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7f ..J ./ 1 I i „,. At the mid-winter meeting of-the.I^rlttrrra Trades Department, SlU President.., |v Paul Hall (far right), who Is also president of the MID, met with Carlos'Romefp:;; • Barcelo (far left) governor of Puerto Rtco, and F. Ray Marshall (oenler), C/.S, kSecre^tary of Labor. Both'men addressed the Board. , ...... - • V Lakes Coast Guard to Study Training, Manning ii '• •i Drozak Asks for Crew Wellbeing at Safety Seminar The SIU will present its position on Lakes). But when the SIU was invited Safety not only encompasses the hard including commercial vessel safety and vessel manning, crew qualifications and to attend. Executive Vice President ware aboard the ship but the training loading, tank venting and sewage, ports occupational safety on the Great Lakes Frank Drozak pointed out that it is and qualifications of the crew as well." and waterways safety, pollution pre impossible to talk about marine safety He recommended that a special vention and LORAN-C. while ignoring the wellbeing of the workshop cover "Crew qualifications, Aside from the workshop suggested GREAT LAKES crew. including the training of AB's on the by the SIU, other scheduled workshops In a letter to Rear Adm. J. S. Gracey, Lakes and the use of QMED's in the will include the handling of hazardous at a seminar in Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 2. commander of the 9th Coast Guard engine room; the safety of Great Lakes materials, vessel construction and modi At first, these issues were not going District, Drozak said, "The Seafarers operations and the need to provide fication, and handling pollution inci to be discussed at the Marine Industry Union believes that in view of recent greater protection for Lakes' crews dur dents. Seminar which is sponsored by the 9th tragic accidents on the Lakes, the sub ing an accident, and the need for estab Jack Bluitt, SIU Detroit port agent U.S. Coast Guard District (Great ject of marine safety is a vital one. lishing occupational safety and health will attend the seminar, along with criteria for the Lakes fleet in such areas George Telegadas, SIU representative 1977 Marks 20lh Year of as sanitation and food service arrange in Cleveland, and Byron Kelley, Great ments." The additional workshop was Lakes area director for the inland wa then added to the agenda. ters. Representatives from other mari Lundeberg Death At the session, there will be speeches time unions on the Lakes will be there This year marks the 20th anniversary on topics chosen by the Coast Guard, as well. of the untimely death of the SIUNA's first president and founder, Harry Union Wins Arbitration Case to Lundeberg, who died of a heart attack at the age of 56 on Jan. 28, 1957 in Peninsula Hospital, San Francisco, Haye Tug Captain Reinstated Calif. A Philadelphia arbitrator has ordered Collier contacted the SIU which im- A leading figure in the revival of the Interocean Transport Co. (Mariner mediately filed a grievance. The arbi- maritime unions dating back to the early Towing) to reinstate SIU Boatman tration hearing was held on Nov. 30, 1930's, he led a seamen's strike on the Leslie Collier as senior captain of the 1976 and the ruling was handed down West Coast in 1934. Lundeberg suc tug Voyager II with full back pay and last month. ceeded pioneer Andrew Furuseth as In his ruling, the arbitrator con secretary of the Sailors Union of the cluded that Collier was demoted with Pacific in 1936. Furuseth passed away out just cause, stating that "the over in 1938. whelming weight of the evidence dis Like Furuseth, who authored the full seniority, while at the same time closed that Captain Collier maintained 1915 Seamen's Act, Lundeberg was Harry Lundeberg rejecting the company's contention that his concern for the safe operation of born near Oslo, Norway. His father and A great organizer, Lundeberg be it could freely demote licensed person the vessel, his loyalty to the company, three of his brothers had been seafarers came SUP Seattle port agent in 1934 nel without sufficient cause. and his sense of professionalism despite and he went to sea at 10. During World a year after he became a U.S. citizen. Brother Collier was originally pro the lack of cooperation afforded to him War I, he rode English nitro ships which In 1938 he founded the SIUNA and in moted to captain under provisions of by his superior. The inevitable conclu were torpedoed from under him a few 1941 the A & G was born. the SIU contract in 1974, and to senior sion is that Collier was wrongfully de times. He sailed on nine different for Lundeberg never forgot he was a captain the following year. However, moted " eign-flag ships until he settled in the sailor. Visiting his family in Norway in on Sept. lOj 1976 the company notified The arbitrator also ordered the com port of Seattle in 1919 transferring from 1947 after a 30-year hiatus, he shipped him he was being demoted to mate and pany to reimburse Collier for the .ex the Australian Seamen's Union to the out as an A B on the SS Marine Jumper transferred from the company's Gulf penses he incurred in processing his SUP. working for his passage roundtrip. fleet to its Atlantic fleet. grievance. AFL—CIO Statement on Alaska Gas Pipeline Route As this issue of the Log went to press, SIU President Paul Hall was attending the mid-winter meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council at which a number of vital labor issues were taken up. Instead of President Hall's usual column, this month "we are reprinting action taken by the AFL-CIO Executive Council on the Alaskan gas pipeline route. A related article, concerning President Hall'sf news conference early this month on the gas pipeline, can be found on page 3. Statement by the AFL-CIO coupled with the drought on the West become more self-reliant in its energy ticularly during the construction in Executive Conucil Coast, have produced economic supplies. U.S. yards of the fleet of LNG ves on chaos that has affected the nation's There are three proposals now sels needed to carry the gas. The line Alaska P^line Route vital industries and many homes. being considered by the Administra would employ over 44,000 construc Febniary 25,1977 In the early months of this year tion for moving Alaska gas to con tion, trade and shipyard workers dur Bal Harbour, Fla. hundreds of thousands of American sumers in the lower 48 states. Of the ing the peak construction phase. In workers have been temporarily and three only one would be entirely un addition the Alaska gas line, because The nation's need for new energy in many cases permanently thrown der U.S. control. This is the Trans- it would use many of the facilities supplies has been compounded by out of work because of the lack of Alaska gas route. The line would built for the Alaska, oil pipeline, the effects of the harsh weather con adequate energy supplies, particu largely parallel the Alaska oil line could be constructed sooner than ditions which have raised the demand larly natural gas. In the West the con across Aaska and would involve the the two competing routes across for fuel supplies to unprecedented tinuing drought has not only caused construction of a complex of gasifi Canada. levels. The dual effects of the cold economic problems but threatens the cation and liquefication facilities as winter in the U.S. east and midwest, supply of cheap hydroelectric power well as a fleet of liquid natural gas As important as the employment which is the basis for the operation vessels to carry the gas to the U.S. benefits are, however, the need to AFL-CIO Acts On of many industries in the West. West Coast. The other two lines both obtain secure supplies of gas for the These problems have heightened involve gas pipelines across Canada. lower 48 states as soon as possible Maritime issues and dramatized the immediate need The decision on which of these to meet the present shortage clearly for additional energy sources, of three lines the Administration will transcends all other considerations. At the time the Log was going which natural gas is in the shortest support will be made by the President On this basis also the Trans-Alaska to press, a number of maritime is supply. One of the most immediately later this year. The President's de line is clearly superior. sues were acted upon by the AFL- . available new sources of energy for cision will then be forwarded to Con Therefore, the AFL-CIO urges CIO Executive Council which was the U.S. are the huge reserves of gress for it to approve or disapprove. the Administration to approve the meeting in Bal Ilail>our, Fla. natural gas available on the North. Of the three proposed routes, the Trans-Alaska gas route in order to A full report on all these actions Slope of Alaska. The production of Trans-Alaska line will provide the assure the expedited availability of will be printed in the next issue of this gas would make a major contri maximum job benefits in Alaska as the secure new gas supplies that will the Seafarers Log, bution towards the nation's efforts to well as in the lower 48 states, par increase U.S^ energy self-reliance. Change of address cards on Form 3579 should be sent to Seafarers International Union, Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District.