology or industrial psychology. Starting in 1993, a new course in analyti­ cal reading and reasoning (RDG 099) wilfbe held in the evening. Daytime college courses focus on 102 level courses in math and English, science courses such as physics, additional social scien­ ces and engineering. Four sessions have been scheduled for 1993, and all inter­ ested Seafarers are encouraged to .take advantage of at least one ses­ sion. The sch^edule of sessions is published monthly in Seafarers LOG along with an application form (see page 27 in this month's LOG). Any member interested in taking an evening college course or enrolling at Piney Point as a full time college student should contact Mary Hartshorn, the col­ lege registrar, in writing or by phone at (301) 994-0010, ext. 276. Keeper of the Gate •^' :^'l' \ l.t I' A familiar sight to everyone who enters the gates of the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education is Grady Dobson. Evening College Cdntlnues at Paul Hall Center Seanptr'^ending the voca­ tional training courses at the Lun­ deberg School may elect to take classes in the evening which are designed to enhance their proficiency in areas related to the maritime industry. The evening classes are avail­ able to Seafarers during their free time while upgrading at the school. They provide a unique op- portunity to recfeive collegecourse credits while improving their seafaring skills. The evening courses available to Lundeberg School students cover Developmental English (ENG 099), Composition and Rhetoric (ENG 101), Develop­ mental Mathematics I (MTH 098), Developmental Mathe­ matics II (MTH 099), College Mathematics II (MTC 102), American Government (POL 101) and Analytical Reading and Reasoning (RDG 099). Classes are offered on a Mon­ day-Wednesday or TuesdayThursday basis. The first session of evening college classes for 1993 will begin on January 4 and will ran through February 26. * Lunileberg School Continues Aid FU" Wctbns id Hmtlcane Ambew Employees, upgraders and trainees at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School recently raised $1,700 to help fellow Seafarers and their families who were vic­ tims of Hurricane Andrew, the deadly storm which in August battered parts of Florida and Louisiana. Before the school conducted its fund raiser in November, SIU members from the ports of New York and Jacksonville, Fla. donated water, clothing and froxes of food to the union's hur­ ricane relief fund. From the Lun­ deberg School, upgraders, trainees and staff members donated a trackload of items such as paints, hardware, baby food and diapers. The Baltimore Port Council also m^e a $2,000 con­ tribution. Some of the funds collected for relief already have been used to provide temporary lodging for SIU members and Aeir families in southern Florida. Several Seafarers reported they were seriously afifected by Andrew. Pensioner Pedrq Mena and Wiper Ernesto Mardones are two of those hardest hit. Mena's l)ome, near Miami, was destroyed. Similarly, Mardones'/ housq, in Homestead, Fla, sustained an es­ timated $63,000 in damage and was declared unlivable. Overall, Andrew destroyed or damaged 117,000 homes in Florida and 14,()00 in Louisiana. More than 250,()0()^ people were left homeless. The hurricane caused 52 Packing 160 mlle-per-hour deaths and an estimated $21.5 bil­ winds, Hurricane Andrew caused about $21.5 billion in damage. lion in damage. •M �• V-v •••-V' / •• '.,V ' • •. ,• • ... .v'v^...'Sil^'- =--1^, (.n^, ... . SBAFARBRSimt 13 c -•'•;/ /o-;;:"' V'- - •.• / V.:. -N '-•-: ;^"• .i^..:,., ... ••^•.v. • -i-' ••• - '-v 1^. • •. t - .;• " •'. ; r.rv . •.""•• •-•!•:- .•••V; - - \ " (^at^aj Sota, cv^o iece«tCc( cowfiCe(cd t^c reccitc^ccd 6oiu^ fxacnt^c^ at t^c ^aadcCcKr^ Sc4aat, tJ jacited at t^e (graduation. ccreutonef 6cf AiJ dau^^terJ 1(Aonne. ^uettc and fcauuette. The very nature of seafaring means many months away from home. The family, however, remains an important part in a Seafarer's life. With this page, the Seafarers LOG begins a new feature highlighting our members and their families. We welcome your photographs and will publish them on a periodic basis. - .• • •i# •tjll- •:> i: •"•M- • - ^ -.J -! lii: Sm £" * . • 'J ,' 'i»: i . - •>" '1 V v- • 'ms. '•A' T^euJiauer (^(arcuce (^ud) (^ou.i6ui deified ^iJ coi^e, (^^artottc, carve a ^auda 6ear (nanted/fwanda) outo^an •-Til ot^crcvijc duCC tree truuic at t^ccr tzontc ^tiie^ (^oodi ^^ere^C "V. in "SutCcr, T^a. 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"Witrc runt are tiiJ tfouucjer Crotdier, "THicraeC, 00^(0 firejeutdtf iJ aettiucj ^iJ ^a^erwor/d toc^etrer to atteud ttie jc^ood. aud AiJ uiotticr. ,<4uu, udto iJ a retired federad cmpdocfce audpaJt vice /trejideut of dLocad f660 (/d'^t^S)- .'.. *•' ''3d\. • - vgi •'i.v, . • •» V.'4- ' r 7. i'f, -'te"00' •K "Wcddiuc^ (jeddj raur^ ou .•ducjuJt f, f ^^2 for S'TT^t Kueutdier Scoecf • 'Vadeucia aud ^ij Cride. dfuua "7^auda(^ie. /4 rejideut of t^ardcu throve, (^adif.. "Vadeucia jaidj aj au 'pOTd/J. : '0r-wm, �L '4» •-:ji r. -J *•••-.. /4 t ^^MFftSlOG Mm I v*« ;• Ifv;•>,.;" If--'' ' stock, fight, then withdraw from the Persian Gulf, U.S.-flag ships carried more than 15 million tons of equipment to and from the region. Almost 900 sealifts were required during the period, which came to an end in mid-April. The year saw Congress pass and the president sign a bill to allow regulated gambling on board U.S.-flag passenger ships. The law repeals two outdated acts that barred American bottoms from offering gaming on pas­ senger vessels. With the bill's passage, maritime interests ex­ pect a resurgence of the U.S.-flag passenger fleet (presently only the SlU-crewed Constitution and Independence fly the Stars and Stripes) with the creation of thousands of seafaring jobs. 5£iFilJ7£lf5£lli; . .. ..' ' first major seafaring initiative in decades which would have helped U.S.-flag companies ac­ quire new vessels and provide payments for up to 74 militarily useful commercial ships. Despite being presented late in the session, both the House and the Senate merchant marine com­ mittees drafted bills and held hearings. However, Congress ad­ journed before final action could be taken. The chairmen of both committees ha;ve stated maritime reform will be a priority in the new Congress which convenes this month. Two other maritime-related bills—inland documentation and cruise-to-nowhere restrictions— got through the House of Repre­ sentatives, but ran out of time in Reform Package Offered In the wake of the merchant 'marine's strong showing in the Middle East, two SlU-contracted companies announced they were coordinating efforts to seek U.S.flag maritime reform or go foreign flag. The statement by Sea-Land and American Presi­ dent Lines spurred action in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill. During the summer. Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card (who had attended the U.S. Mer­ chant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. as a young man) presented to Coijgress a com­ prehensive reform plan. The presidents of eight maritime unions, including SIU President Michael Sacco, welcomed the i 15 ' ®5v:|iilpii THI INVOLVEMENT by Seafarers in U.S. military engagements flanked a year in which congres­ sional maritime legislation, the breakout of new vessels and the election of a new president dominated news concerning SIU members and their families. The year 1992 began with SlU-crewed vessels bringing back materiel from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war. Although fight­ ing had been over for almost a year, Ready Reserve Force, Military Sealift Commandchartered and privately owned commercial vessels brought back weapons, supplies and troops to their bases in the United States, Europe and the Pacific theater; In the two-year operation to Isiii®& Seafarers Sail Through a Year Of Military Operations, Legislation, New Vessels and Elections •' 11..'' , •. Mmar1993 " • MmARri993 the Senate. Both are expected to be offered early in the 103rd Con­ gress. The inland idocumentation bill was designed to eliminate a loophole that allows men and women aboard tugs and barges to sail on America's inland water­ ways without Coast Guard documentation. The cruise-tonowhere legislation would have prohibited foreign-flag vessels from operating such trips from U.S. ports. It also would have codified U.S. Cijstoms Service and court rulings mat passenger vessels engaged in the coastwise trade be American built and owned. After the Coast Guard an­ nounced its intention to seek fees for z-cards, more than 400 union , 'I and non-union boatmen in Texas and Louisiana signed a petition against the proposal that was presented to Congress by SIU Ex­ ecutive Vice President Joseph Sacco in February. The fees are not in effect since the Coast Guard has not announced a final rule. On top of seeking congres­ sional action, the union filed a lawsuit seeking to stop its im­ plementation. New Ships Create New Jobs Two new AT&T cable ships came out of theshipyards in 1992. The Global Sentinel sailed into Honolulu in February on its maiden voyage to the United States. It began regular service in the spring. As the year ended. Seafarers flew to Singapore to bring the Global Mariner to the ., I U.S., bringing the total Trans­ oceanic Cable Ship fleet to five. The first large commercial ship built in the U.S. since 1987 broke out in August. SIU mem­ bers crewed the galley while members of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific handled the deck and Marine Firemen's Union mem­ bers manned the engine depart­ ment of the RJ.^eiffer. The 714-foot container ship sails be­ tween California and Hawaii. In July, the Military Sealift Command awarded SlU-con­ tracted companies charters to operate three reflagged vessels: the Jeb Stuart, American Merlin • and Buffalo Soldier. Another SlU-contracted company was chosen to operate the Fred G., which Seafarers crewed late in the summer. ' '_i6«itiaiaas S9IBiii|i|i-S|^ for union-endorsed candidates from Clinton/Gore to state and local races. Maritime interests viewed the election of Clinton and Gore, as well as 110 new members of the House of Representatives, as a chance to revive' interest in the U.S.-flag merchant fleet. Seafarers Active In Politics Early in the year, the SIU began efforts to get its members and their families registered to vote. With many legislators an­ nouncing their retirements or being defeated in primaries, many changes were t^ng place on Capitol Hill. Also, 1992 was a presidential election year. While the Republicans renominated the team of George Bush and Dan Quayle, the Democrats selected Gov. Bill Clinton and Sen. Albert Gore Jr. to lead their ticket. Seafarers across the country volunteered their time in the political process by making phone calls, knocking on doors, attending rallies, tacking up posters and distributing literature .a a'-aVV,a • "itfii' 'a ';-., •wr#-a, • That interest returned to the forefront in December when nearly 20 SlU-crewed vessels sailed toSomalia, on Africa's east coast, to aid a U.S.-led, United Nations effort to bring food and peace to the war-torn nation. As in the Persian Gulf war, many Seafarers gave up holiday time with their families to make sure fully crewed sealift vessels sailed on time. •I# Thefollowing is a monthly review of1992 activities as reported in the Seafarers LOCJ: JANUARY — American President Lines and Sear Land urge maritime refonn legislation ... SIU works to stop the Coast Guard from implementing fees for mer­ chant mariner documents... Coast Guard rules concern­ ing benzene exposure *r.ke effect ... MEBA members dissolve ir.eiger with NMU to becoir e District 1-Pacific Coast District MEBA. •:.3,i:r FEBRUARY — Fight against fees on z-cards goes to Capitol Hill and the federal courts... The Global Sentinel arrives in Hawaii on its maiden voyage . . . Augie Tellez is named SIU vice president for collective bar­ gaining ... MTD urges Bush administration to dump Rob Quartel from the Federal Maritime Commission... Andrew Card is named secretaiy of transportation... SlU-crewed Pride of Texas becomes first U.S-flag mer­ chant ship to sail into Lithuania since 1939 . . . Matson's R.J. Pfeiffet chris­ tened. Gulf of Mexico MARCH boatmen rally against proposed z-card user fees... SIU Executive Vice Presi­ dent Joseph Sacco testifies before Congress to close the loophole allowing boatmen to sail America's inland waterways without Coast Guard documents ... Presi­ dent Bush signs into law the U.S.-cruise ship gambling bill. . . Rob Quartel resigns from the Federal Maritime Commission . . . White House announces a maritime policy panel . . . Leon Hall, retired SIU Atlantic Coast vice president, dies. APRIL—Philadelphia-Cam­ den ferry service across the Delaware River begins with SIU crew ... Lundeberg School adds hazardous materials protection proce­ dures to schedule . . . Seafarers participate in Workers Memorial Day ceremony on Capitdl Hill, march with striking Kroger workers in Detroit and rdly with Caterpillar workers in Illinois... Senate turns back attack on cargo preference , law . . . New PPO opens in Houston. MAY — House subcommit­ tee clears legislation to repeal proposed user fees... Persian Gulf war sealift ends ... SIU scholarship winners announced. JUNE — SlUNA holds its 22nd convention, re-electing Michael Sacco as president. .. Card introduces maritime reform package to Congress ...House subcommittee sup­ ports inland documentation bill... Safety team members meet in Piney Point... Dr. Joseph San Filippo retires as Seafarers medical depart­ ment director; replaced by Dr. Kenneth Miller... Campaign to save the Hotel Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif begins. JULY — SIU fishermen rally against governmental regula­ tions on Capitol Hill . . Military Sealift Command awards three reflagged ves­ sels {Jeb Stuart, American Merlin and Buffalo Soldier) to SlU-contracted com­ panies . . . Maritime reform legislation, offered by Con­ gress, is supported by SIU i^esident Michael Sacco and seven other maritime union presidents . . . Union celebrates 40 years of train­ ing and education programs. AUGUST — The Military Sealift Command-Pacific Fleet leaves Subic Bay (Philippines) Naval Base... SIU members send aid to brothers and sisters affected by Hurricane Andrew... SIU crews R.J. Pfeiffer . . . SIU San Francisco Patrolman Gentry Moore dies. fi f. • • i > SEPTEMBER — House of Representatives passes in­ land docuinentation and cruise-to-nowhere bills ... SIU and AFL-CIO endorse Clinton/Gore ticket... SlUcontracted companies Delta Queen Steamboat Co. and Alton Belle Riverboat Casino announce plans for new riverboats . . . SlUcrewed Delta Queen com­ pletes historic first journey down the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway... City of Long Beach votes to keep the Hotel Queen Mary . . . SIU Headquarters Repre­ sentative Frank Paladino dies. OCTOBER — Russians honor World War 11 Mur­ mansk merchant mariners in Baltimore ceremony... SIU Secretary-Treasurer John Fay elected vice chairman of ITF's maritime division . . . California bunker tax is repealed. ^ NOVEMBER — SIU election begins . . . Benzene testing for SIU members starts . . . Clinton/Gore win the White House . . . Inland Advisory Board meets at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Train­ ing and Education. DECEMBER — Somalia sealift, involving'nearly 20 SlU-crewed vessels, begins. . . Seafarers man Global Mariner, fifth vessel in the AT&T cable ship fleet . . . SIU members joined 20,000 trade unionists in Las Vegas march against union-busting ! Frontier Casino . . . Russia presents medals to. more Murmansk-run merchant mariners. i4 Wism kii'il'i! • I Benzene testing started. , J f -77^ I J Matson's R.J. Pfeiffer broke out in August, becoming America's first new large container ship built since 1987. H-,;." •.;.v- •, SIU President Michael Sacco welcomed U.S. Rep. Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) to the union's convention. Jobs were plentiful throughout the year. Gov. Bill Clinton met with SIU members duting the fall election campaign. k I ^ '^11 " 'MM '• ' i : 3' . .g, s J jasssssa low ••'/y • .. !/ sy J, M >RtSl u• . - S.'-:"*" :'v ft' 'rvorfoKia • m; SIU fishermen rallied on the Capitol grounds against additional regulations. -li;.!:^ 'vw... •.;:r-*--' Seafarers marched with fellow trade unionists to urge Congress to pass new worker protection laws. • V. , •' .-'t ..I..:!.- Upgrading at Piney Point remained vital. U.S. milifary activities in the Persian Gulf and Somalia kept Seafarers busy. ' * . ' . • •• 'I ' Vk- •' •M A '.- •. ; .V- '• •.'^ •,V5>, "C'- M' • A-. • • •• -i, \ 1 . .. .. . '..v- ' • ' , • •••; y.y :ll\' �16 i SEAFARERS LOG MNIMRYim Mumansk Veterans Awarded Medlals by Russian Federation man, Alcoa and Grace Lines and, v!arine Firemen's Union, an SIU like his peers who last month dinliate. At 5 ft. 4 in. and i03 received their medals, he never pounds, he was rejected by the considered missing the U.S. Army. Eager to contribute to ceremony. the war effort, he went to Sheep"What I remember about Mur­ shead Bay in Brooklyn, N.Y. and mansk itself is that most of the joined the merchant marine. city had been levelled," he said. "I went to Archangel with a load "One hall there was operational of oleo margarine in December but had no heat, and remember 1944," said the 68-year-old former this was in the Arctic in winter. wiper. "Man, there were times Plus I remember the tension with when we couldn't eat for days be­ the Russian military people. cause the weather was so bad. That's why I never thought I'd see "But to tell you the truth, I the day when a ceremony like this enjoyed it. Those were flagtook place." waving days." During part of the war, Sal Branciforte, who lives in Branciforte sailed with the Staten Island, N. Y., said he often wondered "how much more of the war I would have seen if I had Thanksgiving Day Ceiebrated in the Haiis worked on deck. In the engine room, all you heard were The depth charges. Joe DeCarlo and his wife, Helen, travelled from New York to attend "But one time I did see a tor­ the awards ceremony at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in pedo go right under our ship, and Washington, D.C. it scared the out of me! Ready for Action In 1943, Everett Carll worked as a shipyard crane operator in Portsmouth, N.H. One Due to an error in the make-up of the December issue of the evening, he went to see a Seafarers LOG, a number of holiday greetings weres^nadvertently Humphrey Bogart movie titled omitted. We include all those greetings here, as well as any that were Action in the North Atlantic. In­ received after the November 13 deadline—and hope that the senti­ spired by the film, he joined the ments expressed will last well into the new year. merchant marine a week later. To Stevo Ruiz and family To Mark Reczek Above, Thanksgiving Day in the Honolulu hall takes on a festive Carll sailed as an OS and an May your holidays be filled with hap­ This Is our first Christmas in our home, Hawaiian flavor. Below, Recertified Chief Steward Bill Mines AB on SIU ships. In October Cheyenne's first Christmas morning, and piness and good health. We miss and love (left), Sea-Land Shoregang Steward John Basquez (center) and 1944, he signed on the Liberty our first Christmas as a family. We love you very much. 1 will let Santa know you Recertified Chief Steward Burt Richardson help serve 300 SIU Ship Henry Villard bound for you. And if you aren't home with us, you are in Puerto Rico so he-doesn't forget to fill your stocking. Merry Christmas, little members, their families and guests at the third annual SIU San will be here in spirit. Lots of love, Murmansk from Boston. Diane, Amber, Mark Jr. and brother. Francisco Thanksgiving Day luncheon in the San Francisco hall. "The seas were unbelievably Your sister, Christine (Ruiz) Serrano Cheyenne Reczek and family high, I remember that," said Carll, To Carlton Dennis Richardson 77. "Sometimes that ship seemed Dear Santa, Can you please be home To Tom Jones May you and your family hayea happy like a cork floating around. But for Christmas this year? If not, we all still we passed the test. Most will be waiting...always! Luv-U-Madly. holiday season. We miss you, Tom! "Babs and the girls The crew andcaptain of the everybody was saying silent Sfdnhattan Island (Tina E. Richardson) prayers. ... You just have to do to Norman Piva your duty, do the best you can." To Marilyn (I love you) on board the Sea-Land May you and the girls have a happy Carll and his wife first read Atlantic. We wish you a Merry Christmas, holiday season. We miss you, Pappy! The crew and captain of the about the Murmansk medals two we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Manhattan Island years ago jn the Seafarers LOG. you Year: They gladly took the SVi hour Miguel Rivera To all members onboard and ashore Be safe during the holiday season and train ride from New Hampshire to To my daughters throughout the new year. Mele kaliki Washington. I would like to wish my loving maka, hauoli maka hiki hou. "ft was terrific, and I was daughters Idrellis, Tamkio, Tiffany and Tom, Larayne, J.J., Kevin and Dino amazed at the crowd," he said. family a Merry Xmas and a Happy New ToShmookie Love and miss you very much. Keep "The setting was really some­ Year. May your Christmas be filled with the up the good work in school. thing." Franklin Robertson same joy and happiness that you bring to Continued from page 5 in our convoy. The torpedo went across our bow. "You began to grow up on those ships.. You had to survive." Chatfield, who joined the SIU in 1942 and sailed with the union until taking a shoreside job after the war ended,never wore a life jacket. "I always figpred that if you went in that water, you'd be dead in 15 minutes anyway," he explained. A business insurance sales­ man, Chatfield took a train from Woodbridge, Conn, to the ceremony. He sailed with Water­ (^rrrtmgs - ^Oart :4.- Watching the World Series Joseph Magyar retired from the SIU in January 1986. He sailed as a QMED. ^ile watching the World Series recently, he was reminded of an incident years ago: i " !• :' .;;• •••V . It. -j-'^;;v^v. asked around and nothing was coming in. I told him I was going, just in case a job did come in. While at the hall, the dispatcher said, "If you all put your shipping cards in this box, I will draw four out for today's game and four In 1957 Andy Pickur iand I more for tomorrow's game." were on the beach in Brooklyn. Times were bad and payoffs were slow in the port of New York. Scrounging for money was hard. Andy, a deckhand, and I had been on a couple of Liberty Ships together, and the two of us shared a love for baseball. We were able to watch several games on TV in the taverns near the union hall, but our money finally ran out. We had about fifty cents between us when the World Series c^e up between the Yankees and Mil­ waukee Braves. How \yere we The first name he c^led out was going to watch the Worltf Series Joe something. At first I thought he with no beer money? There was a fellow at our hall said Joe Magyar, but he didn't. The who had excellent connections next name was Joe something— with people in New York, and he and it was mine. I didn't wait but could get tickets for boxing at St. took the ticket and went back to the Nicks, baseball tickets, etc. I room. Andy was laying there, his asked Andy, who was in our room arms under his head. I showed him the ticket. "At up the street from the hall, if he least I can see the game," I told was going to make the Saturday him. I had enough for sitbway fare morning job call. He said he had by Joseph Magyar there and back and nothing else. Nothing for hot-dogs or beer. I believe subway fare then was a dime. Pitching for the Milwaukee Braves was Spahn, Sain and Burdette. The saying in Milwaukee was "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain." But Burdette was the MVP in the Series won by Milwaukee four games to three. Hank Aaron was elected most valuable player of the year, and they had Eddie Mathews and Joe Adcock while the Yankees had Mantle, Maris and Berra. While at Yankee Stadium (es­ timated crowd 65,000), I took my ticket out to see the seating sec­ tion I was in. Putting it mildly, I don't like to be in the middle of a crowd. Four people jumped me, said they wanted 16 see the ticket. One said, "I'll give you 201)ucks for it." Boy, what a lot of money $20 was then. So I gave it to him and subwayed back to Brooklyn to get Andy. When I walked in the room, he was the same way, arms folded under his head, staring at the ceiling. He a§ked what about the game, and I showed him the 20 bucks. "Come on, let's get to the tavern. The game's going to start." /• me throughout the year. Your adoring To Panama Bob wife. Merry Christmas and Happy New Rookie Year! Hope you make it back to the twilight zone in time for the holidays. Lots To Charles Tezett Even though you're across miles of of love, Nancy Robertson ocean, we all wish you a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. ID Mike and Joe Sacco, Red Campbell Carol, Elijah, Janet, Joyce and Gail and all my shipmates—retired and ac­ To the Gregmeister, the Duradave and tive—and their families Wishing you and your families my Ben (my friend) Hello my friends!1 have a special deal best wishes for the coming holidays. Ovidio R. Rodriguez for you! All the best. Peace. The Stevador To Donna, the love of my life, my family, To Laird L. Mills shipmates and friends worldwide We wish you a very special homecom­ Happy holidays and fair winds. May ing. Merry Christmas always. God bless you all. The Trader and Chanel Norel James Rollman To all SIU members To SIU members and officials Best of all holidays and many more to • Season's greetings to all SIU mem­ come. Happy jNlew Year 1993! bers, officials and their families. Larry Schroeder Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Saide Jr. To Michael To shipmatesand land lovers We first met as fellow Seafarers on a God bless you all! Thanks for the time to sail with each and every one of you all. ship in the Pacific Ocean and since then we became friends and then lovers. My Also the hard working HLSS staff. J.D. Sanchez life has changed so much since 1 met you. On our first Christmas together,1 wish you To Mary Sanchez and family—also all the best this season has to offer' and brdthers and sisters hope that there will be many more special Praise the L,ord for having special days. Love, ' , . women who are alWays there for their Allisort seamen to come home to. May the wind To all formercrewmemberr keep your sails full. 1 wish to extend Xmas greetings to all. Juan (Mo Time) Sanchez Walter Grosvenor To Michael Bonsignore 1 wish you and your family a happy To all the oldtlmers, their families, the ac­ holiday season. Mike, please write me tive workers your addressor call me at (305) 342-1918. May everyone stay healthy and proud Willy K. Schmale of our union. 1 would say the SIU is greater today than ever before. God bless our To Mark John Mullen Dear Mark—Everyone sends their union's officers for continuing to make the love £md Xmas greetings. Will keep tree SIU stronger. God bless all the members up ^d presents 'til you come home. Love and especially all officers, active and retired. you? Anthony Rodriguez Nana Schwenderman �' 'A; • I/''• '>•' :';v V-': v -v 5- JANUARY 1993 SEAFAREi Dispatchers' Report for Deep Sea FebruarYJBiMarci} 19i _ Memlxrship Meetings Deep Sea, Lakes, Inland Wata NOVEMBER 16 — DECEMBER J[5,1992 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Port New York 29 18 Philadelphia 0 ,A : '.5 12 Baltimore Norfolk 18 15 Mobile 10 21 New Orleans 25 25 Jacksonville 25 28 San Francisco 27 27 Wilmington 12 20 Seattle 19 19 Puerto Rico 16 6 Honolulu 5 10 35 Houston 35 •,2m 4 St. Louis 5 Piney Point 1 Algonac 0 0 250 Totals 235 Port New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Honolulu Houston St. Louis Piney Point Algonac Totals Port New York Philadelphia Baltimore ^ Norfolk Mobile New Orleans Jacksonville San Francisco 31 Wilmington Seattle Puerto Rico Honolulu Houston St Louis Piney Point Algonac Totals Port 14 P37: New York 4 1 Philadelphia 11 0 Baltimore 2 ^••13 Norfolk 15 1 Mobile 20 New Orleans 10 5 24 Jacksonville 32 San Francisco 20 4 11 Wilmington 22 5 Seattle 10 9 Puerto Rico 44 7 Honolulu 16 5 Houston 0 1 St. Louis 41 / Piney Point . 0 0 0 Algonac 301 83 Totals n ••REGISTERED ON BEACH TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Trip All Groups Class A Class B Class C . Reliefs Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 15 16 35 13 8 61 27 12 3 iAtAAA—1 ' 6 0 3 16 3 6 5' ;A.AA 8 1 12 • .A - 3 AA':':* "AS.'-'A'/ 12 0 Jm- 1 A'' T' '8 • 11 24 32 10 2 •••"• A-"A2' 0 7 3 60 4 11 20 2 7 15 39 23 14 1 0 . 41 'AA;V..:4; 33 .;•A'Ax-A' 47 51 10 24 AAAA13.-,AA1 A'-.r • -A; 48 12 16 •AAAA20ASA:A AA;A3.^.A'A A'AA,-IIAA; 49 'J-^A5-AA 17 27 14 7 17 19 Pr.5 •AA. 6AA 15 38 28 4 8 29 22 8 3 14 1 14 0 6 4 21 8 12 . 8 4 15 7 6 17 : • I AA' 24 46 5 .•.•.AAAAVA44AA. 30 9 11 0 A''AAAAAAAA;0 ••• ..AAA-'AAIAAAA 7 : 0 0 A-'A,-:;-.. 'IAAA 1 2 ' A AAA •, AFAi •:^A .AA:.'-:I-^AA' 2;A.A8 A 3 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 • 408 181 74 381 45 191 81 182 ENGINE DEPARTMENT „ , ^ ' a. 'il • A: V > • AAA>A"A;^A - Piney Point Monday: Februaiy 8, Maic\ New York Tuesday: Frebruary 9, March' Philadelphia Wednesday: February 10, March 10 Baltimore Thursday: February 11, March 11 Norfolk fThursday: February ll, Nrarch 11 Jacksonville nrhursday: February 11, March 11 Algonac Friday: February 12, March 12 Houston • .'%>.• ."M' ••V , Tu{ -'m. '''changed by Washington's Birthday New Orleans Tuesday: February 16, March 16 Mobile Wednesday, February 17, March •An 17 San Francisco Thursday: Februaiy 18,Marchl8 Wilmington Monday: February 22, March 22 Seattle Friday: February 26, March 26 San Juan Thursday: February 11, March 11 SLLouis f Friday: February 19, March 19 Honolulu Friday: February 19, March 19 Duluth Wednesday, February 17, March 17 Jersey City Wednesday: February 24, March 24 'A... • 'SA-s Al'A "ff#! mm It®- Tuesday: Februaiy 23, March 23 Each port's meeting starte at 10:30 a.m. Personals . .. BARRY R. BARR Please contact Sharon Sharabi at 4335, Resport Loop, Holiday, Fla. 34691-5298. Notices i Ill 63 21 ENTRY DEPARTMENT . 30 6 14 trl 1 2 18 6 13 8 7 3 136 7 1 2 h 0 246 1 3 6 12 1 6 3 6 2 0 0 0 44 7 12 8 16 12 9 17 2 49 1.4 0 ,,30 197 ^:5;i 1 0 4 0 3 Ti 3 0 2 116 7 0 0 0 143 :-7yt:'TW. '• 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 2 1 5 2 17 4 48 6 13 16 11 7 0 0 \0 158 91 8 13 33 24 49 36 61 15 30 18. 62 31 4 30 0 505 78 12 0• : 13 13 29 "'17':":.| 52 13 19 5 183 8 2 3 • 11: 448 Totals All Departments 613 848 434 426 574 237 211 1,048 1,428 806 * 'Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ** "Registered on the Beach" means the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. A total of 1,448 jobs were shipped on SlU-contracted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,448 Jobs shipped, 426 jobs or about 29 percent were taken by "A" seniority members. The rest were filled by "B" and "C seniority people. From November 16 to December 15,1992, a total of 211 trip relief jobs were shipped. Since the trip relief program began on April 1,1982, a tota}^^of 17,864 jobs been shipped. y,- IS YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS OMFILE? With W-2 forms due out soon, it iSsnecessary for every SIU member to have his or her correct address on file with the Seafarers Vacation Plan. If you recently have moved or changed yobcnaine and have not notified the union, fill out a change of adofess form at your nearest union hall or send your new address\along with your name, book number and social security number) to: Address Control, Seafarers International Union, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746. UNCLAIMED WAGES\ Interocean Management Corporation is holding unclaimed wage payments for crewmen they have unable to locate. JohnDelbus Winston Walters Bobby Fletcher AdelAlwashi If your name is listed above, please contact Jean M. McDermott at Interocean Managaement, Three Parkway, Suite 1300, Philadelphia, Pa. 19102-1378, or caU (215) 569-4550. • .A-. % •'A. • • .*?.' / THE ORDEAL OF CONVOY NY 119 The Ordeal of Convoy NY119 by Charles Dana Gibscni, first published in 1973, is a narrative history of a convoy of seagoing tugs, harbor trjgs, yard tankers and barges which were owned by the U.S. Army and which left New York in the fall of 1944. This classic work, long out of print, is available once again. Address orders to Ensign Press, P.O. Box 638, Camden, Maine 04843. The cost is $28.00 plus $3.00 shipping/handling (in the U.S.). ,• ,V' As ^A;:-A:;; -rV----- •' A'::;/ �=- ' 16 RY1993 SEAFARERF^G Murmansk Veterans Awan • inaii, Alpoaand Grace lilies aiul. Marine Firc\ien',s Union, ah-.SlU ^li'ke his peerscyxho laSt inonth affiliate. AtV lV>^,_mwind 10: ' in our convoy.,The lorj^c received their tnedals. he never pounds, hpjtvas. rejecTetl by 'the acros>;:oiir bi)\v,. ;o n s i ll e re it m i ssi n g the U.S. ArmC Hagef to contribute to "You began lo grow up on ceremony. : the'war euort, h? went to Sheepihosc ships. You had toi survive," "What 1 remember about Mur­ : shead B;iy in Brooklyn, N.'Y. and Chaltield. vvho joined the SlU mansk itself is that most of ihe joined the nverch;li\^t iiiarfsg^^' ; y in 1942 and sailed with the union city had been levelled," he said. "1 vventto Arcdiangel vvitliaTbad I • ; until taking a smireside job after - "One hall there was operational : ()f tileo margarine in December tiiewar ended, never wore a life : but had no heat, and renieniber : 1944." saiij the-.68-year-old fonner jacket,, "1^ always figured that if this was in the Arctic, in winter. • wiper, "Man, there were times | you went ;ih that water; you'd be Plus I remember the tension with I when we coddu't eat for days bedead iit 15 ininutes any way." he t he R us s i a n ini I it ary ped pIe. ; cau.se the weather was so bad. explained.' That's why 1 never thought I'd see I' "But to 4^11 you- the-4rutlv 1 A business insurance sales- the day w hen a ceremony like this. I enjoyed it. Those were flagiiian. Clialfield' took a train frdni • took place." i waving days," . .Woodbridge. Conn,- to the During part of the war. Sa! f Branciforte, who lives in cereinonv. He sailed with Water- Branciforte sailed with the Slaten Island. N.Y., said he often wondered "how much inore of the vvar 1 would have seeir jf 1 had | : vvorked on deck. In the engine I room, all ^you heard vvere the Cominued from /7, : Thanksgiving Day Celebrated in the Halls : I 1-I . jjoe^eCarlo and his wife, Helen, travelled from New York to attend tint one time 1 uiu see a.tor--1 ceremony at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in •pedo gorightunder our ship. and^U.^P^ ' ^ ; it scared tlie ,outdfme! , J ' Ready for Action I', In : 194.4.. ivy ere t.t CariUj : worked, a.v a, shipyard crane • operatorin Portsmouth, N.H. One evenin" Im went to see a' ISoltlii!'(©rePtMiflSr , . , , , rx i • r .i 'ii''l^e-up ol the December issue of the Humph,;'; Bligun mnvie',i,led :a ,>u"gg >>r holiday Above, Thanksgiving'Day in the Honolulu hall takes on a festive Hawaiian flavor. Below, Recertified Chief .Steward Bill Mines • fleft),-8ea-Land'Shoregan-g Steward John Basquez.(center) and Recertified Chief Steward Burt Richardson help serve' 300 SID mernbers; their families and.guests at the third annual SlU San • ..Francisco Thanksgiving Day luncf'ieon in the San Francisco hall. a,;,,,;,.v;,-,/, ii,-; suiied hv. the rilin, l« joined the ttller the N.tveiithei- 1.1 dead],ne-and hope that the .aentiiuereham niarine a week late,-. : •••e,da e->pieased Mil last well ,,,,,> Ihe new year, Carll sttiled as a,., O.S ,il,d attOaMWRBceek To Steve fluirandiamily ^ . • . -J ciir I • I I ' I ill', istmr lirst ( lirisima.s 111"iirlioMio. I 'Meiy vtmr inilKl,ivs he lilled wilh liapAB on ,SIU ships., Jlli (.Jcdobei , ftH-yeiiiic'.s.f'irM (.'hrisunas mtiniing. and I piness'anil gtuHl iivailh. VVc nii.ss and iiive •1944; he signed on the. Liberty your ilrsi (.'ifri.slma.s as aMainiiyi VVr liiyi- I yon very nuicli, .1 Will Id .Sanla kno'w yon .Shi p Henrx U/V/nvv/ •bound for And ityon arfn'l.hoinc-vvlih US. yoii arc in.Pu'erto Rico so he ilocsn'l I'urgd lo \/r, , , , ,1. Vr '.D , , t will be here in spihl. l.ols.ol'love. till v.our slockine. Merry Chrislmas, lillle. Muimansk from Boston, , y • "Ihe seas were ur^lievably' i , Chi-yomH'Kerzek Your sister. Chri.Xtine (Ruiz} Serntiio' audjiunity high. l.rememberthaf.'Wa.idCarll,; ' To Carlton Dennis Richardson ., i - .; 77. "Sometimes that ship seemed : • .Dear San'la.Wan yon please he luiine i To.Tom Jones \tay vi.m and your raniiiy have a happy like a cork floating around. But I'ttr (.'hrislmas Ihis ,vear'.' M .nol..we iill still ' we passed the test. Most will be waiting-.. . always'i.nv.-ll-Nladly,,:'luilitlay season. .We miss ymi.-Toml ' "lliihs and the yiri.s " i ' ' Thc ercwaiiduiptaiiiiil ihe everybody was saying silent { Tma E. Ritdtardso.tr) \ ' ' Miiiihatta'it Islaiiii prayers. . . . You just have to do' To Marilyn . | To Norman Piva j . your duty, do thg best you can." •.• (I love you) .on hoard the Sea I mid\ ,May you and llie girls havea happy Carll and .hi.s - vvif'e first read Aiiaiiiir. We wish yon-'a Meijy ('hrislinas, ,| hojuiay. season.We miss yon.'Rappy !• - The eiew and eaiiiain af ihe about the.-. Murinansk medals twiV we, wish'you'a-MeiTv Christmas, we w-isii I years ago in the Seafarers IXKl, \ TICITV Christinas and a Happy New j ' Mauhattan Island They gladly took- tile 81/2 hour ; , To all members onboard and ashore ti ain ride fiom Nevv'Hampshire to.: _ j . A !• Rk Ndc dnnng the hi)liday .seasiin and .1 • ^ . : To my daughters , i ; IhroughcnU the new year. Meie kahki asmngion. n j wish my | nuikaJiaiioiiTiiaka hiki iuni. • [1 was iGrrilic, and I vva.s Jauj^hters ItJroIlis. Taiiikit), T iliafiy anil*; I'Dni. InhiKHi', J.J.. Kt'vin anil Oina ania/.ed at the crowd;' he said. : lanaly a Merry Xipas and a llappy New ' -i-QChmookip A -Tlte settittg tvtts tetilly so,.,e-; VjjUu,™a,,u^ thing; : . ,• • • . . Eranklfn RoheH.snn ! .I'-V happiness.that yUu bring to:. * , •, . , ine lirnHi«2lH)i!L iho year. Your adonng^' iToPanamaBob .; Cwile, iMerry Chrislnuis 'iiiHl , I hippy New-: • , • Rpotsie .'Ye.ai;' Hnpe ymi iT;ike. it- hiiek to the ! : ,t\v ilight /one iiifime lilrihe h'oluhiys. Lots [ To Charles Tezett : ot l,)te. ; •• • • • •' ; '. liven though you're across nnles of. " „ • Nntiey Ruhrrtsan ' ireean, vie all vvish y.oti a Alury Xmas and f I V rJi i f 'i-v • ]-» . tT <T Zi 1 lite f e a• 1 fVn.d ba'c k' an d-1 ,3no» 4thing 11 se.' j Hii'ppy New .Year,J. N(.)lhing for hof-dpg.s, uc.beer;- 1: T|0'Mik^,and, Joe Sac.Go, Red Campbell . Carol. Elijah. Janet. Joxee and Gait" lieiieve subway fare then Was a and aifrriy shlpmafes—retired and acTo the GregmeisterTlie Duradave and lj . y--t1v^and their families ,• ' •'Wishiim voiKOJiiU.votn families mv Ben (my .friend). N ^ y Hello my I'l ieiKK^,/Ti;ivo a special ileiif Tltchmg lor the Milwaukee j best wishes hir the coming holidays. Braves was Spalin, Sain and Bur-, . o.vidioR. Rhdriytuez for yon!. Ail the hesj. Peace. The Stevador dette. Hie saying in Milwaukee { JQ Donna, the love of my life, my family, To Laird L, Mills . " w as "Spahn and Sain tuid pnW for , shipmates and friends worldwide We wish yon a very special honiecomrain." But Burdette was ihe fUVP : Happy holidays ;ind fair w inds. May ; .ing..Meiry Cjins'lmas :ilways. in the Series won by Milwaukee four • , • „ The Trader and Chanel Norel games to:thice^ Hank Aiuon was! 'j . .WvMWc To all SlU members . elected most vaiuahle player of the j . i Best III all lioliilays ;indAnany more to year, and thev had Eddie Mathewsj" 'jii Tic mem- j .come. Happy NevwA'ear .199.4 ' , . • A , • » 1 •. 1 A; 1 ibeis.olliclalsandtlieirlamdi.es. I , "f IxinySthroeder and .loe AdcocR .while the Yankees I , M,:and Miy Joseph R. Saute Jr. ' hadManfJe, Maris and BerrayIT .. . ,, ,, . ' To Michael ' ^ We hrst met as fellow Sealarers on a While at Yankee Stadt^ fes-^ ° cS" y"u ah' iSl lorthe t.me ' il IlKlted crowd 65,(XK)), I look niy ! tt» saiLv^ ilh rauh ami fvcry DHU.of vtni. all. ; ship III the Ihicitie Oee^aiul since then ticket out to see the seating sec-, AKj^the hard woiking l'll..s,S si;iii. ' we heearpe Iwend'Tairtr ihen lovers. My Idejias yhuuged so mneh since fmel you: tiiin j was ill. P'li'itiiig if"mildly, 1 ^ .J.l> .i^nehez , (in our Inst Oliristmas (oge.the.r,.! wish you don't like to be in Ihetiiiddle of a : To Mary Sanchez and family—also j all the hevt this se;ison lias to oiler and crowd. E'oilr people jumped me, i ^''°''''®''®®"^ ®isters [ hope that there will ITC many inore special days. Love. saidlhev wanted to see the Ucket.,, '""a' ' H i • ' • Al'lison flni A..;;i^-I-ir 20 hlf6k.; WyiWkys ihdre lorjlhe#, One said, "1" I seamen to come ho'nie to. iVlay Ilie wind i To all former'crewmembers for it." Boy. w ley.: keep yoiir sails hill. I wish loe.vtend ,Xm,is greetings to all luaii (Mo Innej .S'l/m /)(•.:'•! ..S20 vvas then. Iiiin '^ti\idler Gros\enor and subwayed hwk .tir Brok^ri^ n To Michael Bcnsi^hore •• to get Anil}': WhaH-TvcrilkedJlVthe ; i v.'sli yon and yonr famijy a'happy ; T.O all t.he oldtime'rs, their families, the ac­ rikiin. he was the same vvay: arms ''"''"'"9 pf-rsc write fne j tive workers "' . W ,• I 1 I r 1- r 1 hr • ' , y.oin addressurea ineat t.tO.S) t42-l9|S May.everyone st;l\iTieaTmv and jnond l olded utKrerh.shead^.raJdgjai' • : Wdty K. Setunate , ofonr union, I would sny Ihe Sll I is gieater the ceiling.'He asked what about' i ' ' liHlay than everdTetonT'(lod 'ITICSS mir the game.aihd 1 showed h.m ,he • , . , : V I ..r. • . • r Oear M.nk tweryime .Sends'there nnion's.offieeisYor'L-oIiiwning to liiake tlie 20 bucks, yonie on, let S get- to , love and Xnfas greet'lims. Will kWp tnC ,Sn I stronger. ( jTulJjIevs all ifie nieniheis the -.layern:. 'I'lw-game''S .going to | up and.presenti, 'Id you come li^ie. I.ove i and espeeially all officers, active aiid , stait;' ' IE, I you. ,1 retired: . .• • o, ] AidluntvRadrif;.i<ez Watching the Worid Series // w r» » 1 .h V f. r /1 I •. r »• •» V L" /i • J r-/M 1 IS > I •! r'l / 1 fv / \ t 1 Vi I1 IT \ J >'» L' VI . .losejih. ,V/u,g.vu7retired from asked jiroutui and nothing was the'/SHf-niti ' Jamiarw, ] 9H6Y He. coming in: I ttJdhiin 1 was goit.ig, saiied as a (J SI EI), While watch- •just in case .a job did come in. ill f the World Series recently, he While at the hall, the dis[-)i«tch.er was reminded t>f .an incident said, "If you all put your shipping years ayd cards in this box,-1 will draw four tiut for today's g^me and lour In 1957 .Andy Pickiif and 1 more for ttimorrow's game were on the 'oeach in _ Brookly n.: Tithes were bail antPpayoffs w.ere slow -.in the :port. of' New Yt'rk,. Scrounging for inoticy was hard.. Andy, a deckhand, and I tiad been on a couple of Liberty Ships togethec and lite two ofus shared a love for ba'sebali.' .We were able to watch several g'ames on TV in .the taverns netir the tini,on hall, but oilrnioney finally fa'h.cnit. We had about filly cents between us when the. World Series came up .^n belvveen' the. Ygnkegs':and^ "MUg./ yva.ukee Brave's. How'were .we' "trsi naiiie he called oirt was g'oing to.w:ia5,.^h Ihe, World Series ' efhing. Al first 1 thought he vv.ilh no beer iHoney? • There way a. fellovv aj^-jj.ir ha.I I said Joe .Magytir, hut he didn't: The vvhb 'h'ud excellen't corfneCtipns • next name. w:is Joe soniething-— vv'i.th petw. Yt rrk; and, h'e and it'wits tiiineyl didn't witit but could get tio^BB[fc^).xing,at'.St,. look tlfgticket and went back.tollie Nicks, ba,seb;in fivoets. etc. I • rnoiiv A)id:v.,wms fiytng iJiere, his asked Andy, wti 1 > vvas in i)Ur n)om arms untl'er hjsn^' I shViwed hiiritne ticket. ."'At up.the street from ihe,hall, if he . was going' to. make the Salurtlay least-^fwan see the game," 1 told morning job call, fie said he had him, I had tn^Ryii fors-ubway fare f '.-v' • • • V' by Joseph Magyar • :...c �•i I • •• .• JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOa Dispatchers' Report for Deep Sea NOVEMBER.16 *i()r.\i, RF;(;i.STt>RKi) AIMinuips C iiLs.s A Classit ( la.ss C DECEMBER 15, 1992 KVFAI SmiM'KI) All (.'roiins Clitss A Class- It ('la.ss C * Trip Reliefs **RK(;isTi<;Ri;i)()N BEACH All (irouDs Class A Cla.ss li1 t'l'»ss C . , 17 February & March 1993 Membership Meetings Deep Sea, Lakes, iniand Waters Piney Point Monday: February 8. March 8 I j I'ort • • • New York JDIXK DKPARTMRNT Tuesday: Frebruary 9, March 9 i New York 29 18 15 y 61 • 46 13 . 27 y. 8 12 35' : ; Philadelphih 0 . • '5 •••3' • Philadelphia 1 6 0 3 . 3 16 6; Wednesday: February 10, March 10 • Baltimore ; 11. . 12 1 5 8 0 y . 1 ' 42 12; •y 3 • •.•Noiiolk IS' • 15 :4. • 10 y .X 11: y 24 Baltimore •• '.T ' •2• ,32 ..• Mtibile Thursday: February 11, March 11 • fO . 21 0 .. 7-. 11 , ' ' 2 • • .. 20 30 '.4 • • • . New (Orleans 2.5, 25 7. . 15 14 23. . y • i'"'0 39 . '41 • • Norfolk • Jacksonville 25 Thursday: February 11, March 11 28 10 24 13 '••'••- 1 '7 9 47 51 33 ;. San Francisco 27 ' -.ys 27 12 •yy,-' 5 • 48 y 16 20 II , ' 49 Jacksonville , ;: Wilmington 12 20 7 • y Thursday; February 11, March 11 17 19 6 , •.17 . 27 • 14 .•5 : • Seattle , . 1"^ 19 4'y6 29 22 " 8 • 38 28 • y 15 Algonac Puerto Rico 16 6 1 14 4 6 Friday: February 12, March 12 8 14 •3 .• 0 Honolulu • 5 10 8 4. 15 , . 7 6 . 8 .21 12 • Houston , Houston ' .35; 35 II 24 " . 30 9 5' .• 44 46 17 Tuesday: February 16*; Monday, March 15 St. Louis 1-. [ .4 0 'changed by.Washington's BirOuiay 1 . I 0 0 ^ 7 . 1 0 Piney Point \ . 5 2 1 2-, ; y 8. 4 3 /21 New Orleans \ 0 Algonac 0 0 i 0 0 . .0 .0 Tuesday: February 16, March 16 0 1 V Tptajs 235 250 81 182 191 .. -45' •74 381 408 181 Mobile Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Wednesday, February 17, March 17 • New York 7 y 14 6 13 9 3 9 1.2 . : 36 40 San Francisco : Philadelphia 4 6 •4 2' ; .1...' • 0 . 0 '•: 5.' 7 9 Thursday:.February 18, March 18 •y "2. Baltimore 6 11 ;3.; ' 3 • 4 .' "..O:9 13 Wilmington Norfolk -.1 -y • 4 10 S'.'" 0 12 . "... 1 . 8 20 • 8 Monday: February 22, March 22 Miibile 13 19 .2 ..•. 7 10 . 1 17 ••20 ' 4 Seattle New Orleans 16 137." . 47 .. 9 . 4 . • .31 .18 12 Friday: February 26, March 26 • '7.4 Jacksonville II 22 8 , 12 10 4 26 36 13 San Juan yT-'B'. San Francisco 19 18 3 0 36 39 11 Thursday: February 11, March n :.y-1'y y... •'•'3 y 13 Wilmington 8 15 6 ,6 12 13 21 St. Louis .. 12 yy Seattle 15 14 5 13 13 • 'v 3.y9 31. 22 Friday: February 19, March 19 •^5 y .. ' 0 10 Puerto Rico 7 ^ • . . . '3- . • •. .0 •'••• 3' 3 0 '• 4 1. ••• Honolulu . Honolulu 10 10 , 2' 4, • 11 • 7 • ' \ 7 :• 4. 14 12, . Friday: February 19, March 19 4-5 • Houston. 16 15 • 3 23 23 15 . 10. 9 6 Duluth St. Louis 0. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0. . 30Wednesday, February 17, March 17 • • 3 -y Piney Point 6 1 10 0 ..•.'.•3 • " •1 1 18 Jersey City 0, 0 0- ,. 1 Algonac . • 4 1 ' 1 0 • 4 Wednesday: February 24, March 24 y.i.i5'-..yyy"-^ 136 180 66 89 123 28 56 246 Total.s 312 New Bedford STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Tuesday; Februar>'23, March 23 y'5^"y'" 3y. '3. . New York 13 9 7 . . 9 '8 : • 28 21 0 •4. -yy'^-y-:. •.•yy 3 y 2 : "y'...i'' 0 0 4 1 Philadelphia 2 3 Each port's meeting starts at 10:30 a.m. yy. • •• 3 • Baltimore 0 0 , 0 1 4 :. • 2.. 0 ' • .2 4 -I t '•• '••. . 7 6 7 ; ' ^5 •• •• 6 •Norfolk. .A • 7 ,2;. 4 ' 3. 4 1 1,0 ,11 Mobile - , 8 6 2 •. 1 yi, .. 9 0 • 18 19 New Orleans 12 6 2 12 ..•••' 2 25 20 4 : 6 3 0. 5 -• Jacksonville 14 . 7; 1 BARRY R. BARR . . . 77 4 0 6 35 6 San Francisco 31' 20 16 2 Please contact Sharon Sharabi at 4335 Resport 6 6 16 3 0 • 2 Wilmington 16 5 0 14 • 7.y. Loop, Holiday, Fla. 34691-5298. 331. 12 , . 2 . 17 5 1 -Seattle 26 4 1 3 y 8 .3 • • • • 0 : 0 ' 2 '. • 6" 1 2 2 Puerto Rico • y.-27 1.9 33 . ^ 22 15 Honolulu 18; 12 ^ 21. 13 13 y 16 6 3 0 6 7 • 8 6 Houston 5 •.•' •20 0 0 1 0 1 0 St. Louis 0, 0 1 •4."y 2 1 0 1 Piney Point • 19 4 IS YOUR CORRECT 'n 0 ^/ 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 Algonac 0 . 0ADDRESS ON FILE? 263 203 / 62 81 63 21 111 Totals 1159 117 41 With W-2 tonus due out soon, it is necessary for every /ENTRY DEPARTMENT Port SItJ ineniber to have his or her correct address on file with 78 0 • 26 9/ 14 5 .. 2 the Seafarers Vacation Plan. 37 30 New York 14 • If you recently have moved or changed your name and .; 0 • 78 12 0 1 . " • 2 1 6 • ' 4 Phiiadelpfiia 1 have not notified the union, till out a change of.address fomi 0 ' 1 . 0 0 0 . 7 0 Baltimore 11 0 ; . at your nearest union hall or send your new addr ess i along 0 / 33 . 13 .7 .4 . • 1 • . ^ • . • 7 . 13 Norfolk'2 ••. with your name, book number and social secidriiy numbert • A to: Address Conirol. Seafarers International Union. 5201 . 0. '13 •I" y 12 2 ' / 24 yi • ••••0' ; 15 , y' 42,4"Mobile •AuthWay. Camp Springs. MD 20746 2() ' • •y':4 8 ,y..^ 29 .47 ;/ 49 3: . " .8. •• .y A.y; ,y..; 0 y New Orleans 10 •••6 y 4 / 36 17 0 6 16 . UNCLAIMED WAGES 5 .24 . Jacksonville A • ,. 48/ 61 0 : 52 12 • 12 • '•"•l3 .•' 32 •• 20 San .Hrancisco Inleroeean Management Corporation is holding some ' • y4-yy 9 15 0 13 ..3 • unclaimed wage paymenis for crewmen they ha\e been 4- .11 Wilmington 7 unable to locate. T> •y. .Tyy.;-. • ' • .6.; -'y- 17 30 19 0 r'oT .'5 Seattle . John Delbus j 18 •. 5 . • -•2 . ' y'2'• y .' 10 Puerto Rico . 9 f 6" • \Vinsiori Walters ' . • •yy; y 49 y ;• '146. • 0 62 . 183. ill . 7 ' i36"v •fh)i1oliilu Bobby I'leteher .• 44 , .Adel Ahvaslii \ . C;-7 .,y., •'' '• n • M4y 3 "7 : ;-y -. • '•7 31 . . '8 • 0 ... 16 Ho U.St on • • • '.r• . 5 It; your name is lisied:'abtne. please eoulaci Jcan.M. ..i y0.: • 0 y . 'OT" - 0. . . 0 "• 4 ^ 2 0 • 1 ' St. Louis McDermoil at hiterocean Manaeaemynt, Ttnee Park was.. 2 .y^.. 0 30 . . 3 . ,; Suite l.>(X). niiladelphia. P;L. ^102-1.^8. or tstll 1215) 3 .0 0 : 0 30 .41 . • Piney Point . JK () y, 0. • • (V () ' ' • 0 569-4550. . ' .'.",•. :• 1 <1 • 0 '• "o . y 0 . Algonac •, 'y ."'44 ' 505 • 0158 448 197 143 246 301 rolals . ^ S3 THEORDEAE OF C ()NVO\ NA 119 : Totals All • 5 The Onlfdl of C'iUivcY '\y I Charles nana Ciibson. 806 1,048 1,428 211 574. 237 426 S4S • 434 : l)t'|)artiiienls613 fir st published in 197.V is a narralis e history; of a eon\ oy of .,c V^ •' /-i './.-r'-. •"">•', •n Vo ' ,• Personals •' •: Notices .1 • • ••,' -„r'- ^ .'•" 'Z% Ifv'"' <• • () ; •* "Total Registereif" nieans the number i)f mefl \vho actually registeietl for shipping at the p.ort last fnojlth. ,.|.o= "Rc-gistcreil on the Beach" means;the-total nufuberof men registererl at the poil .at the end ol last nionth. VA total of L448 jobs were shipped oii SlLreOntr'aeted deep sea vessels. Of the 1,448 Jobs shipped, 42,6 Jobs or about 29 percent were taken by ".A" * seniority member.s. The rest were niled by "B" and "G" .seniority neoole. From November 16 to December 15, 1992, a totaf of 21.1 t rip, relief Jolts were shipped. Since the trip relief pf-ogram began on April 1, 1982, a total of 17^864.J(d)s ba.ve;been shipped. 6 •' .'v/- • v i:": •" seagoing lugs, har bor trigs, yard t.rnkers and barges which were owned by the U .S.: .-Vrmy and which left New York m ' the tall of 1944. This'elassie work, long oiii ol print, is available once ; again. .Adiiress ortlers to Hn'sigii Press, P.O. Box 638; Camden, Maine 0484.3. The,cost is $28.00 plus-S3.tX) \ shipping/liandlmg tin the U.S.). • ,1 'V . • •• • ' - •• .ri- •'\ �;" • : •' • . . • • • .. \ .".. .' \ 18 I- • SEAFARERS LOC Dispatchers' Report for Great Lakes Seafarers International Union Directory I Michael Sacco President ' ; John Fay Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Sacco Executive Vice President Augustin Tellez Vice President Collective Bargaining George McCartney Vice "President West SStCO£ Coast Roy A. "Buck" Mercer Vice President Government,Services Jack Caffey Vice President Atlantic Coast Byron Kelley Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters Dean Corgey Vice Presidenttcfur Gulf Coast ; V NOVEMBER 16 — DECEMBER 15,1992 GL—Company/Lakes L—Lakes NP—Non Priority , HEADQUARTERS 520.1 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746 (301)899-0675 ALGONAC 520 St. Clair River Dr. Algonac, MI 48001 313)794-4988 BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21202 (410)327-4900 DULUTH 705 Medical Arts Building Duhith,MN 55802 (218)722-4110 HONOLULU 606KalihiSt. Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 845-5222 HOUSTON 1221 Pierce St. Houston, TX 77002 (713)659-5152 JACKSONVILLE 3315 Liberty St. Jacksonville, PL 32206 (904) 353-0987 JERSEY CITY 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City, NJ 07302 (201) 435-§424 MOBILE jphi Island Pkwy. 1640 Dauphin Mobile, AL 36605 (205) 478-0916 NEW BEDFORD 48 Union St. New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 997-5404 N^ ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. NewOrlfi^, LA 70130 (504)529-7546 NEW YORK 675 Fourth Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11232 (718)499-6600 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Norfolk, VA 23510 . (804)622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 9604 S 4 St Philadelphia," PA 19148 (215)336-3818 PINEY POINT P.O. Box 75 Piney Point, MD 20674 (301)994-0010 PORT EVERGLADES 2 West Dixie Highway Dania, PL 32204 (305)921-5661 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St. San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 543-5855 Government Services Division (415) 861-3400 SANTURCE 1057 Fernandez Juncos Ave. Stop 16Vi Santurce, PR 00907 (809)721-4033 SEATTLE 2505 First Ave. Seattle, WA 98121 (206)4411-19^ ST. LOUIS 4581 Gravois Ave. St. Louis, MO 63116 (314)752-6500 WILMINGTON 510 N. Broad Ave. Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 549-4()(X) JANUARY1993 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP Port Algonac Port Algonac Port Algonac Port Algonac 0 17 3 b 9 6 0 •V.-5 , *. 0 0 22 5 TOTAL SHIPPED AH Groups QassCL Class L Class NP / ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class CL Class L Class NP DECK DEPARTMENT 0 18 .1 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 8 0 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 0 3 0 ENTRY DEPARTMENT • 0 0 ' • 0 • '^ -0. 37 . 9 • 0 '11 15 0 6 3 ,f| - 49 0 53 14 0 29 1 0 85 Totals All Deparlnfents * "Total RegistereiT^eiRis the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. Dispatchers' Report for Inland Waters NOVEMBER 16 — DECEMBER 15,1992 •TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Class A Class B Class C Region •^5 Atlantic Coast ' >4 Gulf Coast 4 Lakes & Inland Waters' 41 , 18 West Coast 20 Totals i 47 Region Atlantic Coast ' \r» 2 Gulf Coast 0 Lakes & Inland Waters , West Coast 0 Totals 13 Region Atlantis Coast ^ « Gulf Coast L^es & Inland Waters West Coast Totals - 1 2 7 .> • 0 10 0 7 1 0 8 0 12 . •••it-.... 0 3 15 r 0 . 0 b. V' i" 3 „ 0 0 0 • 0 b 1 •• I iSMM 0 3 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C DECK DEPARTMENT 0 0 , b 1 9 •• •; 2 41 0 0 52 • ; -3 . 0 ENGINE DEPARTMENT 0 , : 0 0 0 0 : ' ' 1 1 • •r 0 6 • ''Of0 1 0 0 STEWARD DEPARTMENT 10 0 0 0 1 ^2 0 .0 0 0 0 3 0 1 ••REGISTERED ON BEACH All Groups Class A Class B Class C ' 70 9 38 10 1 0 13 tl 439 10 1 31 0 42 , 23 0 11 34 V ,0 b . 6 4 . 0 0 0 .5 6 15 0 14 •V-'' 1 0 2 3 """"r 30 Totals All Departments 70 9 19 61 4 1 211 21 * "Total Registered" means the number of men who actually registered for shipping at the port last month. ** "Registered on the Beach" me^ns the total number of men registered at the port at the end of last month. 0 1 41 French Novelist Seeks Information on Marine Worker The French novelist, Francis Pomon, and his sister, an English teacher, came to the United States this summer to do some research for the writer's next historical novel. They are seeking thTe assistance of any individual in the United States who may have had contact with a man named Francois Boujard, who lived in New York for almost 10 years. Born in 1903, Fran9ois Boujard (known a.s Frank) arrived in NYC, probably in 1924, and worked in the port as a militant unionist among marine workers. He was an activist in the Red Labor Union International since the French Marine Union was affilij^d with the R.L.U.I. For this activity, he was deported back to France. He came back to the States illegally to participate in the or­ ganization of maritime unions in the early 1930s. He had a girlfriend, a Jewish-bom trade unionist who was called Dora (un­ fortunately, her family name is not known). The photo at right was taken in a workers' rest camp in the New York area, probably Camp Unity. Dora is pic-' tared with her hand on Frank's hair. This French seaman took an active A French writer seeks information on Frangois Boujard, pictured in this 1930-era part in,the Resistance and has been con­ photo. Boujard. a French seaman, is at bottom right reading the paper. sidered as a hero by Haute-Savoie in­ habitants (in the east of France) ever The author thanks in advance any. All replies should be sent to the since he was killed by Nazis on March person who could provide him with any editor of the Seafarers LOG, who will 9, 1944. , information about the photo. forward the material to the author. J .11 •L.; ''/t' -f �.V V • WARBSUK JANUARY 1993 19 For many people, the Christmas season—once gift shopping is finished—is a time for relaxation. But lor Seafarers ba^ed in Puerto Rico and working for Crowley Maritime, business during the holidays seemingly did not slow at all. "To say it's busy around here would be an under­ statement," SlU Port Agent Steve Ruiz said. "There is always work in Puerto Rico." Some of the Crowley tugs are "local boats," but others sail to Santurce and San Juan, P.R. from AB Ken Barron secures the water the ports of Philadelphia, Jack­ line on the pier in San Juan. sonville, Fla. and Lake Charles, La. Ruiz reports that he servici each of the SlU-crewed Crowh tugs in the area at least once pi Aboard the tug Defender, (from left) AB Nick Worrel, Mate Michael Deckhand Felix Prieto puts afresh month. "We take care of things Lydick, Captain Bill Gosset and Cook Guillermo Cruz show wh'ere coat of yellow paint on one of the like medical questions and any their allegiance lies. Crowley tugs. beefs," he explained." The tugs often transport fuel barges along the coast of Puerto Rico and to the U.S. Virgin Is­ Mk . f WtkktnA '-C. lands and Central America. They also serve as what Ruiz described as a lifeline to Puerto Rico, moving vessels which carry com­ mercial goods. Last year, Crowley celebrated its 100th anniversaiy. It also reor­ ganized all of its subsidiaries into two companies: Crowley American Transport for liner ser­ vices and Crowley Maritime Ser­ vices for contract services. Pascasio "Paco" Rivera received The SIU has a long history of Lifeboat, LNG, Sealift, Oil Spill collective bargaining with Containment, Firefighting and Crowley, which originally "self-study" Tankerman endorse- ——— operated as a ferry service in San ments recently at the Lundeberg Mechanic Felix Passapera (left) and John C. Nelson take care of Francisco. Crowley Seafarerk Stay Busy Through the Holiday Season School in Piney Point, Md. -J business on deck. Aboard the tug Patriarch, Mate Robert Artioli secures water line. >• '• A . n:: • • . ;• • • Sif: •. Engine Utility Rafael Campos (left) mmUHH • l^Hli Crowley Mechanics Jose Caceres Jose Alvarez keeps things run- (left) and Rene Pedraza remain en- Crowley tugs in San Juan1, P.R. approach aTMT barge arriving from and Mechanic Juan Retiolio are • hardatworkat^rdaCrgwIeytug. ning smoothly in the engineroom. thusiastic about their jobs. Jacksonville, Fla. • J- ii •; ^ , .• r 'ui: • • -.v '-•A' �* \ JANUARY 1993 20 \ SEAFMEHSLOe V/ .5. Know Your Rights / 'J i >: L union, 9f-"lT5rtuliariz6'themselyes ' 1with its FiNsANCIAL REP iget to know their shipping rights ofanV^ individual in the _ -* contents. Any time a member feels ficer or member. It alsci constitution of the SIU ^tlan- Copies of these contracts are any other member or officer is at­ refrained from publisming articles :, Gulf, Lakes ahdlnianctj^W 'posted and available in all union tempting to deprive hi^i or her of deemed bSn|iful to th^union or its District makes specific provi^on halls. If piembers believe there any constitutional right or obliga­ "bellective membership)nu^stabfor safeguarding the membership's have been violations of their ship­ money and union finances. "The ping, or seniority rights as con­ lished policy has been rammed tion by any methods, such as deal­ constitution requires a detailed tained in the contracts between the by membersrim action^)fthe ^p- ing with charges, trials, etc., as audiUiycortifipd^^ublic account­ union and the employers, they tember 1960 nteetingrin all in­ well as all other d^ls, the mem­ ports. "The ber so afPfected sbei^ immediately ants eveiyye^ wmd^.is to be sub­ should notify the Seafarers Ap­ stitutional headquarters. mitted to the mei^^ership by the peals Board by certified mail, responsibility for Seafarers 1.^11 memsecretary-treasurer. A yearly finance return receipt requested. The policy is vested in an edito|"»" EQ'UAL RIGHTS.^11 ^anteed equaj rights in board which consists of th( bere committee of rank-and-file mem- proper address for this is;^ uf and as. mepibers of cutive bopd of fhe unio: tfbers, Elected by the membership, Augustin Tellez, Chairnihti.rigb^^e clearly set each year examines the finances of executive H?MrdJbay d^ Seafarers Appeals Boafd the SIU coh&^tio^j^d in from^ amongtts ranks. rai the union and reportsfully their find­ 520l1?uth Way cts" which the union has dividuql to carr^ ings and recommendations. Mem­ Camp Springs, MD 20746 with the employers, negotn bers of this committee may make Full copies of contracts as sibility. gently, no member may be dissenting rqrorts, specific recom­ referred to are available to members PAYMENflf OF MONIES mendations and separate findings. at all times, either by writing directly monies are to be paid to anyone in discrU mated against because of to the union or to the Seafarers Ap­ any official capacity in the SIU un­ race. color, sex, national or TRUST FUNDS. All trust peals Board. less an official union receipt is given geograpKic origin. If any member funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, CONTRACTS. Copies of all for same. Under no circumstances feels that he or she is denied the Lakes and Inland Waters District SIU contracts are available in all SI^ should any member pay any money equal rights to which he or she is are administered in accordance halls. These contracts specify for any reason unless he is given such entitled, the member should notify with the provisions of various trust wages and conditions under which receipt. In theevent anyone attempts union headquarters. fiind agreements. All these agree­ an SIU member woiks and lives to require any such payment be made SEAFARERS POLITICAL ments specify that the trustees in aboard a ship or boat. Members without supplying a receipt, or if a ACTIVITY DONATION — charge of these funds shall equally should know their contract rights, as member is tequir^ to make a pay­ SPAD. SPAD is a separate consist of union and management well as their obligations, such as ment and is given ^n official receipt, segregated fund. Its proceeds are representatives and their alter­ filing for overtime (OT) on the but feels that he or she should not used to fi^er its objects and pur­ nates. All expenditures and disbur­ proper sheets and in the proper man­ have been required to make such poses including, but not limited to, sements of trust funds are made ner. If, at any time, a- member payment, this should immediately be furthering the political, social and itfupon approval by a majority believed that an SIU patrolman or reported to union headquartos. economic interests of maritime' of the trustees. All trust fund finan­ other union official fails to protect CONSTITUTIONAL workers, the preservation and fur­ cial records are available at the? their contractual rights properly, te RIGHTS AND OBLIGA­ thering of the American merchant headquarters of the various trust or she should contact the nearest SIU TIONS. Copies of the SIU con­ marine with improved employ­ funds. port agent. stitution are available in all union ment opportunities for seamen and SHIPPING RIGHTS. A EDITORIAL POLICY — rails. All members should obtain /boatoen and the advancement of e union concepts. In connec­ member's shipping rights and THE SEAFARERS LOG. The copies of this constitution so as seniority are protected exclusively Seafarers LOG traditionally has by contracts between the union and refrained from publishing any ar­ the employers. Members should ticle serving the political purposes Letters to the Editor License Plates For Veteran Seamen Today I met with Mississippi State Senator Terry^ordan. He promised to badk^ bill in the Mississippi State Senate so that retired veteran seaman would be able to buy United States mer­ chant marine retired automobile license tags, such as can be done in Louisiana. Mississippi veteran seamen interested in passage of this J5ill should express their interest by writing to: Senator Billy Harvey P.O. Box 551 Prentiss, MS 39474 George A. O'Berry Philadelphia, MS 39350 d/ i SUP Delegates Say 'She's A feeder!' of capital to move overseas where slave labor produced high priced goods for U.S. markets. Foreign slave labor does not contribute our Social Security trust fiind, so that will go down the drain with the labor unions if laws are liot enacted to stop this migration. We hear President Bush and others say it's the small mom and pop businesses that will put people back to work. What they do not say is that those shops usually pay minimum wages and very seldom provide health care for employees. We don't need any more of the fast food type jobs! We have enough Of them making up what our govenmertj calls the work force. Frank R^ Tampa, Fla. tion with isuch objects, SPAD sup­ ports and contributes to political candidates for elective office. All contributions are volunta^. No contribution may be solicited or received because of force, job dis­ crimination, financirf reprisal, or threat of such conduat, or as a con­ dition of membership in the union or of employmgntyli a contribution is made by rea^n^of the above improper cojiauct, the member should notify the Seafarers Inter­ national Union or SPAD by cer­ tified mail within 30 days of the contribution for investigation and appropriate action and refund, if involuntary. A member should support SPAD to protect and fur­ ther his or her economic, p^itical and ^social interests, Hand American trade union concepts^ K at any time a member feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he or she has been denied the constitution­ al right of access to union records or information, the member should immediately notify SIU President Michael Sacco at headquarters by cer­ tified mail, return receipt re* quested. The address is: Michael Sacco, President Seafarers International Union 5201 Auth Way Camp Springs, MD 20746. <S>pp0rtunit^ for Seafarers and Dependents Some 36 years ago, the Seafarers Inter­ national Union's Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict became the first maritime union in America to establish a scholarship pro­ gram to help qualified members and their dependents finance college and voca­ tional education. Every year, three of the scholarships are reserved for SIU members, and four are awarded to spouses and dependent children of Seafarers. April 15, 1993 is the deadline—just three months away. Now three months may sound like a lot of time jiist to fill out an application form. But there's more to it than that. The applicant must not only fill out the application form, but must also include other items in the entire package. These include an autobiographical state­ ment, photograph, certified copy of birth certificate, high school transcript, letters "^f reference and SAT or ACT results. All these items take time to collect. Eligibility requirements are spelled out in a booklet which contains an application form. It is available at all SIU halls or by filling out the coupon below arid returning it to the Seafarers Welfare Plan. This is the start of a new year. Don't put off your dreams of a better education for yourself or your children any longer. Remember, to be considered for ont of the • seven scholarships, all material must be sent to the SeafarersWelfare Plan on or before April 15, 1995. The deck department aboard d/ d» d/ the MV President Eisenhower would like to thank Chief Retiree Mitchell Ste^X^4^nald Ganung, Chief Answers His Mall Cook Steven Sun and Assistant I've been in Baptist Hospital j "please send me the 1993 SIU Scholarship Program booklet whicl! contains eligibility Cook/GSU Clifford Scott for a , information, procedures for applying and the application form. superb Job! For all yoii'do, this in Winston Salem and haven't handshake's for you! Thanks been able to answer my mail. So ' Name I am going to write this to the again. Seafarers LOG and hope the Book Number SUP Delegates people who wrote me since I MV President Eisenhower . •7-- / '/ wdl see this. 1 retired 4 A/ddress U'ih-li !•: ' III My kianey gave out on die, d» d* J/ but they do wonderful things here. You never know how much , City, ^tate. Zip Code -^/ ^ Stop Sending V OufJobsrOverseai t means that when you need 1 y 1 [ Telephone Number 1 ^ ( fmedical care, the SIU is there. Be In order to weaken our labor ; V. unions wUh-their substantial trust '^roud that you are a memb^x^ This application is for: Self Dependent funds ftfqst n^ds that provide the best union in the i^rld. health care and pehsitmsjor mil­ Willie MitcheU Mail this completedfoni^ Scholarship Program, Seafafers Welfare Plan, ' lions ommerichns), our gwern- P.O. Box 65 • 5201 AutkWay, Carpp^Springs, MD 20746. • . 27258 ment has allowed vast amounts Ilaw River,' N.Cl L____ \ • 1/93 \ ciw » • '/.: • ' ' ///• 1 1 1 { i V v.- �•>V' • r-. • ^'• •• .• ' ^L '•''I •.:••. JANUJUIYI^S* SEAFARERS LOG reported receiving isafety award. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. the Seafarers LOG attempts toprint as many digests of union shipttoard minutes as possible. On occasion, d^ai/se of space limitations, some willbe omitted. ^ Ships fhinutes first are reviewed by the union's contract department Those issues requiring attention or resolution are addressed by the union upon receipt of the ships minutes. The minutes are then for­ warded to the Seafarers LOG. LNG AQUARIUS(ETC), August 16 — Chairman J. Garner, Secretary F. Robertson, Deck Delegate Raphael Vargas, Steward Delegate Rafael Cardenas. Chairman reported smooth sailing. He reminded crewmembers who are signing off to clean their rooms and leave keys with department heads. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Chief Cook Car­ denas asked contracts department to modify rules for reclaiming jobs. Crew was reminded about no smok­ ing in mess hall during meal hours or coffee breaks. Crew was reminded to separate plastics. Next port: Nagasaki, Japan. BALDOMERO LOPEZ(Amsea), August 27 — Chairman Robert Johnson, Secretary Bruce Barbeau, Educational Director William Ar-. nost. Deck Delegate JelTMoritz, En­ gine Delegate William Andrews, Steward Delegare Isaac Mercado. Chairman said company and union still are discussing COLA. He an­ nounced payoff. He said captain is looking into question about transpor­ tation forcrew.change. Educational director stressed importance of upgrading at Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department for clarification on payment of medical benefits. Crew asked contracts depart­ ment to consider having the SlU ftmd one-time attempts by members to quit smoking — for example, supply­ ing nicotine "patches." Crew asked contracts department for clarification . on crew-change date. Next port: Ford Island, Hawaii. CAPE MOHICAN{OMl Corp.), September 20 — Chairman J. Roundtree, Secretary R. De Bois­ siere, Educational Director Samuel Monroe, Deck Delegate J. Humason, Steward Delegate Ronnie Hall. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to consider return to sixmonth shipping for A-books, four months for B's and 60-day relief jobs. Crew gave special vote of thanks to Chief Steward De Bois­ siere, Steward/Baker Hall and Third Cook Robert Bright. Crew also thanked deck and engine gangs for fine work. Crew reported Cape Mohican, Clewed in Norfolk, Va., rated 100 per­ cent by military for exercises with Army and Navy. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. Next port: Norfolk. Colorful Dl$play STONEWALL JAC/fSO/V (Water­ man Steamship), September 20 — Chairman C. Lineberry, Secretary J. Reid, Educational Director J. Rogers, Deck Delegate M. Singletary, Engine Delegate Charles Kennedy, Steward Delegate Robert Mosley. Chairman thanked crew for good trip. He advised crew about budget cuts affecting OT. He stressed need for all members to keep safety foremost in mind. Secretary ex­ plained new feeding plan being used by Waterman. He thanked Chief Cook Mosley for fine meals and reported that some of the food sup­ plied by Pelican Grocery (Waterman's supplier) is of poor quality. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to look into reducing time limits for A-books to 180 days and for B-books to 120. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers, especially the late Gentry Moore, former San Francisco patrolman. Next port: Newport News, Va. LNG GEMINI (ETC), September 25 — Chairman Sam Brooks, Secretary Kris Hopkins, Educational Director Ralph Gosnell, Deck Delegate Johnny Rodriguez, Engine Delegate Marcus Hill, Steward Delegate Ron Aubuchon. Chairman reported smooth sailing. Secretary reminded all members signing off to clean rooms for reliefs. Vocational direc­ tor urged members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew was reminded to read Seafarers LOG, especially the president's report. Chairman and steward talked with crew about poor condition of crew lounge. They inged members to pitch in and keep it properly maintained. Crew thanked galley gang for job well done. AMBASSADOR (Crowley American Transport), September 20 — Chairman Leon Jekot, Secretary Milton Yournett, Deck Delegate Charles Whitehead, Steward Delegate Angel Correa. No beefs or disputed OT reported. MV SENA TOR (Crowley American Transport), September 27 — Chair­ man Donald Wagner, Secretary Gwendolyn Shinholster, Education­ al Director James Williams, Deck Delegate Ronald Mena, Engine Delegate Curtis Lang, Steward Delegate Andre Keller. Chairman an­ nounced payoff. He said crew still has questions about travel expenses. Educational director advised mem­ bers to donate to SPAD and upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew thanked steward department. OMI BUYER (OMI Corp.), Septem­ ber 20 — Chairman James Blancbard, Secretary Louis Nicoud, Educational Director Robert Mar­ tinez, Deck Delegate Craig Holdredge, Engine Delegate Joseph Billotto, Steward Delegate Curtis Spencer. Chairman announced payoff. Engine delegate reported dis­ rated OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Captain gave vote of thanks to all departments. Crew has not received mail in more than six weeks. Crew asked contracts depart­ ment for clarification on vacation benefits. Next port: Concord, Calif. steward. Assistant Wiggle Reyes looks over his food dis­ play at a cookout on the Sgt. William R. Button. OMI CHARGE/? (OMI Corp.), Sep­ tember 28 — Chairman E. Beverly, Secretary N. Johnson. Chairman an­ nounced payoff. Educational director advised members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Engine delegate reported beef. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegate. Crew asked contracts department to include emergency leave in next contract. Crew asked contracts department to seek change in retirement age from 65 to 62. Crew SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (SeaLand Service), September 27 — Chairman Elex Cury, Secretray E. Douroudous, Educational Director R. Risbeck.Chairman announced Coast Guard inspection and drills have been canceled due to delayed ar­ rival in Oakland, Calif. Educational director advised members to upgrade at Piney Point. Engine and steward delegates reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported bW—. deck delegate. \ SEA-LAND INNOVATOR (SeaLand Service), September 28 — Chairman Claude Dockrey, Secretary Jose Bayani, Educational Director L. Holbert, IJeck Delegate Charles Howell, Engine Delegate Ahmed Hassan, Steward Delegate Cesar Lago. Chairman asked con­ tracts department for clarification on electrician's duties. Secretary thanked members for teamwork with steward department. Deck delegate asked con­ tracts department for written confir­ mation on OT at Ehitch Harbor. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next port: Long Beach, Calif. Lei^t, Deck Delegate Dana Naze, Engine Delegate G. Tedder, Stewaid Delegate B. Gray. Chairman reminded members to donate to SPAD and MDL. Educational direc­ tor urged members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked galley gang for job well done. Crew ob­ served one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. Next port: San Diego. MV COURIER{Wulcan Carriers), Octobgri5 — Chairman James JWeyTSecretary R, Brumage, Educa­ tional Director J.Stokes, Deck Delegate Gavino Octaviano, Engine Delegate Bepjamin Conway. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew requests new TV for lounge and new books for ship's library. Crew thanked steward department for good work. MV RANGER{yalcan Carriers), Oc­ tober 25 — Chairman Robert Saylors, Secretary H. Johnson, Educational Director R. Plummer, 21 reported. Crew discussed importance of abiding by all work rules. OVERSEAS NEW ORLEANS (Maritime Overseas), October 4 r— Chairman M. Zepeda, Secretary G. Todd, Educational Director O. Esquivel, Deck Delegate Sean Essex, Engine Delegate W. Carter, Steward Delegate Mark Flores. Chairman reminded members to fill out their own OT sheets. He reminded members of proper proce­ dures for resolving beefs. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or dis­ puted OT/eported. Crew asked con­ tracts department to seek increase in dental and optical benefits. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. OVERSEAS OH/O (Maritime Over-, seas), October 17 — Chairman G. Hernandez, Secretary Earl Gray, Educational Director Kevin DeSue, D^k Delegate T. Solomon, Engine Delegate J. Miranda, Steward Delegate Julio Arzu. Secretary Talking Over the Old Times SEA-LAND PACIFIC{Sea-Land Service), September 13 — Chairman R. Lothar, Secretary G. Bronson, Educational Director S. Bigelow, Deck Delegate G. Johnson, Engine Delegate David Bland, Steward Delegate John Bennett. Chairman encouraged members to vote for Bill Clinton for president. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported by department delegates, but crew sent registered let­ ter reporting beef to company. Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of former San Francisco Patrolman Gentry Moore. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. SEA-LAND TRADER{Sea-Land Service), September 20 — Chairman L. Watson, Secretary J. Johnson, Educational Director M. Sahin. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. USNS ULTRAMAX{Seamt, Inc.), September 13 — Chairman J. Glenn, Secretary T. Hanson, Educational Director Ron Gehhi, Deck Delegate Michael Johnson, Engine Delegate Harry Roch, Steward Delegate Fred Lindsey. Educational director urged members to help their job security by upgrading at Paul Hall Center. He asked contracts department for clarification on pumpman's job re­ quirements. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine or steward delegates. Crew thanked galley gang. AMERICAN FALCON (Crowley American Transport), October 12 — Chairman William Dowzicky, Secretary Paul Zilkow, Educational Director James Clement, Deck Delegate W. Van Horn, Engine Del^ate David Colageo. Education­ al director encouraged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by en­ gine or steward delegates. Crew Uianked steward department for excel­ lent meals. SGT. WILLIAM BUTTON (Amsea), October 19 — Chairman Stephen Berschger, Secretary Bill Collins. Educational director en­ couraged all members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or dis­ rated OT reported. Crew congratuated Chief Steward Collins, who will be attending the Culinary Institute of America in January 1993 and who received a two-year scholarship from the SIU. Slop chest hours will be 1130-1200 until further notice. LNG AQUARIUS (ETC), October 25 Chairman Jim Garner, Secret^ Franklin Robertson, ' Educational Director E. Ahidin, Deck Delegate Paul Jagger, Engine Delegate Walter Fey. Chairman " reminded crew to keep noise levels ow. Deck delegate reported beef. No leefs or disputed OT reported by en­ gine or steward delegates. Crew asked cdntracts department to seek change in pay scale for entry workers. RICHARD G. MATTHIESEN Ocean Shipholding), October 29 — Chairman Jim Martin, Secretary C. Crane, Educational Director Don Dennis Prescott, chief , steward (left), James Logan, chief engineer (center) and George McCartney, SIU vice president, pose in front of the cable ship Charles L. Brownin Honolulu. Logan and McCartney were oilers together on the Cities Service tankers Logans Fort, Bradford Island and Cities Sen/ice Baltimore, and a Bull Line C-2. Both also were organizers in the Cities Service drive. Deck Delegate Casey Downing, En­ gine Delegate Michael Johnson, Steward Delegate Elston Tensley. Chairman reported morale is high. Secretary said stores will be taken in Korea. No beefs or disputed OT reported. PFC EUGENE OSHEGOH(Water­ man Steamship), October 25 — Chairman Henry Bouganim, Secretary Patrick Helton, Education­ al Director Charles Clackley, Deck Delegate Reeves Hornby, Engine Delegate John McCahe, Steward Delegate Mariano Martinez. Chair­ man reminded members to vote. He stressed importance of upgrading at Lundeberg School. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew thanked gal­ ley gang for great job. Next port: Panama City, Ha. OMI BUIER (OMI Corp.), October 25 — Chairman George Bradley, Educational Director Frank Hall. Chairman reported crew would receive subsistence pay due to lack of hot water. Educational director ad­ vised members to upgrade at Lun­ deberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew discussed impor­ tance of communication within and between departments. OMI CHAMPION{OMI Corp.), Oc­ tober 11 — Chairman Paul Domes, Secretary Alexander Reyer, Educa­ tional Director Steve Bower, Deck Delegate Joseph Ellias, Engine Delegate Rick Metcalf, Steward Delegate Francisco Aral. Chairman announced payoff date. Secretary reminded members to work safely. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. En­ gine delegate reported b^f and dis­ rated OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. OVERSEAS HARRIETTS Maritime Overseas), October 18 — Chairman Mark Davis, Secretary S. raftin. Educational Director J. Topeland, Deck Delegate John Giliam. Engine Delegate John Copeland, Steward Delegate Phillip McKenzie. Chairman announced payoff. Educational (iirector urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT thanked crew for helping keep ship clean. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School to further advance their careers and their earnings. No beefs or disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. Crew requested that engineroom stop using carbon cleaner in galley and around crew's quarters. Crew reported beef about sewer gas. Crew requested new mat­ tresses and reported lack of heat in quarters. Crew thanked galley gang. Next port: Richmond, Calif. PONCE (Puerto Rico Marine), Oc­ tober 18 — Chairman R. Dailey, Secretary Ernie Hoitt, Educational Director R. Velez, Deck Delegate R. Livermore, Engine Delegate J. Cmnan, Steward Delegate G. Gor­ don. Secretary urged members to vote. Educational director reminded members to donate to SPAD and read their contracts. Engind delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT rieported by deck or steward delegates. Crew thanked steward department for great improve­ ment in meals. Crew reported slop chest has not been open every week and new captain sells only cigarettes. Next port: San Juan. RALEIGH SA Y(Sea-Land Service), October 11 — Chairman H. Knox, Secretary J. Speller, Educational Director D. Dukehart, Deck Delegate J. Fnige. Chairman advised members to donate to SPAD. He thanked galley gang for job well done. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No b^fs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND CHALLENGER (SeaLand Service), October 18 ^Chairman Roy Williams, Secretaiy H. Scypes, Educational Director D. Manthei, Deck Delegate P. Torres, Engine Delegate F. Rodrigues, Steward Delegate R. Arana. Oi man announced payoff and ( couraged members to dona SPAD. No beefs or dispi^ OT reported. Crew observe^ one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. Next porti^zabeth, NJ. Continued on page 22 /»'!>//'•0 : J/ '.I. n '"k-- • M: �22 JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG Ships Digest Continuedfrom page 21 SEA-LAND DEVELOPER (SeaLand Service), October 18 — Chair­ man R. Pinkham, Secretary L. Pinn, Educational Director J. Ross, Steward Delegate Richard Gegenheimer. Chairman announced payoff. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. SEA-LAND EXPEDITION (SeaLand Service), October 25 — Chair­ man Paul Florcs, Secretary E. Vazquez, Educational Director I. Roussean. Chairman reported crew dryer exhaust vent has been broken for almost three months. No other beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked galley gang for good meals. Educational Director Kelly Davis. Engine delegate reported4isputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates SEA-LAND SPIRIT(Sea-Land Ser­ vice), October 11 — Chairman L. Vasquez, Secretary A. Delaney, Educational Director M. Powell, Deck Delegate Edward O'Brien, En­ gine Delegate D. Locsin, Steward Delegate Fagalilo Maliga. Secretary repohed beef. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. He asked cojitracts department for clarification on split wages. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine or steward delegates. Crew asked contracts department to abolish permanent jobs. Crew thanked steward depart­ ment for job well done. Next port: Oakland, Calif. SEA-LAND TRADER (Sea-Land Service), October 25 — Chairman L. Watson, Secretary J. Johnson, Educational Director M. Phillips, Deck Delegate M. Anderson, Engine Delegate T. Hawkins, Steward Delegate C. Atkins. Engine delegate reported beefs. No beefs or disputed OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Crew thanked galley gang. SEA-LAND HA IV/i/f (Sea-Land Service), October 25 — Chairman Daniel Teichman, Secretary R. Paul son. Educational Director D. Gordious. Deck Delegate Nelson Rodriguez, Engine Delegate L, Viles, Steward Delegate M. Omer. Chairman reminded members to vote SEAUFTINDIAN OCEAN (IMC), in national and union elections. October 28 — Chairman William Educational director encouraged members to take advantage of upgrad­ Lowry, Secretary B. Habib, Deck Delegate Ricardo Ramos. Chairman ing opportunities at Piney Point. Deck delegate reported beef. Steward requested patrolman for arrival in Charleston, S.C. Educational director department asked contracts depart­ urged members to upgrade at Lunment for clarifications on sanitary deberg School. Deck delegate and late meal hour. No beefs or dis­ pported disputed OT. Engine and puted OT reported by engine Reward delegates asked contracts delegate. Chairman reported birth of baby girl, Janiel-Pepsie Lanzar Teich­ department for clari^c^ions about OT. Crew reported ne^chairs man, who was bom on August 12. needed for mess hafl. Crew requested section be added to LOG for questions and answers SEAUFT CHINA SEA (IMC), Oc­ regarding contracts. Next port: Oak­ tober 11 — Chairman Carlos Spina, land, Calif. Secretary Rudy Catahan, Education­ al Director G. Bixby. Chairman SEA-LAND INTEGRITY{Seareported dryer has been installed. Land Service), October 19 — Chair­ Secretary advised members to turn in man N. Prats, Educational Director linens and blankets to GSU for count. J. Walsh, Engine Delegate Donald No beefs or disputed OT reported. Cox, Steward Delegate William Crew discussed continuous follow-up Muniz. No beefs or disputed OT on cleanliness. Crew recommended reported. Crew requested TV hook­ spraying of ship by commercial com- ^ up tp every room. Crew reported no pany to kill roaches. patrolman came aboard in Charles­ ton, S.C., but crew was not notified. DSNS HARKNESS(Mai Ship Crew thanked steward department. Operators), October 11 —Chairman Herschel Turner, Secretary Ben SEA-LAND KODIAK(Sea-Land Service), October 21 — Chairman D. Henderson, Educational Director Cella, Secretary M. Morgan, Educa­ Harold Tolchin, Deck Delegate Stephen Thompson, Engine tional Director Sam Hacker, Delegate Barbara Guarine, Steward Steward Delegate James Willey. No Delegate Robert Tovay. Secretary beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew reported fresh milk and other asked contracts department to change provisions should be plentiful relief from 120 days to 90. through October. He said the supply SEA-LAND PACIFIC(Sea-Land ship Niagara will re-supply Harkness Service), October 18 — Chairman at next port. Deck delegate requested Lothar Reck, Secretary John Hantwo-day advance ship's billet while , rahan. Deck Delegate Greg in port. Steward delegate reported Johnson, Engine Delegate David some crewmembers are taking food Bland, Steward Delegate John Ben­ from reefers and galley without per­ nett. Chairman urged members to mission. No beefs or disputed OT vote. He encouraged crew to support reported by engine delegate. Crew SPAD. Educational director thanked galley gang for good meals. reminded members about LOG's SA Troy Mitchell's wife recently Christmas greeting deadline. Engine gave birth to a baby girl. delegate reported beef. He noted AMERICAN HERITAGE (Apex crew has written OT for work per­ Marine), October 1 — Chairman formed by foreign labor. No beefs or Clyde Smith Jr., Secretary M. disputed OT reported by deck or Roberson, Engine Delegate A. steward delegates. Hunter, Steward Delegate B. SEA-LAND PATRIOT(Sea-Land Johnson. No beefs or disputed OT Service), October 25 — Chairman reported. Crew reported good trip,to Carrol Heick, Secretary J. Russell, Africa, with good cooperation ampng all crewmembers. They thanked steward department for top-of-theline work. Fora Job Well Done GUS DARNELL (Ocean Shipholding), October 4 — Chairman P. Har­ mon, Secretary G. Smith, Educational Director Alvin Markowitz. Chairman discussed im­ portance of cooperation. Secretary re­ quested crew list from contracts department. Educational director urged members to upgrade at Paul Hall Center. Engine delegate reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed ^ OT reported by deck or steward delegates. Crew thanked galle^ gang. VCR in crew lounge needs to be replaced. After a full day of lightering operations, OMU Kim Higgens enjoys a shipboard barbecue on the Overseas Arctic. NEDLLOYD HUDSON(Sea Land Service), November 8 — Chailrman John Bertolino, Secretary Edward Collins, Educational Director Jerry Dellinger, Deck Delegate Joseph Caruso. Chairman announced payoff. Secretary advispd members tq upgrade at Lundeberg School. Educa­ tional director encouraged, members to donate to SPAD. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew asked con­ tracts department for clarification on back pay for OT. Crew thanked steward department for job well done. Next port: Boston. ITS PHILADELPHIA (Sheridan Transportatiop), November 1 — Chairman V, Nielsen, Secretary J. Emidy, Educational Director M. Beck. No beefs or di.sputed OT reported. Steward department thanked crew for keeping mess clean during off hours. Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang. Ship still has no TV reception. LIBERTY SPIRIT (Liberty Maritime), November 14 — Chair­ man Jerry Borucki, Secretary Steve Venus, Educational Director J. Hipolito, Deck Delegate Jim Pinkston, Engine Delegate Gary Toomer, Steward Delegate Isaac Gordon. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew reported ship needs to be fumigated. They di.scussed impor­ tance of upgrading at Lundeberg School and donating to SPAD. Crew thanked steward department for fine chow. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. LNG GEMINI (ETC), November 17 — Chairman Sam Brooks, Secretary Kris Hopkins, Educational Director Ralph Gosnell, Deck Delegate James Kash, Engine Delegate Mar­ cos Hill, Steward Delegate Ronald Aubuchon. Chainnan explained this is a special meeting due to bosun signing off on arrival. Bosun ex­ plained the difficulty concerning reliefs and their respective time re­ quired had been resolved. Crew ap­ preciated his actions. Educational director urged members to helfTthem­ selves by upgrading at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Members were reminded not to smoke during meal hours. Crew thanked steward department for outstanding food preparation. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. LNG LIBRA (ETC), November 15 — Chairman Bill Darley, Secretary R. Frazier, Educational Director O. Sessions, Deck Delegate George Keblis, Engine Delegate Dave, Terry, Steward Delegate Henry Daniels. Chairman reminded everyone going ashore in Indonesisf to respect local customs. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew discussed various subjects, including possibly relocating coffee service. Crew observed one minute of silence in memory of departed brothers. OMI SACRAMENTO(Vulcan Car­ riers), November 15 — Chairman W. Baker, Secretary John Darrow, Deck Delegate W. Dickey, Engine Delegate Henry Hall, Steward Delegate Earl Mathews. Educational director reminded members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Deck delegate reported disputed OT. Steward delegate asked contracts department for clarification on work­ ing rules. No beefs or disputed OT reported by engine delegate. Crew asked contracts department to seek in­ crease in optical and dental benefits. Crew recommended all pensioners receive cost-of-living increases. Next port: Houston. OVERSEAS MARILYN(Mantime Overseas), November 15 — Chair­ man M. Galliano, Secretary Ray Fletcher, Educational Director E. Smith, Deck Delegate J. Englehart, Steward Delegate Alan Bartley. Chairman reported good trip with ex­ cellent crew. He asked everyone to donate to SPAD. He reminded mem­ bers to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Secretary thanked crew for keeping ship clean. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew reported no cold water available ^or showers^ Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang for excellent food and clean mess. Next port: Houston. OVERSEAS PHILADELPHIA (Maritime Overseas), November 15 — Chairman Raul Iglesias, Secretary J. White, Educational Director Coppola, Deck Delegate SK Cooper, Engine Delegate Daniel Vazquez, Steward Delegate Moflehi Mohamed. Chair­ man thanked deck gang for good job. He said Piney Point is the place for menibers to go toadvance their careers. Secretary asked contracts department for clarification on pay­ ment of transportation expenses. Educational director urged members to donate to SPAD. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew discussed proper procedures for resolving problems. Next port: Pasadena, Texas. SEA-LAND ANCHORAGE (SeaLand Service), November 4 — Chair­ man S. Castle, Secretary L. Lightfoot, Educational Director K. Bertel, Engine Delegate R. Surrick, Steward Delegate William Bryley. . Chairman announced payoff. Secretary noted all upgrading and welfare plan forms are available. Educational director reminded mem­ bers to vote in SIU elections. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Radio and TV antenna in crew lounge need repair. Crew thanked steward depart­ ment. En route to home port, SeaLand Anchorage picked up an unusual passenger—an owl—which was cleaned and fed gourmet meal by chief mate. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. SEA-LAND DEFENDER (SeaLand Service), November 7 — Chair­ man John Stout, Secretary John Alamar, Educational Director Dan Dean, Engine Delegate Horst Beatjer. Steward Delegate Cynthia Caster. Chairman reported good trip. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to modify rules governing members' transportation from airport to ship. Crew asked contracts department to seek change in steward's schedule so that he of she has day off in pott upon completion of voyage. Next port: Oakland, Calif. SEA-LAND DISCOVERY(SeaLand Service), November 1 — Chair­ man Nelson Sala, Secretary J. Salazar. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked contracts department to reinstate 180-day rotary shipping rule for all members. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE (SeaLand Service), November 1 — Chair­ man Elex Cury Jr., Secretary E. Douroudous, Educational Director R. Risbeck, Deck Delegate Clyde Luse, Engine Delegate Joseph Graves, Steward Delegate C. Sisneros. No beefs or disputed OT reported. SEA-LAND EXPLORER (SeaLand Service), November 13 — Chairman Jack Kingsley, Secretary W. Burdette, Educational Director Guy Pollard, Deck Delegate D. Rothman, Engine Delegate B. Tapia, Steward Delegate J. James. Chairman announced that floor tile in rec room will be removed before ship arrives in Long Beach, Calif. Educa­ tional director advised members to upgrade at Lundeberg School. Steward delegate reported minor food-service beef. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported by deck or engine delegates. Crew reported change of vendors in Taiwan was very effective. SEA-LAND HA WAII (Sea-Land Service), November 22 — Chairman James L. Carter, Secretary J. Jones, Educational Director David Gordius. Steward Delegate Emmanuel Laureta. Educational director con­ veyed vote of thanks to radio operator for keeping ship tuned in to election coverage. No beefs or dis­ puted OT reported. Crew discussed values of upgrading at Lundeberg School. Crewmembers reminded each other to pitch in and keep lounge clean. Crew gave vote of thanks to galley gang for good food. Next port: Oakland, Calif. SEA-LAND INNOVATOR (SeaLand Service), November 15 — Chairman Claude Dockrey, ' Secretary Jose Bayani, Educational Director L. Holbert, Deck Delegate M. Ortiz, Engine Delegate Ahmed Hassan, Stewarc) Delegate Randy Witowich. Chaifmail thanked steward department for good meals. Secretary thanked deck and engine gangs for keeping crew lounge and mess clean. Engine and steward delegates reported disputed OT. No beefs or disputed OT reported by. deck delegate. Crew received new dryer. Next port: Long Beach, Calif. SEA-LAND LIBERATOR (SeaLand Service), November 23 — Chairman Robert Awards, Secretary G. Lynch, Educational Director E. Ford, Deck Delegate Francisco Munpz, Engine Delegate B. Beckwith, Steward Delegate L. Raza. Chairman noted safety meet­ ing was conducted before union meet­ ing. He discussed result of U.S. presidential election and how it may Graduate on Bridge J '"4 OS Walter W. Oswald stands on the bridge of the SS Gulf Trader. Oswald graduated from trainee class #48§ at Piney Point in January 1992. have positive impact on maritime in­ dustry. Secretary reported that com­ pany is initiating its quality program throughout the fleet. Educational director reminded members to ^ upgrade at Paul Hall Center. Nd beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew thanked steward department for good food. Galley gang thanked other crewmembers for keeping rec room clean. SEA-LAND PERFORMANCE (Sea-Land Service), November 15 — Chairman W. Baker, Secretary John Darrow, Deck Delegate W. Dickey, Engine Delegate Henry Hall, Steward Delegate Earl Mathews. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew asked union to seek cost-of-living in­ creases for pensioners. Crew asked contracts department to seek in­ creases in dental and optical benefits. Next port: Houston. SEA-LAND PRODUCER (SeaLand Service), November 1—Chair­ man L. Cope, Secretary L. HofTman, Educational Director J. Smitko, Deck Delegate Raymond Vicari, Engine Delegate James Spranza, Steward Delegate Y. IsrII. Chairman reminded crew to work safely. Educational director advised members to take advantage of excel­ lent opportunities available at Lun­ deberg School. Deck delegate advised members to be familiar with their contract. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next port: Oakland, Calif. SEA-LAND VALUE (Sea-Land Ser­ vice), November 8 — Chairman G. Burke, Secretary A. Hassan, Educa­ tional Director M. Kovach. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Next port: Elizabeth, N.J. SEA-LAND VOYAGER (Sea-Land Service), November 1 — Chairman J. Colson, Secretary S. Goodman, Educational Director R. Chapman. No beefs or disputed OT reported. Crew discussed importance of donat­ ing to SPAD. Next port: Tacoma, Wash. DLTHASEA (American Maritime Transport), November 1 — Chair­ man Mickey Noble, Secreiaty yV. Lau. No beefs pr disputed OT reported. Crewlwas reminded to k^p noise levels low. ! ,i i USNS INVINCIBLE (Sealift,inch, November 13 — Chairman Lo|iale\ Andrews, Secretary R. McDortald,W Educational Director M. Everhart, * Deck Delegate M. Chevalier, ^ Steward Delegate E. Furman. Crew elected department delegates. Crew is satisfied with amount of OT. Crew thanked galley gang for outstanding ' food. • \ -ii.- / 'f vv •/ • 11 '/• 'ii'.f .'i''. /• •/ -j.. �• - ' '• ' • • .' / •:^ / :• •' iv;' "> .• JANUARY 1993 SEAFARERS LOG T he Seafarers Pension Plan this month announces the retirements of 24 members. Seventeen of those signing off sailed in the deep sea division, while six sailed in the inland division and one sailed in the Great Lakes division. The new pensioners' birthplaces cover 14 states plus Puerto Rico. Four of the retirees were bom in New York, while three each were bora in Virginia and Louisiana. Two each were bora in North Carolina and California, with the rest account­ ing for one state apiece. Florida, North Carolina and California proved to be the most popular retirement spots for this group, as three new pensioners reside in each state. Raymond O'Dowd had been an active Seafarer longer than any of the other new pensioners. He joined the union in 1946 in the port of New Orleans. Brief biographical sketches of O'Dowd and the other new pen­ sioners follow. DEEP SEA TERRAL ANDERSON, 65, joined the SIU in 1966 in the port of Wilmington, Calif. Bora in Utah, he served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1950. Brother Anderson in 1988 completed the bosun recertification course at the Lundeberg School. He has retired to Marysvale, Utah. PERTWEE ANDREFONT, 65, joined the Seafarers in 1969 in the port of Hous­ ton. He was bora in Eunice, La. and sailed in the en­ gine department. Brother Andrepont upgraded frequently at the Lundeberg School. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. Brother Andrepont resides in Lake Charles, La. JOSEPH BAILEY, 62, joined the SIU in ~ 1959 in the port of Bal­ timore. A na­ tive of Stonewall, Ga., he sailed in the engine department. Brother Bailey upgraded to QMED at the Lun­ deberg School in 1975. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1949. Brother Bailey lives in Metter, Ga. JOHN BEL­ LAMY, 65, joined the union in 1969 in the pdrt of Jack­ sonville, Fla. Bora in Panama City, Fla., he sailed in the steward and engine depart­ ments. Brother Bellamy upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1974. He served in the U.S. Araiy from 1946 to 1949. Brodier Bellamy has retired to Jacksonville. JOSEPH CRAGE, 65, joined the SIU in 1955 in the port of Baltimore. The native of Buffalo, N.Y. sailed Each month in the Seafarers LOG, the names of SIU members who recently have become pensioners appear with a brief biographical sketch. These men and women have served the maritime industry well, and the SIU and all their union brothers qnd sisters wish them happiness and health in the days ahead. CARLOS GARCIA, 65,joined the Seafarers in 1966 in his native New York. He sailed in the deck department and in 1973 upgraded at the Lundeberg School. Brother Garcia served in the U.S. Army from 1950 to 1952. He lives in Carolina, P.R. CLYDE GIBSON, 62, joined the union in 1956 in the port of Hous­ ton. He was bora in Can­ ton, N.C. and sailed in the steward department. Brother Gibson completed the steward recertification course at the Lundeberg School in 1981. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1946 to 1949. Brother Gib­ son has retired to Lake Junaluska, N.C. SIYLAS GREEN, 62, joined the SIU in 1969 in the port of San Francis­ co. Bora in Louisiana, he sailed in the engine department. Brother Green served in the Navy from 1948 to 1950. He resides in Oak­ land, Calif. WILLIAM LE ecu, 65,joined the Seafarers i in 1960 in the port of Wilmington, I Talif. The ^s Angeles native sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Le Cou served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. He has retired to Lytle Creek, Calif. ROBERT LEYVA, 61, joined the union in 1974 in the port of San Francisco. A native of Rich­ mond, Calif., he sailed in the en­ gine department. Brother Leyva served in the U.S. Army from 952 to 1954. He lives in San rancisco. RAYMOND O'DOWD, 65, joined the SIU in 1946 in the port of New Orleans. He was bora in Utica, N.Y. and sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Brother O'Dowd still lives in Utica. GERALD PAYNE, 69, joined the Seafarers in 1970 in the port of New York. The na­ tive of Niagara Falls, N.Y. sailed in the engine department. Brother Payne upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1976. He has retired to Palm Bay, Fla. Maryland, he sailed in the deck department. Boatman Bloodsworth has retired to Salis­ bury, Md. LESLIE COLLIER, 62,joined the union in 1969 in the port of Philadelphia. He was bora in Portsmouth, Va. and sailed in the deck department. Boatman Col­ lier upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1974. In 1979 his son won one of the SIU scholarship grants awarded to dependents of Seafarers. Boatman Collier lives in Coinjock, N.C. GEORGE GOFF JR., 62, joined the union in 1962 in his native Nor­ folk, Va. He sailed in the deck depart- EDWARD RYAN, 65, joined the union in 1965 in the port of Seattle. Bora in Toledo, Ore., he sailed in the engine department. Brother Ryan resides in Seattle. joined the SIU in 1971 in the port of New Orleians. A na­ tive of Covington, La., he sailed in the deck depart­ ment. Brother Spell upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1979. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. Brother Spell lives in Folsom, La. LEWIS STANTON, 65, joined the Seafarers in 1965 in his native Houston. He sailed in the engine department. Brother Stanton served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1945. He has retired to Splendora, Texas. RUFINO TORRES, 67, joined the SIU in 1974 in his native Puerto Rico. He sailed in the deck and steward departments. Brother Torres resides in Carolina, P.R. INLAND GEORGE BAGGOTT, 62, joined the union in 1976 in the EDWARD port of Hous­ MITCHELL, ton. A native 65, joined of Charles­ the SIU in ton, S.C., he 1967 in the sailed most recently as a tugboat port of Wil­ captain. Boatman Baggott served mington, in the U.S. Marine Corps, front Calif. Bom 950 to 1953. He lives in Folly in Boston, he Beach, S.C. sailed in the engine department. Brother Mitchell served in the WILLIAM BLOODSWORTH, J.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. 64, joined the union in 1961 in He has retired to Portland, Ore. the port of Philadelphia. Bora in NASA JENNETTEJR., 72, joined the union in 1971 in the port of Nor­ folk, Va. The native of Buxton, N.C. sailed in the deck department. Boatman Jennette served in the U.S. Army from, 1948 to 1954. He still lives in Buxton. ROLAND. RICHARD­ SON, 66, joined the union in 1951 in the port of Bal­ timore. He was bora in Charleston, W.Va. and sailed in. the deck department. Boatman Richardson served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1947. He lives in Dover, Fla. GREAT LAKES CHARLES HEMP, 66, joined the Seafarers in 1966 in the port of Duluth, Minn. Bora in McKenney, Va., he sailed in the deck and engine departments. Brother Hemp upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1981. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1948 until 1962. Brother Hemp has retired to Arlington, Va. Suipmary Annual Report Seafarers Pension Plan JOSEPH SPELL,65, U'--' ment. Boatman Goff served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1951. He still calls Norfolk home. To Our New Pensioners • • .Thanks for a Job Well Done in the deck department. Brother Crage served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947 and from 1949 to 1952. He resides in Seat­ tle. 23 This is a summary of the annual report of the Seafarers Pension Plan EIN 13-6100329 for the year ended December 31,1991. The annual report has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Basic Financial Statement Benefits under the plan are provided by the Trust. Plan expenses were $29,037,206. These expenses included $3,489,633 m administrative expenses, and $25,547,573 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total of 24,547 persons were participants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of the plan year, although not all of these persons had yet earned the right to receive benefits^ The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabiliUes of the plan, was $478,001,893 as of December 31,1991 compared to $427,183,807 as of January 1,1991. During th^lari year, the plan experienced an increase in its assets of $50,818,086. This increase included unrealiz^ appreciation in the value of lan assets; that is, the difference between the current value of assets at the eginning of the year plus the cost of any assets acquired during the year less the current value of assets at the end of the year. The plan had total income of $79,855,292, including employer contributions of $10,889,208, gain of $14,895,632 from the sale of assets,earnings from investments of $51,862,235 and other income of $2,208,217. E Minimum Funding Standards An actuary's statement shows that enough money was contributed to the plan to keep it fimded in accordance with the minimum funding standards of ERISA. Your Rights to Additional information You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report: 1. An accountant's report 2. Assets held for investment 3. Actuarial information regardin the funding of the plan 4. Service provider and trustee inl ormation To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the office of Mr. Nick Marrone who is the plan administrator, 5201 Auth Way, l^mp Springs, MD 20746, (301) 899-0675. The charge tocover copying costs will be $3.00 for the full annual report, or $.10 per page for any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the plan and accompanying notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report form the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report The charge to cover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge. You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan at 5201 Auth Way, Camp^^rings, MD 20746 and at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC, or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department should be address^ to: f^blic Disclosure Room, N4677, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, Dejpartment of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20216. Supplementary infmmation In accordance with £>epartment of Labor regulations, the net realized gain of $14,895,632, as shown above, is computed on the "market-to-market basis"—the difference between thesales price and the market vqlueof an asset as of January 1,1991; or if the asset was both acquired and disposed of within the plan year, it is the difference between the purchase and sales price. ^ P' Ifhe net appreciation in fair value of investments of $39,908,223 as shown on the financial statements includes a net realized gain of $1(1,983,863, the difference between the sales price and the original cost of the asset '.rm /• , 'f t • .V-'f t. �> -si • • -•-..-"i^i-.'s' 'rip"'''-''''- y^''- "i; 24 JANUARY 1993 S2AFARERSL0G Making Sure Passengers Are Well Fed Is The Goal of the Independence Galley Crew One of the pleasures of travel­ ing by sea is the quality (and quantity) of meals served, like those aboard the SlU-crewed 55 Independence. Passengers can take advantage of meals and snacks beginning before sunrise and lasting until after midnight. Galley operations are non-stop. While one meal is being served, the next is being prepared with steward depart­ ment members working together to offer the food many tourists remember long after returning home. ii. Chief Steward Jim Otani has been working with American Hawaii Cruises for 10 years. He can be seen all over the cruise ship when food is being served. Be­ hind the scenes. Executive Chef Olab Pedersen choreographs the action in the galley, making sure the menu plan is being followed so that dinner is perfect for guests at either the early or late seating. Whether passengers have breakfast in the Barefoot Bar, Second Cook Roland Cabasag lunch by the pool, dinner in the slices vegetables for salad. Palms Dining Room or a snack anytime, the galley is always open. ''-"W-'-mT. '• • • •'I'l •" 'J L... / T i' , Part of the reason baked goods taste so good on the Independence are (left to right) General Utility Galley Sibio Santino, Baker Vincent With some of the homebaked breads is Chief Larder Helen Batan. Displaying sonirol the Wepende^ galley s^eciies are SoiTs «onzo, Third Bkker Walter Mdore ^ Chief Baker Fred Klotsch. Chef Elmeanani Hamid (left) and Executive Chef Olab Pedersen. • • • ii Cook Trainee Dexter Ferrer waits Assistant Cook Periclis Pericleous Getting a roast ready for lunch is Another member of the galley Checking the roasted lamb |s Second Cook Eddie Collado. gang is Saucier Cerlito Fabia. Second Cook Ronald Main. watches over the steam table. for a passenger's request. •v.\ M •'..V'-..' ---r'.. Sfe; li •• ' Chief Steward Jim Otaiii-'offers . .. .« . ,x gravy during a buffet lunch. "Hanging loose" in the galley are Second Cook Jim Evans (left) and Assistant Cook Cherie Wolfe Assistant Saucier Patrick Traynor Assistant Cook Jim McKenna. watches the poolside lunch grill. prepares vegetables for dinner. rf Third Steward DinoOrnellasovpr- When the crew is ready to eat, Assistant Cooks Dennis Bolden (left) and Dean Ward provide the food. Carving roast beef for a passenger Is Assistant Cook Kalei Galario. sees galley operations. • • '1 �SeHFARERSLOG JANUARY 1993 '• 25 ^— Final Departures DEEP SEA FRANK BARONE Pensioner Frank Barbne, 68, passed away November 14 due to cancer. A native of Philadelphia, he joined the SIU in 1960 in the port of New York. Brother Barone sailed in the deck department. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. Brother Barone began receiving his pension in August 1989. JAMES REAL Pensioner James Beal, 69, died September 20. He was bom in For­ ney, Texas and in 1962 joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in the port of Seattle, before that union merged with the AGLIWD. Brother Beal served in the U.S. Army from 1941 until 1945. He retired in July 1986. ROBERT GRANT Pensioner Robert Grant, 77, passed away November 14. The native of Illinois joined the Seafarers in 1947 in the port of New York. Brother Grant sailed in the steward department. He served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. Brother Grant retired in May 1980. HENRY HALEAKALA Henry Haleakala, 20, died Oc­ tober 31. Bom in Maui, Hawaii, he graduated from the Lundeberg School in 1991. Brother Haleakala sailed in the steward department. JOHN HOLT WILLIAM KALER Pensioner William Kaler,67, died Septem­ ber 21. A na­ tive of Wapato, Wash., he joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1975 in the port of San Francisco, before that union merged with the AGLIWD. Brother Kaler often sailed aboard Delta Lines vessels. He upgraded at the Lundeberg School in 1984. Brother Kaler retired in December 1988. HENRY PISZATOWSKI Pensioner Henry Piszatowski,73, died Novem­ ber 6. Bom in Massa­ chusetts, he joined the Seafarers in 1950 in the port of Boston. Brother Piszatowski sailed in the steward department. He served in the U.S. OLAVIKIVIKOSKI Army from 1941 to 1945. Brother Pensioner Olavi Kivikos^ Piszatowski retired in Febmary mi. ki, 78, passed away Septem­ JOHANNES RODS ber 11. The Pensioner native of Fin­ Johannes land joined Roos, 82, the SIU in . passed away 1947 in the^ October 10. A port of Ndw York. Brother Kivik^native of Hol­ ki sailed in the deck department. land, he He retired in September 1979. joined the SIU in 1948 JOAQUIN LAPASTORA A in the port of New York. Brother Pensioner Joa­ Roos sailed in the engine depart­ quin Lapasment. He began receiving his pen­ tora, 83^ died sion in July 1974. June 11 due to congestive JAMES STALEY heart disease. Pensioner Bom in the Jmnes Staley, Philippines, 72, died he joined the November 20. Seafarers in 1942 in the port of,Los He was bom Angeles. Known to his shipmates in South as George, he saifed in the steward Carolina and department. Brother Lapastora in 1966 began receiving his pension in . joined the April 1971. He is survived by his Marine Cooks and Stewards in the wife, Nieves; three daughters, port of Portland, Ore., before that Vivian, Georgeanne and Christine; union merged with the AGLIWD. two sons, Joaquin Jr. and Mario; Brother Staley began receiving his his sister, Adoracion; and five pension in May 1986. grandchildren. JUAN NIEVES Pensioner Juan Nieves, 76, passed away Novem­ ber 13. He was bom in Puerto Rico and in 1955 joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in the port of New York, before that union merged with the AGLlWD. Brother Nieves served in the U.S. Army from 1942 to 1945. He retired in May 1981. Pensioner John Holt, 71, passed away November 8. He joined the SIU in 1951 in his native New York. Brother Holt sailed in the deck department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1946. Brother Holt began receiv­ ing his pension in June 1982. TOMMY PELL HENRY HUBER Pensioner Henry Huber, 88, died July 9. Bom in Wisconsin, he joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1945 in the port of San Francisco, before that union merged with the AGLIWD. Be­ sides his maritime career. Brother Muber spend nearly 40 y^ars as a travel photographer. He retired from the sea in April 1969. Tommy Pell, 35, died November 18. A native of Opelousas, La., he graduated from the Lun­ deberg School in 1973. Brother Pell sailed in the deck department. In 1978 he retumed to Piney Point for upgrad­ ing courses. LESLIE JOHNSTON Pensioner Leslie Johnston, 99, passed away October 15. He was bom in Idaho and in 1955 joined the Seafarers in the port of Seattle. Brother Johnston sailed in the deck department. He began receiving his pension in June 1975. ton sailed in the deck department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942^0 1945. He also served in the U.S. Army from 1947 to 1950. Brother Pelton began receiving his SIU pension in July 1989. THOMAS STUBBS JR. Pensioner Thomas Stubbs Jr., 72, • passed away October 1. Bom in Plymouth, N.C., he joined the SIU in 1955 in the port of Norfolk, Va. Brother Stubbs sailed in the engine department. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942 to 1948. Brother Stubbs retired in Febmary 1992. BORGEVIDKJAER Pensioner Borge Vidkjaer, 77, died last September due to bone cancer. The native of Denmark joined the Marine Cooks and Stewards in 1957 in the port of Baltimore, before that union merged with the AGLIWD. Brother Vidkjaer retired in 1978. GEORGE VISTAKIS George Vistakis, 62, passed away November 19. He was bom in Salt Lake City and in 1948 joined the Seafarers in the port of San Francis­ co. Brother Vistakis sailed in the engine department. LOYAD WHITE Pensioner Loyad White, \ 75, died Oc­ ALFRED PELTON tober 10. He Pensioner joined the Alfred Pelton, union in 1960 68, passed in his native aw^y June 18. Norfolk, Va. He joined the Brother White SIU in 1958 sailed in the deck department. He in his native •/ served in the U.S. Army from 1934 New York. to 193l. Brother White began BrotherPel- receiving his pension in August 1977. WILLIAM WOODS JR. William Woods Jr., 73, passed away October 27. The Florida native joined the Seafarers in 1971 in the port of Jacksonville, Ha. Brother Woods sailed in die steward depart­ ment, He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. INLAND CLYDEBRANTON Pensioner Clyde Branton, 73, passed away recently. Bom in Mississip­ pi, he joined the union in 1972 in the ' port of St. Louis. Boatman Branton sailed in the engine department. He served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1946. Boatman Branton began receiving his pension in March 1984. . JOHNBEISSEL Pensioner John Beissel, 80, died November 15. He joined the union in 1961 inhisnative Philadelphia. Boatman Beissel sailed in the en­ gine department. He worked for Curtis Bay Towing Co. for more than 40 years. Boatman Beissel retired in Febmary 1978. DAMON DEAN Pensioner Damon Dean, 87, died November 20. The native of Texas joined the union in 1965 in the port of New Orleans. Boatman Dean sailed in the deck department. He retired in August 1970. •: . / GREAT LAKES RONALD SHOULTER Ronald Shoulter, 54, passed away October 29. He was bom in New York and in 1985 joined the Seafarers in the port of Algonac, Mich. Brother Shoulter sailed in the deck depart­ ment He served in the U.S. Navy in 1955. Summiy^nnual Report Welfare Fund Uiis is a summary of the annual report of the Seafarers Welfare Fund EIN 13-5557534 for the year ended December 31, 1991. The annual rq)ort has been filed with the Intemal RevenueService, as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). " The Tmst has committed itself to pay claims incurred under the ferms of the plan. Basle Financial Statement The value of plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the plan, was a (deficit) of ^25,771,455) as of December 31, 1991, compared to $(25,530,370) as of January 1, 1991. During the plan year, the plan experienced a decrease in its net assets of $241,085. This decrease included unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of plan assets; that is, the current valueof assets at the beginning of the year plus the cost of any assets acquired during the year less the current value of assets at the end of the year. During the plan year, the plan had total income of $43,795,804, including employer contributions of $43,226,898, miscellaneous income of $31,174, and eamings from in­ vestments of $537,732. Plan expenses were $44,036,889. These expenses included $4,496,845 in administrative expenses and $39,540,044 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries. Your Rights to Additional Information You have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, on request. The items listed below are included in that report: 1. An accountant's report. 2. Assets held for investment. 3. Service provider and tmstee information. To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the office of Mr. Nick Marrone who is the plan administrator, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746; (301) 899-0675. The charge to cover copying costs will be $1.50 for the full annual report, or $.10 per page for any part thereof. You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at no charge, a statement of the assets and liabilitiesof the plan and accompanying notes, or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. Tlie charge to cover copying costs, given above, does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the report because portions are furnished without charge You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the main office of the plan at 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746 and at the U.S. department of Labor in Washington, DC,/ojr to obtain a copy from the U.S.Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department should beaddressed to: Public Disclosure Room, N4677, Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Aven\je, N.W., Washington, DC; 20216. ..... „ ... i -HI. Suf^ttementary information The plan has a deficit of $(!25,771,455) as of December 31, 1991, which includes an estimated liability for retired participants and their dependents in the amount of $34,302,000. This amount represents the estimated liability for payment of all future hospital, medical, dental, prescription drug and medicare premiums for the life of the pensioner and for the period provided in the plan's rules for the dependents of such pensioner. • .:-3 '•\i. ••.. •n •' I ' • H ifr^. �25 -Mt SEJ^ARERSLOG ;:) • • " • • 4; I, • JANUARY 1993 Lundeberg School Graduating Classes Lv'•?-r Trainee Lifeboat Class 505-—Graduating from trainee lifeboat class 505 are (from left, kneeling) Michael Rogers, Jason J. Golis, Peter Rice, William Prince, Vincent Webre Jr., Dana Thomas, Marcella Williams, Ben Cusic (instructor), (second row) William Bruin, Enka Harris, Thomas Tice, Matthew Sandy, Patrick Neary, Francis Mish, Troy Browne, Jae Trowbridge, Robert Taylor and Latauska Roberson. •/ • QMED--Graduating from the November 30 QMED class are (from left, kneeling) George Demetropoulos, Jesus Pilare, Welton Weaver, Frederick Gibson, Dominick Vidal, Donald Mesiah, Joseph Holzinger, Brantley Twiford, David Jonassen, William J. Carlin, (second row) Paul Lightfoot, Marsha Dawson, Van Jones, Trinity Naeole, Gary Frazier, Nick Reyes Jr., Stephen Merel, (third row) Andr6 Smith, Frederick Petterson, John Brooks, Michael Parker, Eddie Almodovar, William Heaton, Catharine Small, Walter Filleman, (fourth row) Paul Lewis, Tim Bumett, Ralph Hendershot, Larry Rose and Albert Collins. Marine Electrical Maintenance—Completing the MEM course oh October 7 are (from left, first row) Eric Sutton, M. Daniel Malo (MFOW), (second row) Eric Malzkuhn (instructor), Frank Bakun, Joey E. Acedillo, Kenneth Justice (MFOW) and Howard Bland (MFOW). Marine Electrical Maintenance—Members of the December 7 MEM graduating class are (from left, kneeling) Ernest Lacunza Jr., Linda Halderman, John K. Halim, Herrnan Manzer, (second row) John Meidinger, David G. St. Onge, Kevin Conklin, Riley Donahue III, Paul A. Barbadillo Jr. (third row) Eric Malzkuhn (insturctor, Raymond Culpepper, Robert Gaglioti, Vincent Larimer and Christopher Gilman. Fireman, Ojler, Watertender—^Working their way up the engine department ratings are (from left, kneeling) Gregory Shepard, Sean Foumier, Charles Mascali, Albert Hadley, Gabrial Williams, Robert Laidler, Davis Benjamin, Peter Largmann, (second row) Joseph E. Bemieri, John Crate, Moses J. Rosario, William V. Lardieri, Claudio Mazzara, James Weismore, Keeper Brown, Derrick D. Gates, Mark Maduro, Juro, Jim Shaffer (instmctor), (instmctor), (third row) Mark Jeffers, Donald Burroughs, William Gordon, Justin Golub, Daniel Cancel, Leonard Telegdy II and Melvin Grayson Sr. Shiphandlinjg Simulator—Successfully completing the shiphandling simulator course on November 13 are (from left, kneeling) Salvatore Gilardi, Stephen Moll, Frank Messick Jr., Kendall Strong, (second row) Ken Scott Chinn, Don DeSchutter, Kenneth Battan, Joseph Saeger, Wallace Rosser Jr., David Soperand Jake Karaczynski (instmctor). • - -:nt; . • • 1,- .-V k^'^- • Upgraders Lifeboat—Members of the Novemtrer 5 graduating class receiving their lifeboat endorsements are (from left, front row) David S. jElston, Kamin Raji, Enrique Crespo, (second row) Timothy Johnston, Russell Williams, James Keevan, Jon Schmittmayer and Wayne A. Powers. Not shown are Benjamin Shupp, Karmell Crawford, Richard Pumphrey, Samuel Ganrettand Andy Campollo. Upgraders Lifeboat—Receiving their lifeboat en­ dorsements on November 17 are (from left, front row) Sam Gordon III, Exxl Ronquillo, (second row) Ben Cusic (iristructor), John Henry Willis, Robert Russell, Dawn D. Ruiz and Douglas Leichter. Refrigerated Maintenance—Completing their studies leading to certification in refrigerated main­ tenance are (from left, front row) Dennis Baker, Thomas E. Harris, Edward Rynberg, Angelito Francisco, John Weigman (instructor), (second row) Robert Scott, Arthur Wadsworth, Tom Priscu and Mark Lawrence. �MMIUmi993 XAFMBtSLOe LUHDEBERG SCmm 1993 UPGRAOme fWRSE SCREDULE Check-In Date March 29 February 1 June 28 Course Bosun Recertification Steward Recertification \ Completion Date Able Seaman February 16 April 26 June 21 March 1 April 19 May 17 March 15 May 24 May 3 Radar Observer - Unlimited Celestial Navigation Third Mate Oil Spill Prevention and Containment •m- .. . . Lifeboatman ' ' - >1'. . .'i • Taiikeminti Basic/AdvaiMzed Completion Date All open-ended (contact admissions oHice for starting dates) Chief Cook, Chief Steward All open-ended (contact admissions office for starting dates) Check-In Date April 12 Completion Date July 2 FiremanAVatertender and Oiler AprU 12 May 21 June 7 July 16 All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class. Pumproom Maint. & Operations June 21 July 30 Refrigeration Maint. & Operations March 29 May 7 Marine Electronics—^Technician I Marine Electronics—^Technican II Hydraulics Welding Date April 26 March 16 May 11 March 22 May 10 Sealift Operations & Maintenance /check-In / Date February 1 March 15 March 12 June 7 July 2 February 16 March 29 March 12 April 23 Diesel Engine Technology March 1 March 26 Refrigerated Contoiners Advanced Maintenance May 10 June 18 Completion February 16 March 15 May 24 February 1; March 1 March 29 April 26 May 24 June 21 " , V Course QMED-Any Rating Safety Specfafty Corneas Coume , Engine Upgrading Courses February 26 May 7 July2 March 5 April 23 May 21 April 9 June 18 August 13 Check-In Date i Assistant Cook, Cook and Baker February 1 March 12 March 29 May 7 May 24 July 2 All students must take the Oil Spill Prevention and Containment class. Ship Handling Completion Date May 3 March 8 August 2 ttOmrd Upgrajting Courses Deck Upgrading Courses Check-In Date •-J: Recertification Programs The following is the current cour.>c schedule fot classes beginning between February and June 1993 at the Seafarers —.W Harry Lundeberg School of V/A Seamanship kJVCUtiail^lAip located at the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, 3VtlO skills of Seafarers and to promote the Md. All programs are geared to improA^job American maritime industry. The course schedule may change to reflect the needs of the membership, ^the^ maritime industry and—in times of conflict—the nation's security. Course 27 February 19 March 19 May 29 "IFebruary 12 March 12 April 9 May 7 June4 July 2 May 21 March 26 Mby21 April 16 April 23 - 1992•93 Aduii Education Schedule The following courses are available through the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School. Please coi^ict die admissions office for enrpUment information. Check-In Completion Couri« Date Dale High Schocd Equivalei^ Ah (^n-radcd (cmitact Adult Basic Education (ABE) admissions office for stariin^ English as a Second Language (ESL) dates) FULL 8-week sessions . ^ T- : S :• - June 4 April 17 • '•Wa W-ii « « •• IW&IAIUHGAPnHMmH Name Date of Birth (Fiist) (Last) Address (Middle) Month/Day/Year (Street) Telephone _L iSSr (City) (State) Deep Sea Member O (Zip Code) Lakes Member CH JL (Area Code) Inland Waters Member CH With this application COPIES of yourdischarges must be submitted showing sufficient time to qiMify yourself for the course(s) requested. You also must submit a COPY of each of the following: the first page of your union book indicating your department and seniority, your clinic card the front and back of your Umdeberg School identification card listing the course(s)you have taken and completed. The Admissions Office WILL NOT schedule you until all of the above are received. RATING DATE DATE OF VESSEL HELD SHIPPED DISCHARGE Pacific IZK If the following information is not filled out completely, your application will not be processed. SIGNATURE Social Seciuity #. Book# Seniority Department . U.S. Citizen: DVes D No I am interested in the following course(s) checked belowor indicated here if not listed Home Port. Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held D Yes Are you a graduate of the SHLSS trainee program? . If yes, which program: from •hi • No to. Last grade of school completed •Yes Have you attended any SHLSS upgrading courses? GNO If yes, course(s) taken Have you taken any SHLSS Sealift Operations courses? •Yes •No DECK AB/Sealift 1st Class Pilot Third Mate Radar Observer Unlimited Master Inspected Towing Vessel • Towboat Operator Inland D Celestial Navigation D Simulator Course • • CI n D Do you hold the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboatman Endorsement? Firefighting: G Yes GNO CPR:GYes Date available for training Primaiy language spoken 1 • '; CI Marine Electrical Maintenance E] Pumproom Maintenance & Operation D Refrigeration Systems Maintenance & Operation CI Diesel Engine Technology O Assistai^ngineer/Chief EnginewMotor Vessel CI Original 3rd Engineer Steam or Motor n Refrigerated Containers Advanced Maintenance • ElMtro-Hyt^ulic Systems ALL DEPARTMENTS CI Welding D Lifeboatman (must be taken with another course) D Oil Spill Prevention & Contaiiiment D Basic/Advanced ' Fire Fighting ADULT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CI Adult Basic Education (ABE) D : High School Equivalency Program (GED| ; • Developmental Studies (DVS) O English as a Second Language (ESL) • ABE/ESL Lifeboat Preparation n Automatioii • Hydraulics D Marine Electronics Technician STEWARD If yes, how many weeks have you completed? • Yes GNO DATE • GNO ENGINE • FOWT D QMED—Any Rating D Variable Speed DC Drive Systems (Marine Electronics). • Assistant Cook Utility • Cook and Baker • ChiefCook D Chief Steward . • Towboat Inland Cqok COLLEGE PROGRAM CI Associate in Arts Degree TraiuporUlion will be paM in accordance with the scheduling ielter only If you present original receipts and succcssftiUy com­ plete the course. If you have any questions, contact your port agent before departing for PIney Point RETURN COMPLETED APPLICATION TO: Lundeberg Upgrading Center, P.O. Box 75, Piney POiid, MD 20674. 1/93 .' •jV: •• " •; 1 'V• r ' :<:(i '- f, < >• 'i'\ -! -i.-hrlh::: .. -1 a' �. rV. •\.:f^'^ f-i . •>. -. SEAEUCERS \ REVIEW OF 19M Seafarers sail through a year of military operations, legislation, new vessels and elections. Pages 14-15 January 1993 Volume 55, Number 1 y.-i 'A-- AB Forgeran Steers Steady Course on Alaskan Run From the time AB Larry could be way off course, then started sailing in 1943. "We have Forgeron sailed aboard the Sea- have to steer back. There is no one man to a room. That's a far Land Anchorage deliyering the comparison between the old and cry from the Liberty Ships when we had three to a fo'c'sle. first container of goods to Alaska the new." in 1964 to late last year when he When the Sea-Land Privacy on Boaixl was on board the Sea-Land Anchorage sailed to Cook Inlet However, that was not the Tacoma as it delivered the one- with earthquake relief, deck worst Forgeron had seen. On one millionth box to the state, the one department crewmembers "had World War I-era tanker, all the constant in the deck department to chain lash and wire lash every­ member's sailing career has been thing when it was loaded onto the crew slept in bunks in a forward area of the ship. "Those bunks change. ship," Forgeron recalled. "We were one on top of the other. "Change?! Oh my, have I seen were out there for hours securing There was no privacy on that change," Forgeron told a reporter cargo." Time in port was ship," he recalled. for the Seafarers LOG about dif­ measured in days. Forgeron began his formal life ferences during the last 30 years "Today we can unload and at sea in 1943 when he dropped in bridge, deck and living condi­ load in hours. Our port time in tions since he made the original Anchorage is between 12 and 14 out of school to sail in the mer­ run which assisted earthquake hours, then we're sailing again." chant marine during World War II. He came from a seafaring victims. Loading and offloading on the family where there was no doubt "On the bridge, everything is Sea-Land Tacoma is done by what he would do for a living. "I computerized. It's like having automation. "You push a button remember when I was 12 years power steering in a car," the 66- to load the hatch. The containers old sailing to Portugal with my year-old AB noted. "We can hit (a are loaded on top of each other. father. I come from a long line of small) iceberg, go right through it Then, when (the hatch) is filled, 'blue noses' (the Nova Scotian and the ship stays right on course. (the computer) locks everything name for sailors): father, uncles "With the old vessels with in place and closes the hatch." and cousins. I knew that's what I their wooden wheels, you'd hit a Concerning living conditions was going to do. small iceberg and veer off course at sea, the Tacoma is "like living Although he was bom in Nova after hitting it. Sometimes you in a hotel" compared to when he Scotia, he came to the United Falcon Crew Rescues Beaters Stranded Off West Palm Beach reported for the Seafarers LOG. 'Then I saw a flare, so I grabbed a pair of binoculars and spotted the boat. Because of the winds (15-18 knots) and waves, there was a lot of j:lutter on the radar. We could not spot them on that. "We used a [loudspeaker] to talk with the people and we kept a light on them so we wouldn't lose them, because by then it was dark. We were just glad that they were safe." I The cutter arrived within two hours and took the six aboard. The other §IU members Capt. Robert O'Neal maneuvered the tug Falcon and barge Sugar aboard the Falcon during these Express around a stranded pleasure boat until a Coast Guard cutter events were Mate David Flader, arrived to complete the rescue. •:.\ " .iP: Seafarers aboard the tug Fal­ con recently aided six people stranded aboard a 22-foot pleasure craft about two miles from shore near West Palm Beach, Fla. Captain Robert O'Neal spotted the disabled boat which had lost all power and had no radio T— at dusk. The size of the Falcon, a tug pushing an empty 380-foot barge, prevented an immediate, rescue. But the pleasure boaters were unharmed and in no danger, so O'Neal and the other Seafarers contacted the Coast Guard, illuminated the pleasure boat and talked with its occupants until a Coast Guard cutter from Lake Worth, Fla. ar­ rived. "I had just come on watch and it was nearly dark," O'Neal, a 22year member of the SIU, told a Engineer John Reber, ABs James Busby, Glenn Holden and John Mullen and Cook John Franklin. O'Neal, who has sailed with Allied Towing Co. throughout his SIU career, added that the Falcon probably could have picked up the pleasure boaters, but since there was no emergency, he did not want to risk damaging the smaller boat. "I was riding high because I was etnpty. I was afrajd of running over their boat." Summary Annual Reports in this Issue: Seafarers Pension Plan - (age 23 Seafarers Welfare Fund - page 25 '• ' r rfrifirt AB Larry Forgeron receives a plaque commemorating his role in transporting Sea-Land's first and one millionth container to Alaska. Flanking him are Captain Richard Brooks (left) and Tom Cowan, a Sea-Land vice president. States to sail during World War II. Following the war, he worked ashore but the sea called him back for good when the Korean con­ flict erupted. SIU Since 1952 Forgeron joined the SIU in 1952. His first SIU ship was the SSSea Star. Since then, he said he has sailed nearly every other type of deep sea ship ere wed by Seafarers. For the last 30 years, though, he has tried to stay aboard SeaLand^ vessels on the Alaska run. It's close to home (Seattle) so I can be there every 11 to 12 days and check on my property. It's very convenient." The Alaskan run taken by SeaLand container ships consists of stops at Anchorage, Kodiak and Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Is­ land chain before the vessels retum to Tacoma, Wash. Ships run all year despite the cold and icy weather. The deck department member will mark his 50th year at sea in July. During a recent ceremony to commemorate the fact he was on board the Sea-Land vessel delivering the first container, then on the one that offloaded the one millionth box, he was asked when he planned to retire. "I'm enjoying my work too much to give it up," he answered. "I'll retire when I can no longer handle the job, but I still pass the physicals and I still handle the work." The one millionth container carried by Sea-Land to Alaska was filled with groceries for the Safeway food store chain. The container itself was painted with a special "1,000,000th Load" logo for the occasibn. The box was one of Sea-Land's newest M19 refrigerated containers with the technologically advanced humidity control system. Help Find This Missing Child The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has asked the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union to assist them in locating Donna Jean Mezo, a 17-year-old from Belleville, Il­ linois. Missing since February 18, 1992, the child was last seen at approximately 1:30 a.m. as she was walking to a restaurant onEast Monroe Street in Bel­ leville. The child is considered at risk as lost, injured or other­ wise missing. At the time of her disap­ pearance, the brown-haired, blue-eyed girl was 5 ft. 7 in. tall and weighed 125 pounds. She has a scar on her nose, a birthmark on her right ear and tattoos on her right ankle and right wrist. Donna Jean Mezo has asthma. She was last s^n wearing a blue jean jacket and skirt. Anyone having information about this case should contact the Center at (8G0) 843-5678 or the Belleville (111.) Police Department's Missing Persons Unit at (618) 234-1212. ponna Jean Mezo � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource January 1993 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SEAFARERS ELECTION RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED THIS MONTH STUDDS, BREAUX HEAD MARITIME PANELS BUT COMMITTEES’ MAKE-UP CHANGES DOT SECRETARY-DESIGNATES PENA VOWS MARITIME REFORM WILL BE A ‘PRIORITY’ U.S. SEALIFT RACES TO AFRICA WITH AID FOR SOMALIA SEAFARERS BRING NEWEST AT&T CABLE SHIP TO STATES SIU JOINS BATTLE AGAINST UNION-BUSTING VEGAS HOTEL SEAFARERS PLAY ACTIVE ROLE IN SUBIC BAY BASE DEPARTURE GUAM BECOMES NEW SE ASIA STAGING AREA ‘TEDDY’ GLEASON, ILA OFFICIAL, DIES AT 92 RUSSIANS AWARD MEDALS TO MURMANSK RUN SEAMEN ITF AIDS CROATIANS IN SECURING $450,000 IN BACK PAY IAM’S OSTRO RETIRES; LONTIME SIU FRIEND SHIPPING RULE CHANGE AFFECTS CREWING OF CABLE SHIPS SLOW ECONOMY FORCES END TO GREAT LAKES SAILING SEASON QUICK RESPONSE BY TUGBOATMENT HELPS SAVE LINE-WORKER FROM FREEZING WATER EXPLOITATION AND BLACKBALLING MARKED BITTER NON-UNION YEARS, RECALLS RETIRING LAKES SEAFARER ‘FINK BOOKS’ DOGGED U.S. SEAMEN BEFORE PERIOD OF STRONG UNIONISM SIU PENSIONER’S WIFE CANNOT STOMACH ANTI-UNION GROCERY STORE REGULATIONS SEAFARERS ASSIST U.S. MILITARY IN U.N. RELIEF EFFORT TO SOMALIA THE OLSENS ARE TOO BUSY TO SLOW DOWN FOLEY RELISHES ROLE AS SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR LUNDEBERG SCHOOL COLLEGE PROGRAM HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR EVENING COLLEGE CONTINUES AT PAUL HALL CENTER LUNDEBERG SCHOOL CONTINUES AID FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE ANDREW WATCHING THE WORLD SERIES BY JOSEPH MAGYAR AB FORGERON STEERS STEADY COURSE ON ALASKAN RUN FALCON CREW RESCUES BOATERS STRANDED OFF WEST PALM BEACH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 01/01/1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 55, No. 1 1993 Periodicals Seafarers Log