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SUP-Crewed P/V Drake Joins San Francisco Bar Pilot Fleet Organized 1885 Official Organ of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific Volume LXXIII No. 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Friday, February 19, 2010 Supreme Court ruling gives corporations more power SUP-crewed P/V Drake joins With a single, disastrous 5-to-4 ruling, the Supreme Court has thrust politics back to the robber-baron era of the 19th century. San Francisco Bar Pilot fleet Disingenuously waving the flag of the First Amendment, the courts conservative majority has paved the way for corporations to use their vast treasuries to overwhelm elections and intimidate elected officials into doing their bidding. As a result of the January 21 ruling, corporations have been un- leashed from the long-standing ban against their spending directly on political campaigns and will be free to spend as much money as they want to elect and defeat candidates. If a member of Congress tries to stand up to a wealthy special interest, its lobbyists can credibly threaten: Well spend whatever it takes to defeat you. The ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission radically reverses well-established law and erodes a wall that has stood for a century between corporations and electoral politics. (The ruling also frees up Unions to spend, though they have far less money at their disposal.) The founders of this nation warned about the dangers of corpo- rate influence. The Constitution they wrote mentions many things and assigns them rights and protections the people, militias, the press, religions. But it does not mention corporations. In 1907, as corporations reached new heights of wealth and Photo by Jack Tobin, MarineTraffic.com power, Congress made its views of the relationship between cor- porations and campaigning clear: It banned them from contribut- Pictured on the Columbia River after she was launched late last year is the Pilot Vessel Drake. Owned by the San Francisco Bar Pilots, the Drake will join her sisterships, the P/V San Francisco and P/V ing to candidates. At mid-century, it enacted the broader ban on California in maintaining the Pilot Station, eleven miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Built by Foss spending that was repeatedly reaffirmed over the decades until it Maritime Company at Rainer, Washington, the Drake is 104 feet, 2 inches in length with a beam of 28 was struck down in January. feet. Her depth is 12 feet, 7 inches with a draft of 9 feet. She is powered by two Caterpillar 358C diesel This issue should never have been before the court. The justices engines; 1,100 BHP each at 1600 RPM. The Drake can accommodate 13 people including four SUP overreached and seized on a case involving a narrower, technical sailors who comprise the crew. question involving the broadcast of a movie that attacked Hillary Rodham Clinton during the 2008 campaign. The court elevated that t a ceremony on Febru- the second woman to serve as The San Francisco Bar Pilots, case to a forum for striking down the entire ban on corporate spend- Aary 17, at San Executive Director in the Ports established by Captain William ing and then rushed the process of hearing the case at breakneck Franciscos Pier 9, of- 146-year history. Richardson, have continuously speed. It gave lawyers a month to prepare briefs on an issue of enor- ficiated by Captain Peter Named after the famous En- provided pilotage to vessels mous complexity, and it scheduled arguments during its vacation. McIsaac, Port Agent for the Pi- glish Admiral Sir Francis Drake, transisting the Golden Gate Prominent jurists all over the country have stated adamantly, that lots, the Drake was christened who landed north of San Fran- since 1835. the courts majority is deeply wrong on the law. Most wrongheaded by Monique Moyer, Executive cisco during his circumnaviga- Union records indicate that the of all is its insistence that corporations are just like people and Director of the Port of San Fran- tion of the world in 1579, the Sailors Union has crewed Bar entitled to the same First Amendment rights. It is an odd claim cisco, appointed by Mayor new Drake is the third pilot ves- Pilot vessels for over a hundred Gavin Newsom in 2004. She is continued on page 2 sel to bear that name. years. The SUP also represents the Pilot Boat Dispatchers. Anti-Union forces in Senate block Obama NLRB nominee he nomination of Union Blanche Lincoln (D-Arkansas) He was nominated by President legal background but has gen- Tlawyer Craig Becker to also voted no. Obama last year for a seat on erated less controversy than the National Labor Re- Richard Trumka, President of the NLRB, the independent Becker. The other nominee, lations Board fell short of the 60 the AFL-CIO, called the out- quasi judicial federal agency that Brian Hayes, a Republican, has votes needed to end a Republi- come Washington politics-as- supervises Union elections and represented management clients. can filibuster February 9, with usual and said it was reprehen- referees disputes between em- Business groups opposed to just 52 senators voting to sup- sible that a minority in the U.S. ployers and workers. The NLRB Beckers nomination have cited port his appointment. Senate has blocked an up-or- has functioned with just two passages from law-review ar- He was strongly opposed by down vote on Becker. Trumka members instead of the normal ticles from the mid-199os. In business interests and his pros- said be would support President five for the past two years. The one he wrote that employers pects dimmed when Senator Ben Barack Obama in making recess Supreme Court is expected to should be stripped of any legally Nelson (D-Nebraska) came out appointments of critical govern- decide in June whether about cognizable interest in their em- against him. Nelson said that the ment posts if thats what it takes 500 decisions the two-person ployees election of representa- Periodicals postage paid at San Francisco, CA (USPS 675-180) nominees past statements to get around minority delay and board issued are valid. tives. Becker also suggested, strongly indicate he would obstruction. The Obama administration has in a 1994 Chicago Law Review pursue a personal agenda at Becker served as counsel to put forward two other nominees. article, that the NLRB should the NLRB, rather than that of the Service Employees Interna- One of them, Mark Pearce, a protect repeated strikes over the administration. Senator tional Union and the AFL-CIO. Democrat, also has a labor-side worker grievances. SUP Election Results: Page 5 ESU News: Pages 6 & 7 Page 2 WEST COAST SAILORS Friday, February 19, 2010 SUP Quarterly Finance Committee Report SUP QUARTERLY FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT Filing Fee .................................................................................................... 40.00 FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009 Subscription ....................................................................................... 1,053.40 Total Expense .............................................................................. $295,390.00 The Quarterly Finance Committee, duly authorized to act by the regular meeting at Headquarters on January 11, hereby submits the following report: BUILDING CORPORATION Income: SUMMARY OF CASH AND INVESTMENTS Assessments ....................................................................................... $2,188.00 General Fund ........................................................................................ $650,392.57 Rents ................................................................................................... 71,583.13 Political Fund ............................................................................................ $4,522.69 Building Utilities & Service Reimbursement ....................................... 1,319.98 Strike Fund ........................................................................................ $1,293,730.99 Total Income .................................................................................. $75,091.11 Total Cash & Investments 4th Qtr. 2009 ....................................... $1,948,646.25 Expense: GENERAL FUND Building Services & Utilities .............................................................. $20,376.40 Income: Repairs & Maintenance ......................................................................... 1,686.89 Dues, Initiation, Assessments .......................................................... $104,499.25 Salaries & Payroll Taxes...................................................................... 13,409.48 Interest .................................................................................................. 21,876.30 Pension ..................................................................................................... 198.00 Donations - West Coast Sailors ............................................................. 2,195.00 Filing and License ...................................................................................... 20.00 Tanker & Joint Committee, Hiring Hall ............................................... 109,488.56 Legal ......................................................................................................... 300.25 Advertising & Promotion.............................................................................. 85.00 General Tax ......................................................................................... 13,126.13 Miscellaneous Income, Reimbursements, Fines ................................... 4,754.41 Insurance ...........................................................................................
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