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Meeting the Vision SIU Will Crew B MSC ROIROs Thirty years ago this month, the gates of a former U.S. Navy tor­ In a development that will mean pedo base in Piney Point, Md. opened to receive the first trainees to hundreds of new jobs for Seafarers, the union late last month confinned attend the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of that SIU members will crew eight Seamanship. roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) preposi­ That was a momentous occasion for those of us tioning ships being built for the who have been involved in this process from the U.S. Military Sealift Command beginning. The union was consolidating the train­ (MSC). ing and upgrading procedures for SIU members to As the Seafarers LOG went to one central location. And this site had the needed press, MSC announced the award­ benefit of being waterfront property, so training ing of a contract to Maersk Line could take place on working vessels as well as in Limited of Norfolk, Va. for the Michael Sacco classrooms. operation and maintenance of the The first Seafarers to attend Piney Point in 1967 eight vessels - four Bob Hope class must have wondered what they had gotten themselves into. The prop­ ships being constructed at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans and four erty contained old wooden military barracks, a two-story hotel, some Watson class vessels being built at piers and plenty of land. What was the union thinking when it National Steel and Shipbuilding acquired this tract in the middle of nowhere? Company (NASSCO) in San Diego. But at the helm of the SIU at that time was a man who had the Those vessels are scheduled for vision of what such a training facility should and could become. That delivery on various dates between man was Paul Hall, who knew that education played a major role in 1998 and 2000. They will join l any individual's advancement. MSC's Afloat Prepositioning Force Christened at Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans in March, the USNS Hall constantly stressed the need for members to better them­ and will be fully loaded with Bob Hope is slated for delivery to the U.S. Military Sealift Command early selves, and education was the key to that process. During the 1950s, wheeled and tracked vehicles for next year. The prepositioning ship will be crewed by SIU members. he led the SIU in implementing its program of upgrading the skills of the U.S. Army. its members-as well as providing basic training for newcomers-at The USNS Bob Hope, christened comprehensive training for the sheer size. The T-AKR 300 ship is halls in New York, Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and Houston. By in March, is slated to be the first of crews and incentives for retaining 105.9 feet wide and displaces more the mid-1960s, with the buildup of American forces in Vietnam, Hall the eight ships delivered. SIU experienced crews." than 62,000 tons. The Bob Hope members will begin crewing the foresaw a central training location that could expand with the needs The new RO/ROs are part of a also features more than 300,000 950-foot vessel later this year. multi-ship package designed to square feet of cargo space, can of the U.S.-flag fleet. 'This announcement means one help rectify the shortage of transport up to 1,000 tanks and That was his vision of Piney Point when the SIU acquired it in thing: jobs for Seafarers," stated American strategic sealift capabili­ vehicles, and can sail at 24 knots. 1967. SIU President Michael Sacco. "It's ty identified after the Persian Gulf Hope, 93, was honored by the And that is still the vision of the Paul Hall Center for Maritime another example of how the SIU War. Also included are five convert­ Navy for his 55 years of entertain­ Training and Education. constantly looks out for the jobs ed RO/ROs already crewed by ing U.S. troops all over the world, While the grounds may not look the same, the goals set 30 years and job security of the member­ Seafarers and operated by Bay Ship in peace and war. "He always made ago remain true. The Paul Hall Center, which includes the Lundeberg ship." Management (the USNS Yano, the extra effort to be there at the School, is the premier training facility for merchant mariners in this SIU Vice President Contracts USNS Shughart, USNS Gordon, most difficult time of the year, country, and I dare say, the world. Augie Tellez pointed out that as USNS Soderman and USNS when separation from family is the While ratings for mariners like able seaman, electrician and stew­ part of the SIU's bid to crew the Gilliland). toughest," Navy Secretary John ard are still used today, the jobs performed by Seafarers with these vessels, the union "put together a In addition to the that fact that Dalton said. titles are far different than they were 30 years ago. Automation, con­ package designed to efficiently the Bob Hope is the first MSC ship Hope and his wife of 63 years, tainerization, computerization, government regulations and interna­ meet the requirements of this named for an entertainer, another Dolores, attended the christening important contract. That includes notable aspect of the vessel is its tional treaties have meant new job skills for merchant mariners. Yet March 15. through it all, the Paul Hall Center has been meeting-and ex­ ceeding-the new demands placed before our members. In the last several years, the center has introduced courses Seat arers Join Hundreds to Demand designed to help SIU members aboard tankers meet the challenges set forth by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA '90). Seafarers now receive special training in the prevention and containment of oil spills Justice for Fired Sprint Workers and other hazardous materials. In order to meet Environmental SIU members joined hundreds est. However, the company has Protection Agency standards also stemming from OPA '90, the center of other trade unionists and inter­ appealed the ruling, thereby fur­ offered classes in different parts of the country to teach members how national labor officials July 14 in ther delaying the workers from to properly handle refrigerants. front of Sprint Corp. headquarters receiving their jobs as well as the Just in the last 12 months, the Paul Hall Center has prepared in Washington, D.C. to demand more than $12 million owed them. Seafarers for the onset of amendments to the International Convention justice for Latino workers who on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) by were illegally fired three years ago International Support expanding its curriculum, including the additions of new courses for when the telecommunications AFL-CIO President John bosuns, ABs and pumpmen. giant shut down its San Francisco Sweeney informed the crowd In getting the membership ready to meet the new requirements operations to thwart a union orga­ assembled in Washington that aboard U.S.-flag vessels, the center also looked out for them in anoth­ nizing drive. similar demonstrations were tak­ er way. Just three months ago, it began issuing the first U.S. Coast On July 14, 1994, only eight ing place at 15 different Sprint Guard-approved training record books, which were designed by the days before the workers were locations around the country as center's staff to help Seafarers comply with existing and upcoming scheduled to vote for union repre­ well as in Mexico, Canada and international regulations. These books take the place of carrying an sentation by the Communication Europe. assortment of documents, certificates and papers required by interna­ Workers of America (CWA), "Sprint is a corporate criminal tional port-state control inspectors. Sprint closed its San Francisco because it discriminates against And the center has not stopped there. It recently restructured the Latino telemarketing operation, workers, steals their dignity and overall steward training program and revised the entry-level course to Sprint/La Conexion Familiar, and cheats them out of wages and include apprenticeship instruction aboard SIU-contracted vessels. fired all 177 workers, who were benefits. Sprint is a corporate As we celebrate Paul Hall's birthday this month, all Seafarers have mostly Hispanic women. criminal because it has violated SIU members Lee Frazier (left) reason to be proud of the center named for the late SIU president and (Ironically, La Conexion Familiar the right of workers to have free and Kenneth Whitfield protest its record of excellence. SIU members have benefited greatly from translates to English as "The speech, freedom of assembly and outside Sprint headquarters in Paul Hall's dream and from the dedicated efforts of everyone associ­ Family Connection.") the right to form or join a union," Washington, D.C. on July 14. ated with the facility. "Defending an American stated the president of the nation­ Thirty years ago, Piney Point was the beginning of Paul Hall's worker's right to join a trade al labor federation, to which the a member of the SIU-a union that vision to provide Seafarers with the training needed to be competitive union is critical," stated SIU belongs. stands strong and tall beside our in the changing maritime industry. Today, the Paul Hall Center con­ Antoinette Spangler, a steward fellow brother and sister trade tinues that vision with its sights firmly set on meeting and exceeding department member who sails others Voice Views unionists. " Pooler joined the SIU whatever challenges may face the fleet in the next century. from the port of New York. 'This In addition to Spangler, eight in 1987 in the port of San rally for the Sprint workers other Seafarers attended the Francisco. demonstrates the strength and Washington demonstration, Also noting the significance of Volume 59, Number 8 August f 997 unity of the labor movement and which took place at midday in the rally was Floyd Bishop, a proves that we will not tolerate 100 degree heat. chief steward who sails from the The Seafarers WG (ISSN 1086-4636) is published month­ the abuse of our union brothers "It was an incredible experi­ port of Jacksonville, Fla. 'The ly by the Seafarers International Union; Atlantic, Gulf, and sisters," added Spangler, who ence to stand with my union demonstration was great. The Lakes and Inland Waters District; AFL-CIO; 5201 Auth graduated from the Lundeberg brothers and sisters and demand message that we sent was clear: Way; Camp Springs, MD 20746. Telephone (301) 899- School's entry level training pro­ justice and fairness for the Sprint We are America's union workers 0675. Periodicals postage paid at Southern Maryland gram in 1981. workers. I think our message and we are proud, strong and 20790-9998 and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: On December 30, 1996, the came through loud and clear," united. Union busting will not be Send address changes to the Seafarers WG, 5201 Auth Way National Labor Relations Board reflected Franchesca Rose, a 33- tolerated." Camp Springs, MD 20746. ruled that Sprint's decision to year-old chief steward, who Also participating in the rally Communications Director, Daniel Duncan; Managing close the La Conexion Familiar recently signed off the Liberty in front of Sprint headquarters Editor, Jordan Biscardo; Associate Editor/Production, office just one week before a Sun. were Seafarers Lee Frazier, Deborah A. Hirtes; Associate Editor, Corrina Christensen scheduled union election directly Michael Pooler, a steward Phillip Orlanda, Amy Rippel, Gutierrez; Art, Bill Brower, Administrative Support, Jeanne violated federal labor law. As a department member who sails Gwendolyn Shinholster and Textor. result, Sprint was ordered to rehire from the port of Norfolk, Va. Kenneth Whitfield and members Copyright © 1997 Seafarers International Union, AGLIWD the workers with full back pay and noted, "It was an exhilarating from the SIU-affiliated United All Rights Reserved. benefit compensation, plus inter- experience, and I am proud to be Industrial Workers. 2 Seafarers LOii August 'f 997 Ryan Refutes Jones Act Foes Head of Lake Carriers' Association Answers Attacks on Nation's Freight Caboatge Law Citing a number of inaccura­ Canadian salt does not withstand Ryan pointed out. from moving their product by ship cies and distortions in the argu­ statistical analysis," Ryan said in Another problem with a from the East Coast to the West ments by opponents to the Jones his letter. "According to the U.S. Lakes/North Carolina trade is the Coast, Ryan said the concern Act, the head of the Lake Army Corps of Engineers' publi­ winter closure of the St. Lawrence actually "is one of logistics, not Carriers' Association-an orga­ cation Waterborne Commerce of Seaway. Any East Ccmt customer cabotage. A cargo originating in nization of U.S.-flag carriers the United States, Buffalo gets the who initiates such service will still North Carolina must travel down (including several SIU-contract­ vast majority of its ship-delivered have to engage the railroads or truck to and through the Panama Canal, ed companies) sailing on the salt in U.S.-flag vessels." lines for deliveries from late and then back up to West Coast Great Lakes-offered the facts He then produced the statistics December until early April, Ryan ports. The length of the voyage behind the fabrications to the showing Buffalo received no salt noted. long ago made waterborne trans­ sponsor of House legislation shipments in 1990, 1991, 1993 "Vessel delivery primarily port non-competitive with trains designed to gut the nation's and 1995 from Canadian-regis­ served as a negotiating ploy with and trucks that dash across the George J. Ryan freight cabotage law. tered vessels. In 1992 and 1994, the railroads, and North Carolina country in a matter of days." George Ryan, the associa­ U.S.-flag ships delivered far more interests must be satisfied with all­ J. In countering another claim offered to work with him to tion's president, dispelled several tons of salt than did Canadian rail delivery or they would not have involving steel, he pointed out answer any questions or concerns of the stories being put forth by an vessels. signed a three-year contract with U.S. steel manufacturers are the congressman may have about anti-Jones Act coalition in a June CSX for transport of their annual being hurt not by transportation the U.S.-flag fleet. 27 letter to U.S. Representative Sinks N.C. &rain Claims requirements," he continued. costs but by the large amount of Nick Smith (R-Mich.). Many of Ryan recounted the story that Ryan then reminded the con­ Smith's legislation, the Coastal foreign steel, particularly from the charges leveled against the North Carolina agribusinesses are gressman that several U.S.-flag Shipping Competition Act (H.R. Jones Act were presented during a not able to move U.S. grain from carriers had made offers which Russia, being dumped on the 1991 ), has not been scheduled for June 18 press conference called the Great Lakes to their farms in included building or retrofitting American market. a hearing before either the House by Smith to introduce legislation North Carolina on U.S.-flag ships vessels to carry grain from the ''The American steel industry Merchant Marine Oversight Panel that would allow foreign-flag because of supposed high trans­ Great Lakes to the North Carolina is filing trade complaints against or the Maritime Transportation ships with foreign crews to sail in portation costs. facilities, but never received any subsidized foreign steel, not the Subcommittee. H.R. 1991 has 13 the U.S. coastwise trade. "It is true that a Canadian car­ response. Jones Act," Ryan informed members aboard as sponsors, rier moved one grain cargo from Smith. while a resolution calling for no Dispels San StorJ Thunder Bay, Ontario to CountSI Steel Concerns In closing, Ryan invited Smith changes in the Jones Act has more Ryan refuted statements made Wilmington, N.C. a few years To the claim that the Jones Act to visit a U.S.-flag vessel operat­ than 200 signatures from repre­ by the anti-Jones Act group that ago, but a single delivery hardly hampers U.S. steel manufacturers ing on the Great Lakes. He sentatives from both parties. there are no U.S.-flag vessels represents a thriving trade. available to carry salt from one Furthermore, this experiment Great Lakes port to another by with vessel delivery was not House Subcommittee Clears Measure pointing out nine vessels present­ entirely successful. The port of ly compete for the trade. Wilmington lacks a grain-receiv­ 'The statement that the Jones ing facility, so the unload was Banning Substandard Foreign Ships Act forces Buffalo (N.Y.) to buy lengthy and plagued by spillage," MarAd Finalizes Regs for From Carrying Preference Cargo The House Coast Guard and ''The results were alarming," Maritime Transportation Sub­ Clement stated in presenting the Maritime Security Program committee approved an amend­ amendment. The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) last month announced ment to the Fiscal Year 1998 Of the 476 foreign-flag vessels that it has finalized regulations implementing the Maritime Security Coast Guard Authorization Bill detained by the Coast Guard in Program (MSP). that is designed to keep unsafe 1996, 69 of them had moved pref­ MarAd had issued an interim final rule in October 1996 which foreign-flag vessels from carry­ erence cargo sometime between allowed the Department of Transportation agency to initiate the pro­ ing U.S. government-impelled 1992 and 1997. Also, 22 owner gram. The MSP authorizes $100 million annually through the year cargo. operators found on the Port State 2005 to support the operation of approximately 50 militarily useful Introduced by U.S. Repre­ Control Program's list had ships U.S.-flag vessels. sentative Bob Clement (D-Tenn.) that carried the government­ The companies whose vessels are part of the MSP agree to make during the subcommittee's July impelled goods during the same their ships and land-based infrastructure available to the U.S. armed 16 hearing, the amendment would five-year period. forces in case of war or national emergency. These vessels also may prohibit U.S. preference cargo "According to the Coast carry military cargo in times of peace. from being transported for one Guard, as many as three ships per The final rule incorporates a number of fairly minor changes based year by vessels that have violated week lose power or steerage in on comments received by MarAd from maritime unions, vessel opera­ an international safety convention The House Coast Guard and U.S. waters," the congressmen tors, representatives of U.S. shipyards and U.S. insurers providing as noted by the Department of pointed out. "'That is three times a Transportation agency. Maritime Transportation Sub­ marine hull insurance. Those revisions essentially are clarifications, committee approved an amend­ week when a vessel risks the pos­ rather than major modifications. The amendment also would ment by Rep. Bob Clement (0- sibility of colliding with another President Clinton signed the Maritime Security Act last year. The target owner/operators who have Tenn.) that would keep substan­ ship or crashing into a crowded SIU threw its full backing behind the legislation, which enjoyed strong a history of vessels on the Coast dard foreign-flag ships from carry­ shore. bipartisan support in both houses of Congress. Guard's Port State Control ing government-impelled cargo. "It is appalling that our gov­ Several SIU-contracted companies have enrolled ships in the MSP. Program list, which monitors ships with hazardous conditions ernment would use these ships in U.S. ports, by keeping any of that the Coast Guard has deemed MTD, SIU Support Veterans' Status their ships from carrying U.S. unsafe." cargo for one year. Among the The amendment would require items Coast Guard inspectors U.S. government agencies to Far All World War II Merchant Mariners look for are safety violations, review the Coast Guard's web which include hull and super­ The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association. page for safety records of any structure damage as well as inad­ (MTD), joined by the SIU and four other maritime (The MID is composed of 33 unions, including the ship being considered for a char­ equate life-saving and firefighting unions, has petitioned the Department of Defense to SIU, representing about 8 million members.) ter. provisions for the crewmembers. extend the current cutoff date for veterans' status for At issue is a Defense Department decision which, Clement stated the adoption of the World War II merchant marine. the MID contends, arbitrarily contradicts a declara­ A vast majority of the vessels this amendment would send a sig­ The MTD on July 30 submitted a comprehensive tion by President Harry Truman. The president found on the list sail under run­ nal to the nations of the world that report to the Defense Department's Civilian/Military declared December 31, 1946 as the end of World away flags, meaning the owners all countries need to remove Service Review Board detailing why the cutoff date War II hostilities. Yet the Defense Department in register the ships in non-tradition­ incentives to charter low-cost, should be changed from August 15, 1945 to 1988, when it first gave veterans' status to mariners, al maritime nations to avoid the unsafe ships. labor, safety, wage and tax laws December 31, 1946. The account supports a recent fixed the merchant seamen's cutoff date as August 'The best way to get unsafe application made by a group of U.S. merchant 15, 1945 (the day the Japanese surrendered). of their home countries. Such vessels ·generally employ poorly vessels off our waters is to get peo­ marine veterans to extend the date. Merchant mariners who shipped out after August 15 ple to stop hiring them to trans­ "The law, the facts, and the record warrant, with­ are not considered war veterans, even though mili­ trained, underpaid crews from port their goods," Clement added. out question, approval of this group's application," tary personnel who began serving during that same undeveloped nations. The ships stated MTD Executive Secretary-Treasurer Frank time received war veterans' status. also tend to be badly maintained. As the Seafare rs LOG went to Pecquex in introducing the department's report. As noted in the MID petition, 'The interdepen­ Clement, who serves as the press, the Coast Guard Author­ Joining the MID in its petition are SIU President dence that existed between the merchant marine and highest ranking Democrat on the ization Bill was cleared by the Michael Sacco, who also serves as president of the our nation's Armed Forces existed throughout the subcommittee, recalled asking the House Transportation and Infra­ MTD; Captain Timothy Brown, president of the entire period of World War II. The fact that thou­ Coast Guard during a May 1 sub­ structure Committee. Next, it will Masters, Mates & Pilots; Rene Lioeanjie, president sands of U.S. merchant vessels continued to sail committee hearing if any ships be considered by the whole of District No. -4/National Maritime Union!MEBA; under government authority on military missions listed by the agency as being sub­ House of Representatives and Michael McKay, president of the American standard were contracted to carry then head to the Senate for con­ Maritime Officers; and Alex Shandrowsky, president Continued on page 7 government-impelled cargo. sideration. August 1997 Seafarers LOB 3 ,.... ______._.______~---~----~--~-- - -

West Coast Seal arers Receive TRBs Members Applaud Usefulness, Convenience of Document The SIU last month conduct­ opportunities we have and the received a book aboard the ed special meetings at the San training available at our school, Manoa. Francisco hall and aboard two everything you need is right Seafarers-contracted ships in there. I'm really proud of our sit­ Proof of Documentation order to continue issuing training uation." The TRB mainly was devel­ record books (TRBs) to mem­ Recertified Bosun John oped to help standardize proof of bers as well as providing Schoenstein praised the union documentation for port state descriptions of how the pocket­ for its initiative in being the first control under both the Seafarers who received their training record books during last month's size documents work. organization to publish a Coast International Safety Manage­ meeting in San Francisco proudly display their new documents. Jointly developed by the Guard-accepted TRB. ment Code (ISM) and the union and the Paul Hall Center "It's also important to remem­ International Convention on for Maritime Training and Edu­ ber what Augie pointed out­ Standards of Training, Certi­ cation, the TRB, which is accept­ that this book can only help us," fication and Watchkeeping for ed by the U.S. Coast Guard, is remarked Schoenstein, a 30-year mariners (STCW), including the designed to assist Seafarers in member of the SIU. ''The only 1995 amendments to that con­ complying with new and upcom­ information it contains is posi­ vention. It contains sections for ing regulations affecting mer­ tive information. listing a mariner's training as chant mariners throughout the "I also like the fact it's small well as his or her demonstrations industry. enough to easily carry with you." of various shipboard competen­ Seafarers and their families Similarly, Electrician Larry cies. packed the San Francisco hall Harris described the TRB as "a TRBs are being issued July 17 for a meeting that fea­ great way to verify that you have through the Hall Center to all tured presentations of TRBs to all the background information deep sea, Great Lakes and inland members. Many other topics also in one place. The TRB is a great Seafarers. Although there is not were covered, including new and idea, and the meeting was very yet a fixed date by which SIU revised courses at the Hall informational." members must carry a TRB in Center's Lundeberg School of TRBs also were presented to order to sign on a ship, the Seamanship, international stan­ Seafarers aboard the Sea-Land school hopes to equip every dards for merchant mariners, Defender and the Manoa, operat­ Seafarer with a TRB by the end the Seafarers Money Purchase ed by Matson. of the year, and members are Pension Plan, and current and Receiving their TRBs at the urged to apply for the books as potential shipboard employ­ union hall were Harris, soon as possible. ment opportunities for SIU Abdullah, Victor Frazier, Original TRBs will be issued members. Godofredo Melad, A. Moha­ at no charge, although Seafarers SIU President Michael med, James Rader, Mercurion applying for the booklets must Sacco, Executive Vice President Abuan, Lito Agosta, Jon Blas­ send two color, passport-size John Fay, Vice President quez, Patrick Briggs, Rafael photos with their applications. Contracts Augie Tellez and Hall Clemente, Elizabeth Coss, (There will be a $25 charge for Center Acting Vice President Donald Ganong, Robert Greg­ replacement books if lost.) TRBs Nick Marrone were on hand to gans, Paul Grepo, Sheng-Jen will be distributed by the Paul explain the various issues and Hsieh, Erik Jensen, Michael Hall Center to whichever port is answer members' questions. Noble, Stanley Paea, George designated by an individual Gathering aboard the Sea-Land Defender to talk about the TAB and "I thought the whole meeting Pino, Sonya Rabbon, Aldo Seafarer as his or her home port. other important issues are (from left, standing) SIU Executive Vice was really great," stated Santiago, John Sokolik, Alvin Members will sign a receipt indi­ President John Fay, Chief Cook John Stein, SIU Vice President West cating they have received the Coast George McCartney, Bosun John Schoenstein, AB Jessie James, Electrician Mohamed Abdul­ Solomon, James Sucy, Jesse SIU President Michael Sacco, Bosun Jim Foley and (kneeling) SIU San lah. "The new book is impres­ Ulibas and Oscar Wiley. booklet. Francisco Port Agent Nick Celona. sive, all the information is right Seafarers aboard the Sea­ The information entered by there. l.and Defender who received a individuals into the book will be "And our union is in good TRB included Schoenstein and supported and verified by a data­ shape as far as jobs, which is the Jessie James, while Luis Diaz, base maintained at the training bottom line. Between the job Ivan Zuluaga and C. Allen each facility.

r------,Training Record Book Application 1 I I Last First Middle I Date of Birth------SSN ------I I I I I

City State Zip Code I Height (inches) ___ Weight ___ Hair Color ___ Eye Color ___

Are you a graduate of the SHLSS entry level program? D Yes D No Have you ever attended any SHLSS Upgrading Courses? Yes No Posing for a photo following a meeting on the Manoa are (from left, back D D row) Assistant Cook Luis Diaz, SIU Executive Vice President John Fay, Book Number ____ Home Port------Department SIU President Michael Sacco, Chief Stewad Ivan Zuluaga, SIU Vice (where you want book sent to) President West Coast George McCartney, Chief Cook C. Allen, (front row} SIU San Francisco Port Agent Nick Celona and Lundeberg School Along with your completed application, please send the following information: Acting Vice President Nick Marrone. 1. Copy of USMMD (Z-card} front and back 2. Two (2) passport size photos 3. Copy of your STCW certificate (if applicable) 4. Copy of your SHLSS school card (if applicable) 5. Proof of any training received other than at SHLSS (certificates, cards, DD-214, etc.} (if applicable) .

Date ______Signature:------­

Send application to: SHLSS - ADMISSIONS Attn: TRB P.O. Box 75 Piney Point, MD 20674 __..,.. or give completed application to port agent

QMED Rafael Clemente (left photo} and Bosun Paul Grepo (right) each If the above application is not filled out completely and the requested information sent, the receives his TAB from SIU President Michael Sacco during last month's application will be considered invalid and void. This blank form may be copied. meeting in San Francisco. L------~ 4 Seafarers LOG August 1997 Osprey Saves Russian Mariner The SS Osprey's first voyage changed into dry clothing, an lifeboat "without incident." since the Gulf War proved any­ Osprey officer who understands a In a letter to the Seafarers thing but routine, as the small amount of the Russian lan­ LOG, Captain Christopher B. Seafarers-crewed vessel recently guage learned that he had trans­ Nette, operations manager at rescued a Russian mariner in the ferred earlier that day from the Osprey-Acomarit Ship Manage­ Aegean Sea. Tuapse to the Kapitan Putilin ment, commended the mariners After discharging a cargo of (both are Russian-flag tankers) for their flawless rescue. "We are farm equipment June 2 in the "and was unhappy about it," pleased to have a very profession­ Russian ports of Illychevsk and Torjusen wrote. 'Though he did al, hard-working crew on the SS Novorossiysk, the Osprey, oper­ not admit to it, I believe he Osprey and they deserve recogni­ ated by Osprey-Acomarit Ship jumped over the side." tion for their efforts," he wrote. Management, began its return The captain arranged to put SIU members aboard the voyage to the U.S. East Coast Ivan ashore in Greece, which Osprey during the rescue were when crewmembers spotted the would have been a minor devia­ Bosun Robert Lindsay, ABs Russian seaman. According to the tion from the Osprey's route. Duanne Costello, Francois account filed by the Osprey, However, I van "managed to say Loiselle, Trawn Gooeh, Justin Captain John Torjusen called out that he thought the Tuapse was in Savage and Michael Williams, all hands for lookouts as well as to the area and he might be able to QMED Richard Williams, DEU verify everyone was accounted for. contact them on VHF," the report Levi Rollins, OMUs Angelo The Osprey moved closer to the notes. "The Tuapse was nearby, Dunklin, Darrell McDonald and man in distress, then launched its so we set a course to intercept." Stephen McCormick, Steward­ port lifeboat. Quickly and effi­ When the Tuapse's captain Baker Justo Lacayo, Chief Cook ciently, the lifeboat crew secured confirmed that Ivan had been a Kevin Marchand, SA Tyrone the Russian, Jakob I van, and crewmember aboard that vessel Brazle and Unlicensed Ap­ brought him safely aboard ship. and agreed to pick him up at sea, prentices Peter Hein and Daniel Crewmembers of the SS Osprey assist a Russian mariner aboard the After I van showered and the Osprey transferred him via Wooster. ship after rescuing him in the Aegean Sea. Labor Event Honors Angelos Mobile Hall Doubles as Disaster Relief Site in Aftermath of Hurricane Danny While Hurricane Danny wiped out tree limbs and roofs in Mobile, Ala. and its neighboring communities on the weekend of July 19-20, the real action in the SIU hall in that southern Alabama town began hours after the storm moved east. In the storm's aftermath, the union's facility has been serving as an American Red Cross disas­ SIU officials, city and state politicians and many other well-wishers ter relief headquarters. Red Cross participated in a recent event in Baltimore honoring Peter Angelos, owner of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and a labor personnel from around the coun­ lawyer. Sponsored by the Baltimore AFL-CIO Central Labor try arrived in Mobile July 21 to Council's committee on political action, the affair spotlighted help the port city's residents cope Angelos' long record of backing union workers. Angelos frequently with the aftermath. They brought represented rank-and-file workers who had been harmed by with them forms, computers and asbestos contacted on the job. More recently, he was the only base­ telephones that turned the meet­ ball owner who refused to use scab players during the baseball ing area of the Seafarers hall into strike in 1995. Pictured above (from left) at the May 29 function are SIU Assistant Vice President Bob Pomerlane, Baltimore Sheriff an administrative disaster relief John Anderson, Maryland Governor Parris Glendening and SIU office. Vice President Contracts Augie Tellez. "Our facility suffered very lit­ tle damage from Danny," Mobile Use of the Mobile hall as a disaster relief center for Hurricane Danny Port Agent Dave Carter said of victims shows continued cooperation between members of the AFL­ liunstream Crew Rescues the storm that sat over Mobile CIO and the Red Cross. Posing for a photo are (from left) Billy Tindle, Bay for nearly 18 hours and Alabama AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer; Dave Carter, SIU port agent; Lois Grady-Wesbecher, Red Cross director of disaster operations; Woman Biten by Alligator dumped almost 40 inches of rain Stewart Burkhalter, Alabama AFL-CIO president; and Kirk Patrick, in some locations. (During the Alabama AFL-CIO community services liaison to the Red Cross. The 12-6 watch is usually pretty uneventful aboard the SIU-crewed peak of the storm, SIU-crewed Jesse B. Gunstream, a Higman Barge Lines Inc. tug that moors on the Crescent tugs were called to set up temporary living quarters, tor of disaster operations for the south bank of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near the West Port Bender's Shipyard to push aves­ provided for clothing and helped Red Cross, thanked the union and Arthur (Texas) Bridge. But on the morning of June 19, as Tankerman sel to the dock.) find food for the storm's victims, its mem~rs for providing the hall Barrett Hickey was nearing the end of that watch, he heard strange ''We were ready to help the the union's operations continued as a relief site. sounds from outside the boat. Red Cross in whatever way we unimpeded. Members could take 'The donation and use of this Upon investigating the source of the noise, Hickey spotted a woman care of their business at the hall's facility exemplifies the great thrashing about in the water and screaming that she had been attacked could because our hall is listed as counter, and job calls were held cooperation and the invaluable by an alligator. a voluntary site in cases of emer­ With the help of other crewmembers aboard the tug, he pulled the gencies," added Carter on schedule. partnerships formed between 25-year-old Port Arthur woman aboard and tried to make her as com­ While the Red Cross officials Lois Grady-Wesbecher, direc- organized labor and the American fortable as possible. Red Cross,'' Grady-Wesbecher Ginger S. Norwood, personnel manager at Higman, said the crew noted. tried to quiet the woman-who had puncture wounds on both legs and her rib cage in addition to scratches on her arms and abdomen-and keep her from going into shock. An ambulance was called to transport the stricken woman to the hospital. Two alligators previously had been sighted by Gunstream crewmembers, and U.S. Coast Guard officials and Port Arthur hospital personnel indicated the wounds were consiste11t with alligator bites. According to reports given to Coast Guard investigators, the woman had had a fight with her boyfriend and was trying to swim across the waterway when she got caught in a strong current and was attacked by the alligator. At the time Barrett found her, she had already swum about a mile. The Seafarers aboard the tugboat received praise from the Coast Guard in Galveston, Texas in the form of a letter of recognition. Norwood added Higman's commendation of the events that transpired. "We are proud of the actions taken by the crew," she said. In addition to Barrett, other crewmembers aboard the Gunstream were Capt. Tommy Adams, Relief Captain Wayne Williams and Tankermen Randall Cooper and Cecil Williams. Higman Barge Lines Inc., based in Orange, Texas, operates tug­ Setting up a computer in the Mobile hall to assist the victims of boats and barges along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and its tribu­ Hurricane Danny is Bob Hail of the Red Cross disaster relief opera- The Mobile Seafarers hall parking taries from Texas to Alabama. tions. He is part of the agency's rapid response team. lot filled with Red Cross vehicles. August 1997 Seafarers LOG 5 r------~--.-...... ------"""'7"l~----_...--...... ---_. ... __...,,.______.._ __...... ~-·~ ~------~------

More than Quarter Million Paid to Mariners After Sailing Seven Months Without Any Pay Crew Refused to Leave Runaway-Flag Ship Until Owner Showed Them the Money Thanks to the efforts of SIU claimed it had placed $70,000 Representative Spiro Varras, into the accounts of the crew's Ukrainian mariners aboard a families in the Ukraine. Calls Liberian-flagged bulker ob­ home revealed no new money in tained all their wages for the the banks. The company decep­ previous seven months of work, tively claimed the Ukrainian as well as air fare home and banks were slow, which would repatriation expenses, after they cause a delay in the postings. refused to sail their ship. Finally, around 2 p.m. on Varras, who also serves as an June 19, the back pay was deliv­ inspector in the port of New ered to the Skvira. The crew still York-New Jersey for the refused to allow the new International Transport Workers mariners aboard until everyone Federation (ITF), handled nego­ was paid and the company tiations for the crew during the signed a statement that no disci­ six days the mariners tied up the plinary or legal actions would ship in the port of Newark, NJ. be taken against the strikers. The 24 crewmembers of the Then, the gangway was low­ Skvira received more than ered and the new crew came $270,000 on June 19 after not aboard. By 3 a.m. on June 20, receiving a penny in wages or the vessel was sailing for Brazil, allotments since signing on instead of Canada, because the November 12, 1996. job action had cost the company The ITF had been aware of the charter. the plight of the Skvira for sev­ "The crewmembers were very eral months before the vessel grateful and happy that we did arrived in Newark, according to this for them,'' Varras recalled. "I Varras. He was put on alert was so busy with this that I was about the vessel's arrival in a The Skvira crew celebrates the disbursement of wages owed them. In the middle of the group (in the neck­ able to sleep only about four or June 2 letter from ITF headquar­ tie) is SIU Representative and ITF Inspector Spiro Varras. five hours each day and lost my ters in London voice at the end." (The I1F is a worldwide feder­ owned by a person or group in ITF. Otherwise, nobody of the ation of more than 470 transporta­ one country registering the vessel crew would find the job any­ tion-related trade unions, includ­ in a non-traditional maritime where in Ukraine and its locali­ ing the SIU. Its seafarers division nation like Liberia and hiring ties in the future." is actively fighting the use of run­ crews from still other nations in The Skvira crew closed its away-flag shipping, which order to avoid meeting the labor, request for help with, "We hope involves vessels, like the Skvira, wage, safety and tax laws of the for your assistance and do owner's home country.) believe in getting our salary and 'The sea/arers A representative of the I1F repatriation soon." had boarded the vessel in The Liberian-flag bulker themselves were Beaumont, Texas in March after arrived in Newark on June 10 the federation was notified the with a load of iron ore from completely with­ crew had not been paid for four Brazil. The crew agreed to months, violating its ITF­ offload the ore, which took three out funds so that approved contract. At that time, days, before beginning its job the vessel's owner, Romantic action. when they arrived Seafarer Ltd. of Monrovia, Varras met with the crew for Liberia, promised in writing that the first time on June 11 and in a port, they did the crew would be paid no later began contacting the ITF, not have even a than March 31. Romantic Seafarer Ltd. and the However, neither the crew­ ship's charterer, Interamericas token to use for a nor their families in the Marine Transport of Liberia, for Ukraine-received any money. help. bus to go any­ Several weeks after the March "Most of the seafarers had 31 deadline, the crew again noti­ wives and children, all left to where.' fied the I1F that no one had been live in misery so long and with­ paid. The crew went so far as to out any money," Varras reported tell the I1F that following its rep­ after first meeting with the crew. -ITF Inspector Spiro Varras resentative's visit in Texas, "We "The seafarers themselves were about the Ukrainian crew were gathered by the Master and completely without funds so striking aboard the strictly warned on behalf of the that when they arrived in a port, Ukrainian crewmembers wave in the port of Newark, N.J. from the deck Liberian-flag Skvira employer to keep away from the they did not have even a token to of the Skvira during their six-day strike for seven months of back pay. use for a bus to go anywhere." Following the discharge of the cargo on June 13, the captain, chief engineer and chief mate ordered the crew to make the Skvira ready to sail to Canada. The crew refused and posted a sign stating "Crew on strike. No 7 months pay-no sailing." The crew pulled up the gang­ way and refused to let anyone, except Varras, aboard the ship. This included the pilot who had been called out to take the ship from the harbor. On June 14, Romantic Seafarer sent a new crew to New Jersey to replace the mariners on strike. Again, the crew on board refused to lower the gang­ way until they received the more Signs announcing why the crew was on strike were displayed through­ than $270,000 in back pay. The Liberian-flag Skvira remained tied up until more than $270,000 out the ship. By June 16, Romantic Seafarer was brought aboard to cover the wages of the Ukrainian crew. 6 Seafarers LOG August 1997 Seafarers Crew Fourth Maersk Containership To Join U.S.-Flag Fleet

Delegates and guests fills the auditorium at the Paul Hall Center for the tenth UIW quadrennial convention. Organizing Remains Top Goal for UIW Organizing new members is a top priority of the United Industrial Workers (UIW), the union emphasized last month dur­ ing its tenth quadrennial conven­ Safety is of paramount importance aboard all SIU-contracted shi~s. including the Maersk California. Above (from left), Bosun Maurillo tion. Zepeda, AB Ron Webb, Chief Cook Jose Guzman, Second Engineer The UIW, an affiliate of the John Linton and AB Joseph Laine take part in a fire drill. Seafarers International Union, represents workers employed in The reflagging of four modem Maersk containerships earlier this the manufacturing, service and year represents new job opportunities for Seafarers. government sectors. One of those vessels, the Maersk California, recently called on the In addition to outlining strate­ gies for providing union repre­ port of Houston, where it was met by SIU Patrolman Mike Calhoun. sentation to workers currently not The California sails a Mediterranean run. members of labor organizations, ''The SIU crew aboard the California is working very hard to make delegates to the convention also this new venture a success," noted Calhoun. "They understand ifs not elected new national and regional Delegate Donna Christian-Green, common, unfortunately, for ships to reflag under the Stars and Stripes, officers, reaffirmed a commit­ UIW National Director Steve and they're determined to help prove this was a good move." Edney emphasizes the opportuni­ member of the House of Repre­ ment to political action and sentatives, urges increased politi­ The California along with sister ships Maersk Colorado, Maersk ty and need to organize new spelled out numerous other goals. members. cal activity for working Americans. Texas and Maersk Tennessee formerly flew the Danish flag. Now, In presenting their individual however, they are enrolled in the U.S. Maritime Security Program reports to the convention, which Harbor Commission and the City ers-including preservation of (MSP) and crewed by Seafarers in the unlicensed ranks and members took place July 28-29 at the Paul Council of Long Beach, Calif., good jobs in the U.S.-their top of the American Maritime Officers for licensed positions. Hall Center for Maritime the UIW spearheaded drives to priority when considering the Authorized under the Maritime Security Act of 1996, the MSP calls Training and Education in Piney preserve the famous Hotel Queen passage or expansion of any trade for a IO-year, $1 billion program supporting approximately 50 Point, Md., UIW officials consis­ Mary and the Tri-Union tuna can­ agreement. They also affirmed American-flag vessels that are militarily useful. Ships enrolled in the tently stressed the weight of orga­ nery. Hundreds of UIW members their support of legislation cur­ program must be made available to the U.S. armed forces to provide nizing. are employed at each shop. rently in the House which aims to sealift in times of war or national emergency, as well as to transport "I truly believe that this is the Delegate Donna Christian­ revise NAFfA to make it more military cargo in times of peace. best time in many years to orga­ Green, a member of the U.S. fair for workers as well as protect In addition to the four U.S.-flag containerships, Maersk operates nize," stated UIW National House of Representatives and one the environment or, failing that, to other American-flag ships for the U.S. Military Sealift Command that Director Steve Edney. "People are of the guest speakers at the UIW mandate U.S. withdrawal from are crewed by Seafarers. more receptive to unions. People convention, also underscored the the agreement. slowly are becoming more edu­ need for political activity. In other news from the con­ cated about the benefits of union "Every American worker, man vention, delegates assailed legis­ membership." and woman, must become more lation that would replace over­ SIU President Michael Sacco, and more involved in politics," time pay with compensatory time who was reelected as president of said Christian-Green, a former off. the UIW, said that nothing short UIW member whose district of "survival" is at stake when it includes the U.S. Virgin Islands comes to organizing. ''Any union of St. Croix and St. Thomas. "We, Veterans' Status that wants to be around in the 21st as workers, have always been the century better organize," he heart and soul of America. Our Supported by MTD noted. "Workers deserve union charge is to fight for America at Continued from page 3 representation. And as long as the union hall, in the there are bosses, workers must community-and at the ballot demonstrates that this interde­ have unions. Anyone who works box." pendence did not stop suddenly for a living knows that's the at midnight on August 14, 1945. truth." 'Net arlous' NAFTA ''To be certain, offensive oper­ As in the UIW convention of ations c.eased on that date .... With Gibraltar in the background, crewmembers pose for a photo on PolHlc I Action 1993, the North American Free However, lives were lost and deck. Pictured, from left, are AB Peter Funk, Chief Cook Jose Guzman, Officials and delegates also Trade Agreement (NAFTA) ships were sunk (afterward). Electrician Bob Hamil (who sent these photos to the Seafarers LOG), concurred that the UIW must AB Keith Kirby, Chief Steward Kris Hopkins and GVA Abdulla Mohsin. proved a major topic during the Disbanding of the military char­ remain politically active. '97 gathering. Christian-Green acteristics of our merchant "Politics is everything. It has said the trade pact's "most nefari­ marine did not take place entirely changed the flow of rivers," said ous legacy is that it has strength­ on V-J Day, nor did demobiliza­ Bill Dobbins, vice president of ened the bargaining position of tion of our Armed Forces occur the UIW's Great Lakes region. "If management, who constantly suddenly. Both continued you can't deal in politics, you threaten to leave the U.S. and its through 1946 over many give up your right to exist." territories. They intimidate work­ months." UIW representatives from the ers. The only winners under The MTD chronicle includes union's West Coast region noted NAFfA are the corporations, recent letters from merchant that political action during the whose profits have gone up." mariners who sailed between past year played an important part Delegates unanimously passed August 15, 1945 and the end of in the successful efforts to save a resolution urging Congress and 1946. They point out that some two large UIW shops. Working the administration to make fair 23 U.S.-flag merchant ships were closely with the Los Angeles treatment of American work- damaged or destroyed by mines during that period, with resultant injuries and loss of life. They also note that merchant ships remained under military control, and civilian mariners legally were bound to obey orders from Navy and Army personnel. As reported in previous issues of the Seafarers LOG, there are bills in the House and Senate that would extend the cutoff date. The Maersk California reflagged under the Stars and Stripes last April in Delegates show their support for the national UIW officers elected dur­ Neither has had a committee Spain. It joined three other Maersk containerships in the U.S.-flag fleet. ing the convention. hearing. August 1997 Seafarers LOii 7 School Passes Coast Guard Audit With Flying Colors The Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education recently received top marks from the U.S. Coast Guard during a customary audit of 11 courses previously approved by the agency. In accordance with federal guidelines, the Coast Guard at least once per year must review various aspects of such classes and the training facilities where they are taught. "It is noteworthy that there were no discrepancies found during the audit of your courses," stated John K. Cassady, chief of the Coast Guard regional examination center (REC) in Baltimore, in a letter to the center. ''The Coast Guard appreciates the efforts you have taken in the field of maritime training and extends its wishes for the continued success of the training programs offered by your institution," added Cassady, who conducted the review June 16-18 at the facil­ ity in Piney Point, Md. The following classes were examined: water survival, radar Preparing for a day of classroom study and on-the-job training, Seafarers join with Maritrans officials and observer, bridge management, able seaman, visual communication instructor Mitch Oakley (standing, rear) to complete the requirements for the tankerman endorsement. (flashing light), celestial navigation, basic firefighting, advanced firefighting, liquefied gas tanker familiarization, tankerman assis­ tant, and tankerman barge-person in charge (PIC). Afaritrans Boatmen Complete Hall Center's Cassady analyzed Coast Guard-approved changes to the curric­ ula, instructors' qualifications, proper filing of records with the RECs, record-keeping at the school, classroom attendance, written Tankerman Barge Course in Philadelphia exams and reports of practical exams, grading systems, classroom Forty-three Seafarers who equipment the men work with on Philadelphia region. However, layout and training aids. work aboard Maritrans tugs and a daily basis to illustrate the before the Maritrans Seafarers "We believe the results of this audit reflect the high quality of barges seized the opportunity to course material. It was an excel­ are able to renew their merchant our classes and instructors," said Bill Eglinton, director of voca­ take the Lundeberg School's lent course." he added. mariner's document, they must tional education at the school. Coast Guard-approved tanker­ At the company's request, the complete a firefighting class. For a list of upcoming classes available through the end of this man barge-person in charge two-week Lundeberg School 'This was a terrific group," year at the center, see page 23. The school is working on its 1998 schedule, which will be published in a future issue of the Seafare rs (PIC) course when it was con­ course was condensed into four stated Oakley. "The company LOG. ducted in Philadelphia last sessions in order not to disrupt made everyone feel comfortable, month. This was the first time the members' work schedules. The and the union members and man­ class was offered at a site other Maritrans boatmen were split agement worked well together to Lundeberg School Brings Safety than the Paul Hall Center cam- into two separate groups in order help me provide the best training pus. to comply with federal regula­ possible. Everything turned out Training to Jax Crowley Seafarers "I think it was a great idea to tions that limit class size to 25 great." bring the course here to us," stat­ students per installment. The Coast Guard regulation Emergency first aid, haz­ ''This was one of the best ed William "Tanlc" Lehew. a Although firefighting is creating the new tankerman ardous waste response (haz­ groups I have ever taught," stat­ tankennan who sails aboard included when the course is barge-PIC endorsement stem woper) and accident prevention ed Taylor. "It was a good learn­ Maritrans vessels. "It was very offered at the Paul Hall Center, it from the Oil Pollution Act of were among the main topics ing environment. All of the convenient and helped us get the was not available to the 1990. The regulation's intent is addressed at the Jacksonville, members were very happy to training we need to have the new Philadelphia boatmen. That part to improve safety in the han­ Aa. union hall last month to have us at the hall teaching tankerman endorsement listed on of the course has to be given at an dling, transfer and transporta­ SIU members who sail aboard them things that are essential to our document. I'd love to see approved firefighting location, tion of hazardous liquid car­ Crowley tugs. their jobs. Everyone was more classes from the Lundeberg and none was available in the goes. More than 30 Seafarers pleased." he added. School taught here," he said. anended the health and safety Other subjects covered at the course taught by Lundeberg Jacksonville hall included basic The tankennan barge-PIC School instructors Casey chemistry of hazardous materi­ course was developed so SIU Taylor, Mark Jones and Rick als; use and care of different members could comply with Redman from June 30 to July 2. safety and breathing equipment; Coast Guard regulations that The Crowley Seafarers confined space entry; emer­ went into effect March 31. All earned certificates for complet· gency first aid and CPR; sam­ mariners involved in the han­ ing an 8-hour hazwoper refresh­ pling techniques; emergency dling, transfer and transportation er course that was part of the response plans and decontami­ of oil and other hazardous liquid on-site training. That curricu· nation. cargoes in bulk aboard vessels lum primarily focused on the Crowley Seafarers who have must provide proof of complet­ identification of hazardous completed the three-day course ing a Coast Guard-approved materials. use of protective gear should be able to identify a haz­ tankerman barge-PIC course and and procedures for contacting ardous material, monitor its a firefighting course to have the emergency personnel. danger level, select and use the new endorsement listed on their Dominic Lasenna, a second appropriate safety gear (such as documents. The Coast Guard mate who sails aboard Crowley boots, gloves, protective suits, requires both the rating and the tugs, noted this was the third etc.), contain a spill (whether training for .all tankermen. on-site hazwoper course offered the hazardous material is only Mitch Oakley instructed the by Crowley and the Paul Hall onboard the vessel or also is in Maritrans boatmen on the trans­ Center that he has completed in the water), and identify the ferring, loading and unloading of Jacksonville. · solution needed for decontami­ various liquids and liquefied "In each session I have nation of the equipment. Above, the Lundeberg School's tankerman barge-person in charge learned a little more, and this Mike Godbey, manager of gases. Because the Coast Guard regulation requires mariners to (PIC) course, which has been approved by the U.S. Coast Guard, was course proved to be the best one training for Crowley Marine recently conducted at Maritrans company headquarters in Philadelphia. yet," stated Lasenna, who joined Services, noted that he was demonstrate their skills through Below, hands-on training took place on the tugs and barges tied up at the SIU in 1992. "I really pleased with the course, which hands-on testing, some sessions the docks, just across the street from the headquarters building. enjoyed going over the material the company requested. "We have were held on company vessels and combining it with Crowley's a good working relationship with docked on the Schuylkill River general safety requirements. I the school, and one of the ser­ near Maritrans headquarters. am more aware than ever of what vices we like to take advantage of "The location was excellent," I am working with on a daily is the on-site training. Bringing recalled Bob Bauman, operations basis. The instructors were the instructors to the crews bene­ manager for Maritrans. "The excellent," he stated. fits everyone," he said. instructor was able to use the • Poor Maintenance Doomed Ferry Estonia in 1994 According to recent newspaper reports, the the 50-degree waters, in which a person can live committee investigating the September 1994 sink­ only for a few hours. ing of the ferry Estonia has concluded that poor The ferry sank in the early morning hours dur­ maintenance-rather than inferior construction ing a storm 20 nautical miles off the Finnish coast, -caused the accident, which killed 852 people. after locks on the bow doors failed. That allowed In one of the worst ferry accidents in recent his­ water to rush into the vehicle deck which held some tory, the Estonian-flag ship capsized and plunged to 400 to 460 cars and about 30 trucks. depths of 250 feet in the Baltic Sea, while en route The governments of Sweden, Estonia and to Stockholm. About 140 people survived despite Finland jointly investigated the accident.

B Seafarers LOG August 1997 Second Cook Brian DeMeritt begins lunch preparations for crewmembers aboard the American Mariner. Summer Season Greets Great lakes Seafarers The tranquil waters and gentle breezes released from its secured position on deck of summer on the Great Lakes are a wel­ above the hatch covers and swung over come sight for Seafarers who sail aboard the area where the cargo is deposited. A the American Mariner. conveyor belt, which runs the length of Work for Seafarers aboard the the ship under the cargo hatches, is then American Steamship Co. vessel has been started, and gatemen and conveyormen nonstop since it broke out of its winter watch the offloading and release cargo berth in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. in March. The from designated holds. When the job is 730-foot vessel normally hauls iron ore completed, the vessel is secured again and and coal during the Great Lakes season. sails to its next port either to offload or However, in April, the laker was chartered take on more cargo. by Richardson Grain Co. in Superior, Wis. Making sure the American Mariner is to carry a load of oats to Toledo, Ohio. ready for action each day are Conveyor­ In order to deliver the unusual cargo, man Randy Frank and Gateman Musid crewmembers had to clean the holds for Elmodhji. The pair maintains the watch the grain. Because the American Mariner on the vessel's offloading system. is equipped with self-unloading equip­ The rollers, which guide the conveyor ment, the oats were offloaded quickly and belt, are made of Teflon and can become efficiently, and the laker resumed its regu­ frayed with continual use. The engine lar schedule immediately. department crew is always on the lookout The American Mariner was built with a for anything that could hamper conveyor conveyor boom system that allows iron operations on the vessel. ore, coal and stone to be taken directly The American Mariner typically sails from the ship to shoreside storage facili­ into December or early January when ice ties. formations in the harbors and on the Lakes Once docked, the conveyor boom is force the vessel into port until spring.

Wheelsman Jeffery Davis begins offloading the oats from the cargo holds of the American Mariner. Following dinner aboard the American Mariner, Porter James Martineau cleans the counter. While the oats are offloaded in Toledo, crewmembers take a break to pose for a photo on the deck of the American Mariner. From the left are Deckhand Robert Jewell, Watchman Daniel Bancock and Wheelsman Kenneth Bluitt.

Securing a docking line on the deck of the The American Mariner was chartered by a Superior, Wis. grain company to carry a load of AB/Watchman Raymond Spooner looks for­ American Mariner is Conveyorman Randy oats to Toledo, Ohio. Pictured above, the American Steamship Co. vessel offloads the ward to another busy summer of sailing on Frank. cargo at a Toledo storage facility. the Great Lakes. August 1997 Seafarers LOG 9 Chief Steward Rose Feels Magic ofJerusalem "Some people have to save for a lifetime just to city that have a special meaning in her life. get to visit the different countries that Seafarers "The ship's agent arranged for the car with no have the opportunity to travel to as part of their expected red tape," she wrote in a letter to the work," exclaimed Chief Steward Franchesca Rose Seafarers LOG, accompanied by the photographs following a recent voyage to Israel aboard the on this page. "The two-hour drive from Ashdod to Liberty Sun. Jerusalem was pleasant and carefree. Once in the The freighter, which is operated by Liberty old city, however, the traffic congestion was very Maritime Corp., was scheduled to do a split dis- tiresome. You can easily take a wrong tum, which I charge of bulk grain-two days in Haifa and the did, but the people were very helpful." remainder in Ashdod, allowing her time to explore She entered the city through the Damascus Gate the Holy Land. and met Abed, a man born and raised within Old The 34-year-old chief steward, who is graduating Jerusalem, who served as her guide. He took her this month from the steward recertification program along the path of Jesus, walking the 12 Stations of at Piney Point, Md., the highest level of training for the Cross, up to the Mount of Calvary to the Church steward department members at the Lundeberg of the Holy Sepulchre. There, she lit candles to School, loves studying different cultures and meet- bless the SIU and its officials who, she said, have ing new people. She has traveled to ports all over provided her with values, goals and a career. the world and had been to both Israeli ports before. "There is most certainly a magical feeling about This time, however, she decided to rent a car and Jerusalem," Rose added. ''To those of you who may drive to the capital city of Jerusalem, leaving her have the opportunity to make a trip over to Ashdod the time and freedom to visit those places in the old or Haifa, I strongly recommend a day trip to Jerusalem." Rose, who began her seafaring career in her native Hawaii in 1984 aboard the American Hawaii Cruise ships, has worked her way up the steward depart­ ment ladder, taking advantage of educational opportunities at the Paul Hall Center for advance­ ment in the career she loves. She says she has a lot to be thankful for, and credits the SIU with turning her life around; the Lord for her abiding faith; and her mother for teaching her disci­ pline-and how to cook! She Chief Steward Franchesca Rose stands before the Dome of the Rock, hopes to continue sailing for sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike. It is believed to be the many years and to set a positive place where the prophet Muhammed ascended to heaven and also the example for the young people now site where Abraham offered his only son, Isaac, as a sacrifice in obedi­ entering the maritime industry. ence to God's command (God provided a ram as a substitute offering).

In this interior view of Jesus Christ's tomb, located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Franchesca Rose stands in front of the walls which are adorned with icons from early Although all Christian religions are present within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the early Greek Orthodox times. Greek Orthodox presence abounds, as seen in these icons which surround Christ's tomb. 10 Seafarers LOG August 1997 Shelter • from a Storm USNS Victorious Be&iends Eagle in Northern Pacl6c Gale-force winds and turbulent seas who took the photos accompanying this did not deter the arrival of a special guest article. "We definitely were sailing where aboard the USNS Victorious. The visitor, a eagles shouldn't have been flying. If he young Americari Bald Eagle, sought hadn't seen us, he probably would have refuge from a storm aboard the SIU­ perished.'' crewed military vessel that was more than In a letter sent to the Seafarers LOG 100 miles from land in the Pacific Ocean. from the USNS Victorious, Captain "He came on my watch. It was right Heather Fortner noted that the eagle was about midnight. There was a storm going about 3 feet tall and weighed approxi­ on. The wind was blowing about 35 mately 20 pounds. The captain stated that knots," recalled SIU hawsepiper Michael crewmembers determined the bird was Coulbourne, who was sailing as second very young because its head had not mate. developed the full white plumage of an was going, and he was a lot stronger than "He almost hit the window on the adult bald eagle and its talons were when he first arrived," stated Coulbourne. bridge. I think he saw the light or some­ smooth. "Whatever kind of eagle it was, it was well thing," said the Chesapeake, Va. native ''The eagle had a hard time perching on taken care of by the crew of the USNS Vic­ the anchor windlass and the bits because torious, and the raw steak consumption on they are made out of steel. OS Ryan the ship went up for those five days!" con­ Webster built a perch for it with wood he cluded the captain. got by disassembling a pallet. The eagle moved to this new location and stayed there until he departed five days after his arrival," recalled Fortner. The bird refused to eat meat that was ground or cut, so Chief Cook Kenneth Greenidge prepared raw steak fillets to feed the eagle twice a day. Because none of the crew got too close to the eagle, its sex was never detennined. So the bird was named VictorMctoria by the USNS Victorious crew. However, according to Webster, the eagle was very gentle, and he "even petted him once." As the sky darkened with an approach­ ing storm on the fifth day of Victor/ Victoria's visit, the eagle suddenly flew At left, SIU hawsepiper Michael Coul­ from its safe haven on the ship's deck. But bourne, who now sails as a second mate, crewmembers were optimistic about the visits with the eagle, which was named fate of their feathered friend. VictorNictoria. Above, Chief Cook Kenneth Greenidge fed the eagle raw steak fillets "He seemed to know exactly where he twice a day.

'The lifeboat must look as good today as it did when the Captain Calloway Restores Old Lifeboat J.B. John first came out of the Long Island City (New York) shipyard 72 years ago. It was a 'Labor of Love' Unites Seafarer With Remnant of His First Ship hard job, but it all came together Spending countless hours approached the project as a rep­ well and I had a good time. I am restoring a 72-year-old lifeboat resentative of the Seafarers very proud of my work," said that had been stationed aboard a International Union and let Calloway. former Great Lakes vessel was a everyone know that I was a The J.B. John lifeboat is cur­ "labor of lm'e" for Captain Lon proud union member. I wanted rently displayed on the city's Calloway. The lifeboat was part the union's name associated with main pier in Petoskey Waterfront of the equipment aboard the J.B. the project as much as my name Park. A plaque acknowledging John, the cement ship on which was," said Calloway. the efforts of CalJoway and the Calloway began his sailing 'The city gave me the finest Seafarers International Union career more than two decades tools, equipment and materials will be mounted on the lifeboat ago. available, and I set up shop in the during a special dedication cere­ Built in 1925, the 250-foot parks and recreation garage in mony scheduled to take place J.B. John transported cement downtown Petoskey. I put a Sea­ later this summer. along the Lakes for Penn-Dixie farers International Union sign Calloway's attraction to sail­ Cement Corp. in Petoskey, outside the door and went to work. ing began with the J.B. John and Mich., Calloway's hometown. 'The project was popular and evolved into a lifelong career. 'The J.B. John was the vessel people would stop by to talk and After spending two seasons on that began it all for me in 1974. see how I was doing. Many old­ the bulker, Calloway joined the When I read an article in the timers who used to sail on the U.S. Coast Guard and was local paper calling on volunteers J.B. John also came down. Penn­ assigned to Alaska. When he to help restore the ship's original Dixie once was the area's largest retired from active duty, he start­ lifeboat, I responded immediate­ employer," he noted. . ed sailing as a captain aboard ly," recalled Calloway. For weeks, Calloway labored passenger ferries in that state. In When the J.B. John was Captain Lon Calloway proudly poses next to the 72-year-old lifeboat he to restore the lifeboat to its origi­ 1992, Calloway moved his fami­ spent the. winter restoring. The lifeboat had been stationed on the J.B. decommissioned in the 1960s, nal condition, which was no easy ly back to his native Michigan John, the vessel upon which Calloway began his sailing career 23 where he became an SIU mem­ the lifeboat was presented to the years ago. task. He had to strip the craft ship's chief electrician, a long­ down to its steel frame, prime it ber, working as a captain aboard time crewmember. Two years perfect winter project for me," ability needed to reconstruct the and coat it with a fresh layer of Arnold Transit ferries. ago the lifeboat was donated to said the 45-year-oJd Seafarer. lifeboat. white paint. Calloway refinished As captain of the Chippewa, a the Petoskey Historical Society A combination of old age and As a member of the SIU, the wooden gunwales, created a 600-passenger ferry that trans­ by a family member of the for­ neglect had left the boat in a Calloway wanted the residents new float line and stripped 14 ports visitors between St. Ignace, mer chief electrician. dilapidated condition. Several and officials of Petoskey to layers of paint from the lifeboat's Mich. and Mackinac Island, "I had just helped put the different Petoskey residents had understand that unions are about four oars. Mich., Calloway maintains a Medusa Conquest in for the sea­ attempted to restore the craft but more than just jobs. He wanted "Using old photos as my very busy schedule during the son when I read the article about abandoned the project due to the to show the commitment of guide, I restenciled the name tourist season, from May to efforts to restore my old lifeboat. complexity of the repairs. unions and their members to onto the lifeboat. I also repainted October. When the ferry season I had both the time and the skills However, Calloway, who recon­ their communities by restoring the passenger capacity and the ends, he works aboard Great needed to get the boat back to its ditions nautical artifacts as a the historic maritime artifact. cubic feet onto the boat's side," Lakes cargo ships as an AB until original state. It sounded like the hobby, had the knowledge and "From the beginning, I Calloway stated. the vessels tie up for the winter.

August 1997 Seafarers LOG 11 HEN THE SEAFARERS in Piney Point, Md. saw modest facilities and a bare bones curricu­ Harry Lundeberg School of lum. Paul Hall detected much more. Seamanship opened in August Intensely convinced that voca­ 1967, most who visited the site tional training would become increasingly essential for U.S. mer­ chant mariners, the then-SIU presi­ dent understood the school's enor­ mous potential. He saw beyond the tiny bungalows and small number of classes. And although the facility provided short-term benefits as well, Hall conceived and committed to its construction because he fore­ saw the school becoming a staple of SIU members' careers. As in so many other subjects, Hall's judgment about the Lundeberg School proved correct. This month, as the union and the school commemorate the 30th anniversary of its opening, the Lundeberg School is more impor­ tant than ever to Seafarers. Hailed as a model of labor-management cooperation, it becomes more effec­ tive with each passing year. The campus, dedicated in 1991 as the Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education, now houses the largest school for boatmen and unlicensed mariners in the United States. It consistently has expanded its influence in the industry through top-notch training and close involvement with devel­ opments in the maritime trades. In recent years, the center has had extensive input in international forums profoundly affecting the firmly convinced that education was Institute, a trade association of livelihoods of America's merchant the single most important thing to U.S.-flag shipping companies. mariners. These activities have seamen. helped protect the job security of "He knew they would benefit Constant Improvement SIU members. from vocational education, but he Perhaps the most consistent ''Paul Hall would not be sur­ also recognized that the more they thing about the Hall Center is that it prised at the success the school has learned, the better they would be never has stopped changing. Year Best known for its outstanding courses, the school also after year, the school constantly has has enjoyed a long-standing reputation as a "good feeder,• achieved," observed Herbert Brand, able to develop other skills," added whether in the trainee cafeteria (above) or in the other din­ who worked closely with Hall for Brand, who serves as chairman of revised ahd improved its course ing areas. more than three decades. "He was the board for the Transportation schedule to stay a step ahead of the industry's needs. 'The school is driven by one main goal: providing the best­ From Modest Beginnings, Hall Center Evolves trained merchant seamen in the world," stated SIU President Michael Sacco, who served as the Into Dynamic, Comprehensive Training Facility school's vice president from 1968 to 1978. "That has never changed, and it never will change." Today, the privately funded cen­ ter-which is jointly operated by the union and SIU-contracted com­ panies-<>ffers about 60 U.S. Coast Guard-approved classes for Seafarers sailing in the deck, engine and steward departments. Likewise, the campus has filled out with modern accommodations and instructional equipment, such as the lecture-demonstration galley, the shiphandling simulator, the training vessel Empress Il, the Hagglund crane, state-of-the-art computers and more. The last 24 months are represen- Continued on page 14

Hall Center at a Glance

• Opened. August 1967 censed apprentice program. • Purpose: Provides vocational training for SIU members, including • Funding and operation: Center is entirely funded with private money entry-level curriculum. Also offers some academic courses. and jointly is operated by the SIU and its contracted companies. • Location: 60 waterfront acres in Piney Point, Md. • Named for. The overall campus is known as the Paul Hall Center for • Courses: Approximately 60 U.S. Coast Guard-approved courses are Maritime Training and Education, named in memory of the head of SIU-AGLl­ available for Seafarers in the deck, engine and steward departments. WD from 1947 to 1980, who was the driving force behind the school's con­ Specialty courses regularly are offered. struction. The school itself is the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship, dedicated in memory of the union's founder. Various buildings • Students: About 45,000 Seafarers have completed upgrading courses are named in memory of Seafare~s. SIU officials and officials of SIU-con­ since the school's opening. About 20,000 have graduated from the unli- tracted companies. f 2 Seafarers LO& 1r1 of

Hard Work Laid School's Foundation Ask those who were involved about the initial construction of the Lundeberg School, and the response often will be a groan, quickly followed by a laugh. Such reaction neatly captures the difficult but worthwhile labor it took to convert Piney Point into a maritime training facility for Seafarers. For a while, it may have seemed as though the first shovel might never be turned. The union's purchase of the land in Southern Maryland happened only after an extensive search for a place where the SIU could centralize its various training activities. And although Piney Point featured two things the SIU greatly wanted-waterfront property to facilitate hands-on training, plus room for expansion-one might describe it as the industrial equivalent of a "fixer-upper." Recalling the first group of trainees, who arrived in August 1967, SIU historian John Bunker wrote, "For a year or so they learned more about driving nails, driving trucks, shoveling dirt and laying sod than they did about tying knots and making splices." Recertified Bosun Al Caulder knows firsthand about those days, having worked at Piney Point for more than two months during its construction. ''There were about 75 to 100 people working there at first. A lot of people left right away because the work was too hard, and they just couldn't do it. But the ones who stuck it out, we became a tight group. Some of them are still my good friends after all these years," Caulder remembers. He points out that the area behind the Paul Hall Memorial Library "is the only thing there was in those days. We did a lot SIU President Paul Hall (pictured in the late of work on the grounds and some actual building construction .... There wasn't much in the way of recreation, and the food nasterminded the creation of the Lundeberg was nowhere near what it is today. ~e believed that with each passing year, edu­ ould become more and more of a vital com­ "But our detail wasn't to live the good life. It was to get it ready to be a school." , the successful careers of Seafarers.

Construction on the training and recreation center begins in 1981.

The style of the uniforms has changed through the years, but students at the The Lundeberg School continued to Hall Center always are mindful that they are part of the nation's fourth arm of grow during the 1980s when Frank l~'...... - ..:..1- defense. Drozak served as the union's president. Jlugust 1997 Seafarers LOS 13 Continued from page 12 International Convention on Standards of Training, tative of the school's invariable Certification and Watchkeeping commitment to improve. During for mariners (STCW). the past two years, the Hall Moreover, the entire steward Center became one of the department curriculum has been nation's first training facilities to restructured with two goals in receive government approval for mind: making the school more offering self-certification cours­ accessible to Seafarers and es. This is a vital step as the boosting the quality of the SIU's Coast Guard, reacting to budget steward department personnel. cuts as well as new international During this same period, the ~ucation, believes the school maritime regulations, gradually an, recalls, some were intimidat­ school profited - literally. As center refurbished its program for ed by the prospect of attending they amassed more skills and will become increasingly impor­ reduces its administering of tests. entry-level mariners. The new classes, while others simply knowledge, they improved their tant to SIU members. Having Additionally, new courses system features shipboard training thought it was a waste of time. ratings and earning power. been part of U.S. delegations to have been added-such as LNG as well as more detailed studies at recertification, tankerman barge Another group worried that new­ Today, most Seafarers recog­ international negotiations regard­ Piney Point. As with the new comers graduating from the ing maritime training and safety (PIC), and tanker assistant nize that upgrading is an indis­ steward department courses, reac­ school meant competition for pensable part of a successful laws, he keenly understands the DL-while other curriculums tion to the new unlicensed jobs. (In fact, new members were myriad training and certification have been revamped to fully maritime career. apprentice program has been needed simply to fill the places "Upgrading helps you do a requirements merchant mariners comply with existing and overwhelmingly positive. will face in the near future. impending regulations stemming of those who retired and to fulfill better job aboard ship and· also The school also helped devel­ the union's contracts with opera­ helps you keep up with the many "With all of the changes and from the International Safety op the training record book tors.) changes in our industry," noted new requirements in this indus­ Management Code (ISM) and (TRB) currently being issued to the 1995 amendments to the Gradually, however, the skep­ Recertified Bosun Ronald Mena try, there will be increased SIU members in order to help tics realized that the school exist­ while recently attending a course reliance by members on the them meet requirements stem­ ed for their benefit. They learned at Piney Point. ''Very simply, it is Lundeberg School," he said. ming from ISM and STCW. that the classes were designed to beneficial to Seafarers." "There is a real and growing More importantly, the center help them advance their careers Bosun James Foley put it this need for comprehensive training devised an efficient system for and keep up with rapidly chang­ way: "Training and upgrading is and certification. We're dedicated issuing the documents and track­ ing technology. vital to any SIU member's sur­ to providing that for SIU mem­ ing the information they contain. Those who attended the vival in the industry." bers." These efforts serve not only the Chief Cook Judi Chester Recertified Bosun Al students, but also the American­ agreed and also emphasized the Caulder, who helped with the flag ship operators, whose equip­ school's steady progress. "I have school's construction, has ment is enormously expensive and seen so much improvement here upgraded a number of times. He whose potential liability in acci­ over the years," she observed described the school's progress dents has reached staggering pro­ while recently enrolled in a new as "phenomenal. I don't think of portions. For them, it has never steward department course. any of us could have envisioned been more important to have well­ Bill Eglinton, who serves as what it is today. Except maybe trained, safe, reliable crewmem­ the center's director of vocational Paul." bers aboard their vessels. Helps Advance careers At first, a few SIU members Steward department up­ had skeptical views of the graders utilize the center's new lecture/demonstration school. As author John Bunker, a galley. retired Seafarer and SIU histori-

Today, the Paul Hall Center offers dozens of state-of-the-~~ co_urses using modern equip­ ducts a wide range of classes, including (from left pho~o~ basic and advanced firefighting, ment and the latest technologies. Staffed by expertly qualified instructors, the school con- oil spill prevention and containment, and computer training. 14 Seafarers LOG August 1997 Dispatchers' Report for Deep Sea September & Oalober'1991 JUNE 16 - JULY 15, 1997 Membership Meetings

•TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED ••REGISTERED ON BEACH Deep Sea, Lakes, Inland Waters All Groups All Groups 1iip All Groups Class A Class B Class C aass A Class B Class C Reliefs Class A Cliw B Class C Piney Point...... Monday: September 8, October 6 Port DECK DEPARTMENT New York 35 29 3 23 17 1 13 56 50 6 New York ...... Tuesday: September 9, October 7 4 2 1 1 7 6 Philadelphia 5 6 2 Philadelphia ...... Wednesday: September 10, October 8 Baltimore 11 8 2 9 8 3 6 11 12 Norfolk 13 10 3 10 10 5 2 16 17 3 Baltimore ...... Thursday: September 11, October 9 Mobile 10 9 7 10 4 16 13 Norfolk...... Thursday: September 11, October 9 New Orleans 16 9 l 16 8 3 6 34 20 5 Jacksonville 36 14 5 25 13 6 15 53 18 4 Jacksonville ...... Thursday: September l l, October 9 San Francisco 28 19 4 15 11 10 49 25 6 Algonac ...... Friday: September 12. October 10 .Wilmington .. .J$. .19 1 12 12 2 6 30 21 8 Seattle · 35 "T9 0 26 14 18 47 24 0 Houston ...... Monday: September 15, October 13 Puerto Rico 13 1 7 7 3 2 7 25 2 11 Honolulu 9 9 3 7 8 4 l 12 15 4 ... N~~ Prleans~~:····~·~~

Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Tacoma ...... Friday: September 26, October 24 20 ·Nevt'York 27 0 12 9 0 3 32 :'San Juan.~~.: :.... ~;.;.~ ... Thursday: September 11. October 9 Philadelphia . ... J:.: 4 1 0 4 0 1 3 3 Baltimore :.: :. .- ...... ::;: 4 4 :· () .. 6 5 0 2 ~r 5 St ~uis ...... •'. ··'.··:····Friday: September 197 October 17 6 7 Norfolk 6 14 3 6 14 2 2 Honolulu ...... Friday: September 19, October 17 Mobile 7 8 12 6 3 7 8 New Orleans 10 10 8 11 4 9 13 10 3 Duluth ...... Wednesday: September 17, October 15 8 lO ... · .. 8 10 2 7 28 16 5 Jacksonville Jersey City ...... Wednesday: September 24, October 22 ; ~;t!l Francisco 12 ...... 13 1 7 5 0 5 19 18 2 ' Wilmington . 7 ·2 2 6 6 l j 9 9 3 New Bedford ...... Tuesday; September 23, October 21 Seattle 18 10 0 15 12 0 9 19 12 0 Puerto Rico 4 3 2 6 8 2 4 7 4 2 Honolulu 7 11 3 7 11 0 6 8 12 7 ·, J) 24 4 '·() :·', 1 0 Piney Point 3 4 0 2 1 0 6 4 0 Personals Algonac 1 0 0 0 () " 0 1 0 0 Totals 131 116 23 106 109 12 187 148 35 HENRY McCULLOUGH Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT ·. l3 .12 .....· ... 11 ...... o s .t2 .. ' <> · ...... ~r . ,24 0 Please write to Richard Maley, a shipmate of 1 2 0 1 1 0 l · 4 l yours on the Transatlantic in 1951. His address is 5 2 0 0 3 2 7 0 0 647 Sawyer Rd., Greene, ME 04236. Norfolk 9 7 3 6 4 4 11 9 7 Mobile 9 4 0 9 2 0 I 9 7 0 RENEE ORTIZ New Orleans 10 5 1 6 2 0 4 10 9 3 ...... Anyone with information on Renee Ortiz (who Jacksonville · · 16 ·4 ·· 1 : 15 4 0 11 28 9 4 . '16 . sailed in the early 1960s) please contact Lucia San Francisco ... 26 3 ·J 4 0 9 51 14 2 Dickerson Deaville at 6249 Stump Road, Pipersville, Wilmington 14 5 0 9 1 0 2 22 6 1 PA 18947; telephone (215) 766-0136. Seattle 29 6 1 19 6 0 13 42 10 2 3 5 1 0 Puerto Rico 6 0 6 0 DAVID BRADLEY TRENT Honolulu 9 5 6 9 2 6 3 14 11 6 ·Houston 15 0 ""' () 7 2 I 4 24 4 2 John and Natalie Young are trying to reach their St. Louis 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 () nephew, David Bradley Trent. Anyone knowing his · Piney Point 9 9 1 2 1 0 2 12 9 whereabouts, please contact the Youngs at 6701 King Court, Woodridge, IL 60517; or telephone (630) Algonac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 969-6486. Totals 172 64 14 116 45 11 61 260 108 29 ATTENTION: FORMER Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT MARINE COOKS & STEWARDS New York 4 22 8 1 14 3 0 8 47 21 Former members of the MC&S will hold their Philadelphia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 annual reunion picnic on Sunday, September 7 in San Bruno (Calif.) Park from noon until 5:00 p.m. It Baltimore 0 5 6 0 3 6 0 0 4 3 will be a pot-luck luncheon, so bring your favorite 0 1 15 22 Norfolk 1 15 13 2 15 17 picnic food to share. Also be sure to bring your fam­ Mobile 2 12 2 0 12 3 0 4 13 ily and friends. Plenty of parking is available. New Orleans 3 11 7 1 7 7 0 11 20 21 Jacksonville 5 20 4 2 12 3 0 6 34 14 San Francisco 11 13 2 3 11 0 0 22 27 6 Wilmington 9 10 5 4 6 0 0 13 23 9 Seattle 10 19 3 6 13 0 12 27 2 Puerto Rico 1 7 2 3 2 0 3 11 4 Honolulu 3 37 53 4 24 52 0 9 59 67 Houston I 12 8 1 8 5 0 3 19 11 St. Louis 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 Piney Point 2 6 12 2 3 6 0 1 11 13 Algonac 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 I 1 Totals 53 192 127 30 131 105 0 93 314 198

Totals All Departments 623 549 201 435 428 165 224 942 827 321

*''Total Registered" means the number of Seafarers who actually registered for shipping at the port. SPAI) **"Registered on Beach" means the total number of Seafarers registered at the port.

August 1991 Seafarers LOG 15 SeataNrs lntematloilll ·· llnlon '' lllrectotY .·, ·.·.·· Dispatchers' Report for Great Lakes JUNE JULY Mieba~l~@ ... 16 - 15, 1997 President ······ CL - Company/Lakes L-Lakes John Fay NP - Non Priority Executive Vice President *TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTERED ON BEACH n~vid uehid.e1 Secretary·Treasurer All Groups All Groups All Groups Augustin Telle'! Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Class CL Class L Class NP Vice President C-0otracts George McCartney Vice President West Coast Port DECK DEPARTMENT Roy A. "Buck'' Metter Algonac 0 34 5 0 24 3 0 10 Vice President Government Services Port ENGINE DEPARTMENT Jack Caffey Vice President Atlantic Coast Algonac 0 14 4 0 10 3 0 4 Byron Kelley Port STEWARD DEPARTMENT Vice President Lakes and Inland Waters Dean Corgey Algonac 0 7 4 0 3 1 0 4 Vice President Gulf Coiut Port ENTRY DEPARTMENT .. .. Algonac 0 36 17 0 17 HEADQUARTERS 19 6 0 .$201 Auth Way Caqip Sprin8$, MD 20746 (30 l) 899-0675 Totals All Depts 0 91 30 0 56 13 0 35 17 ALGONAC *"Total Registered" means the number of Seafarers who actually registered for shipping at the port. 520 St. Clair River Dr. Algonac, Ml 48001 **"Registered on Beach" means the total number of Seafarers registered at the port. (810) 794-4988 ANCHORAGE - 721 Sesame St., #JC Anchorage, AK 99503 (?,g7) 561-4988 Dispatchers' Report for Inland Waters BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St JUNE 16 - JULY 15, 1997 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 327-4900 *TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED **REGISTERED ON BEACH DULUTH All Groups All Groups All Groups 705 Medical Arts Building Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B Class C Duluth, MN 55802 (218) 722-4110 HONOLULU Region DECK DEPARTMENT 606 Kalihi St Honolulu, HI 96819 "Atlantic Coast · ·· 7 0 .. 1 O ·w·· .. o··· 12 2 0 (800) 845-5222 Gulf Coast . 8 0 2 0 4 . 7.. 0 8 .. () 110\JSTON Lakes, Inland Waters () 1221 Pierce St. 22 0 19 0 36 0 Houston. TX 77002 West Coast 1 1 8 0 1 7 1 14 . (7!3) 65~-~ 152 Totals 38 1 30 62 3 22 J'A.ckSONVtt.Llr .... 0 s 3315 LibertY.St. Region ENGINE DEPARTMENT JacJcsonville, FL 32206 2 0 1 0 0 2 l 1 (904) 353-0987 Atlantic Coast 0 JERSEY CITY Gulf Coast 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 99 Mqntgomery St. Lakes, Inland Waters 13 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 0 .Jt(l"Sey City, NJ 07302 (201) 435-9424 West Coast 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 MOBILE Totals 17 0 2 7 0 I 17 1 3 1640 Dauphin Island Pkwy •. Mobile, AL 36605 Region STEWARD DEPARTMENT (334) 478-0016 Atlantic Coast 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 NEWDEDFORD Gulf Coast 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 43 Union St. O' ... New Bedford. MA 02740 Lakes, Inland Waters 8 0 3 .... , '" 0 0 5 0 0 {508) 997-5404 West Coast 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 I NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Totals 10 0 2 4 0 I 9 1 4 New Orleans, LA 70130 (504) 529-7546 NEW YORK Totals All Depts 65 1 18 41 0 7 88 5 29 635 Fourth Ave. *"Total Registered" means the number of Seafarers who actually registered for shipping at the port. BroolcJyo, NY 11232 (71 S) 499-6600 **"Registered on Beach" means the total number of Seafarers registered at the port. NORFOLK 115 Third St. Norfolk. VA 23510 PIC-FROM-THE-PAST (757) 622-1892 PffiLADELPHIA This photograph, sent to 2604 S. 4 St. Philadelphia, PA 19148 the LOG by Alfred Porcari of (215) 336-3818 Howard Beach, N.Y., was PINEY POINT taken in 1948 aboard the P.O. Box 75 Piney Point, MD 20674 Steel Inventor, an old Hog (301) 994·0010 Islander built in 1920. The PORT EVERGLADES 1221 S. Andrews Ave. ship was run by Isthmian Fl Lauderdale, FL 33316 Lines, which at that time (954) 522·7984 operated more than 30 SIU· SAN FRANCISCO 350 Fremont St crewed vessels. San Francisco, CA 94105 (415) 543-5855 On this particular voyage, Government Services Division (415) 861-3400 the Steel lnventorwas head­ SANTIJRCE ed to the Persian Gulf with 1057 Fernandez Juncos Ave., Stop J~ Santurce, PR 00907 general cargo. It was a 129- {787) 721-4033 day run. ST.WUIS 4581 Gravois Ave. Porcari, who was 19 St. Louis, MO 63IJ6 (314) 752-6500 years old at the time, is on TACOMA the left in the back row. He 341 l South Union Ave. Tacoma, WA 98400 had joined the SIU in the (253) 272-7774 port of New York the previ­ WILMINGTON ous year (1947) and retired If anyone has a vintage union-related photograph he or she would like to share with the LOG 510 N. Broad Ave. Wilmington, CA 90744 in 1991. readership, it should be sent to the Seafarers LOG, 5201 Auth Way, Camp Springs, MD 20746. (310) 549-4000 Photographs will be returned, if so requested.

16 Seafarers LOG August 1997 Welcome Ashore Each month, the Seafarers LOG pays tribute to the SIU members who have devoted their working lives to sailing aboard U.S. -flag vessels on the deep seas, inland waterways or Great Lakes. Listed below are brief biographical sketches of those members who recently retired from the union. The brothers and sisters of the SIU thank those members for a job well done and wish them happiness and good health in the days ahead.

mong the 15 Seafarers WALLYW worked primarily on vessels oper­ JAMES A. set. From 1960 to 1964, he served joining the ranks of pen­ LAU, 75, ated by Crowley Towing & SIDFFLETT, in the U.S. Navy. Brother Hauring A sioners this month is Re­ joinoo the Transportation. Boatman Hooi 69, graduated has retired to Chassell, Mich. certified Steward Wally W. Lau, MC&S in 1944 makes his home in Santurce, P.R. from the who is retiring at the age of 75. in the port of Andrew Furu­ JOSEPHS. Brother Lau, a former Marine San Francisco, ROBERTT. seth Training NOVAK,65, Cooks & Stewards (MC&S) mem­ before that HOPKINS, School in first sailed ber, has been sailing in the steward union merged 63, began sail­ 1960 and with the SIU department for 53 years. During with the SIU's ing with the joined the in 1955 from his career, he upgraded his skills AGLIWD. Brother Lau upgraded Seafarers in Seafarers in the port of Baltimore. the port of and graduated from the steward at the Lundeberg School and grad­ 1976. A native The Virginia native started out in Philadelphia recertification program in 1989. uated from the steward recertifica­ of Virginia, he the deep sea division and later aboard the This is the highest level of training tion program there in 1989. He worked in the transferred to inland vessels. Prior Charles M. offered to members of the steward last sailed aboard the Overseas deck depart­ to upgrading to a licensed officer Schwab. Born in Pennsylvania, he department at the Lundeberg New Orleans. Born in China, he ment, last sailing aboard the in 1968, he sailed as a chief engi­ started out in the deck department School in Piney Point, Md. became a U.S. citiz:en. Brother Enterprise. For 20 years he neer. A veteran of World War II. and later transferred to the stew­ Including Brother Lau, seven Lau has retired to Houston. served in the U.S. Navy, from he served in the U.S. Army from ard department. Brother Novak of those signing off sailed in the 1951 to 1971. Boatman Hopkins 1944 to 1946. Boatman Shifflett last sailed in 1976 aboard the St. deep sea division. Another five KANEK. has retired to Melfa, Va. calls Baltimore home. Clair, operated by American worked on the inland waterways, LEETAG, 65, Steamship Co. He makes his and three shipped aboard Great home in Plymouth, Pa. first sailed GIOVANNI GREAT LAKES Lakes vessels. with the Sea­ G.MENNEL­ Seven of the retiring pension­ farers in 1952. LA, 67, start­ NATHANR. JOHNW. ers served in the U.S. military­ A native of ed his career HAURING, SELLERS, two each in the Army, Navy and Washington, with the SIU 53, joined the 60, began sail­ Marine Corps and one in the Air he sailed in in 1980 aboard Seafarers in ing with the Force. the deck de­ the Sea Hawk, 1973 in the Seafarers in The favorite retirement area partment and upgraded at the operated by port of Duluth, 1959 from the this month is the East Coast, Lundeberg School. Brother Crowley Tow­ Minn. His first port of Detroit. where six of the pensioners Leetag last worked aboard the vessel was the Born in Ken­ reside. Three live on the West ing & Transportation. He sailed in Overseas Joyce. He makes his both the steward and deck depart­ Peter Robert­ ;;;.__.L,Si;..._l tucky, he Coast and two each make their home in Tacoma, Wash. son, operated by Kinsman worked in the deck department, homes in the Gulf states, Midwest ments. Born in New York, he served in the U.S. Army from Marine. The Michigan native last sailing aboard the St. Clair. and Puerto Rico. worked in the deck department, From 1953 to 1956, he served in On this page, the Seafarers RAYL. 1947 to 1951. Boatman Mennella STRENGTH, makes his home in Fontana, last sailing aboard the St. Clair, the U.S. Marine Corps. Brother LOG presents brief biographical an American Steamship Co. ves- Sellers calls Toledo, Ohio home. accounts of the retiring Seafarers. 61, started his Calif. career with the DEEP SEA SIU in 1960 aboard the Fort MICHAELJ. Seafarers Begin Crewing Gilliland Hoskins. Born ANZALONE, in Alabama, he Following its christening on 59, first sailed worked in the with the Sea­ May 24 in Newport News, Va., deck department. Brother Strength the USNS Gilliland began a 45- farers in 1957 last sailed aboard the Senator, a from the port day shakedown cruise with SIU Crowley American Transport, Inc. members aboard. Seafarers had of New York vessel. From 1955 to 1958, he aboard the begun crewing the vessel on May served in the U.S. Air Force. He 15 and were aboard the ship when Fort Hoskins, has retired to Flomaton, Ala. a Cities Service vessel. Brother it was delivered to the U.S. Anzalone sailed in the steward Military Sealift Command (MSC) LLEWELLYN on May 23. department. He graduated from the A.TROTT, Andrew Furuseth Training School The Gilliland is the fourth of 58, began sail­ five former Maersk container­ in 1960 and upgraded at the ing with the Lundeberg School. Brother ships to be converted for opera­ Seafarers in tion by SIU-contracted Bay Ship Anzalone last sailed aboard Trans­ 1967 from the oceanic Cable Ship Co.'s Charles Management as part of the MSC port of New prepositioning fleet. The USNS L Brown. A native of New York, York. His first he has retired to Parlin, NJ. Shughart and USNS Gordon were ' ..-, ...... ,,...__,,..., ship was the delivered to MSC last year; the Panama, operated by Sea-Land Christening ceremonies for the USNS Gilliland took place at Newport BENITOM. USNS Yano was delivered in News (Va.) Shipbuilding on May 24, the day after the prepositioning Service. Born in Bermuda, he February; and the USNS BIANCHINI, sailed in the engine department ship was delivered to the U.S. Military Seali~ Command. 66, joined the Sodemian is slated to join the and frequently upgraded at the fleet later this year. In all, 19 roll­ Marine Cooks force, carrying urgently needed ramp, two side ports, a side port Lundeberg School. Brother Trott on/roll-off vessels are scheduled & Stewards U.S. Army equipment, vehicles ramp, five forklifts and a contain­ calls Jamaica, N.Y. home. to be built or converted at U.S. (MC&S) in and supplies to any area of con­ er handling truck. It is 956 feet 1956 in the shipyards by the year 2001 as part flict in the world at a moment's INLAND of a U.S. strategic sealift pro­ long, has a maximum beam of port of San notice. gram. 105.9 feet, a draft (fully loaded) Francisco, be­ NORVALW. Newport News Shipbuilding of 36.1 feet, a displacement (fully fore that union merged with the HEARN JR., The Gilliland, named in honor converted the Gilliland from a loaded) of 57 ,000 tons and a SIU's Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and 65, started his of Cpl. Charles L. Gilliland (who was awarded the Congressional Danish containership into the speed of 24 knots. In addition, the Inland Waters District (AGLIWD). career with the military vessel. As part of the Seafarers in Medal of Honor posthumously sealift vessel has a cargo capacity Born in California, he graduated conversion, the shipyard added from the MC&S training school in 1965 in the for service during the Korean War of six football fields and can load 1958. Brother Bianchini makes port of Phila­ in 1951), is capable of transport­ handling gear that includes two and offload U.S. military cargo in his home in San Mateo, Calif. delphia. The ing an entire armor battalion task 110-ton cranes, a slewing stem 96 hours. Pennsylvania CLEMENTE native upgraded at the Lundeberg FIGUEROA, School and attended two educa­ 58, began sail­ tional conferences there. He last ing with the sailed aboard an Interstate Oil Seafarers in vessel as a captain. From 1953 to 1968 from the 1956, he served in the U.S. port of New Marine Corps. Boatman Hearn York. His first has retired to Milton, Del. ship was the Overseas Horace. A native of EMETERIO Puerto Rico, he started out in the C.HOOI, 65, engine department and later trans­ joined the SIU ferred to the deck department. in 1981 in his Brother Figueroa last sailed native Puerto aboard the Charleston, operated Rico. Sailing by Westchester Marine Corp. He in the engine Chief Cook Charles Brooks learns Getting an overall feel for the con­ Steward/Baker Carolyn Evans is makes his home in Caguas, P.R. department, he his way around the new galley. verted ship is Bosun David Park. ready to start work on the Gilliland. August 1997 Seafarers LOG 17 l"inal Departures

DEEP SEA last sailed as a bosun. He was a JOHN F. KOZAR 1944 to 1945, Texas. He worked in the World War 11 veteran, having served Pensioner John he served in the steward depart­ in the U.S. Navy from 1941to1946 . F. Kozar, 71, U.S. Army. FRANK ADKINS ment. Prior to The Chinook, Wash. resident began passed away Brother Mosa­ Pensioner Frank his retirement receiving his pension in September June 6. A native kowski began Adkins, 67, in July 1977, he 1989. of Pennsyl­ receiving his passed away sailed aboard a vania, he started pension in June 4. Born in Sabine Towing BIVENS B. HENDERSON his career with September Illinois, he 1983. vessel. joined the Pensioner the SIU in 1943 .______,Boatman in the port of Seafarers in Bivens B. Cormier resided in Groves, Texas. 1946 in the port Henderson, 76 ----"-~=--i New York. He ' of New York. died June 21. A sailed in the engine department and LARS NIELSEN .....:::::::::...._.:..;:~--==i Brother Adkins charter member upgraded at the Lundeberg School. PETER J. DWYER Brother Kozar last sailed aboard the Pensioner Lars sailed in the steward department and of the SIU, Nielsen, 85, Peter J. Dwyer. upgraded at the Lundeberg School in Brother Hender- Inger, a Reynolds Metals Company 76, died May vessel. The resident of Taylor, Pa. passed away Piney Point, Md., where he complet­ son joined the June 8. Born in 10. Born in ed the steward recertification pro­ union in 1939 began receiving his pension in Massachusetts, March 1981. the Virgin gram in 1980. During his career, he '"'---""'-='-~cif.___J in the port of Islands, he he started his was active in union organizing drives Mobile, Ala. The Alabama native career with the EDWARD T. KRESZ joined the SIU and beefs. A resident of Massapeque, sailed in the steward department as a in 1945 in the SIU in 1953 in N.Y., he began receiving his pension chief cook. He was a resident of !.~~~a;;:-:-, Pensioner port of Norfolk, the port of New in November 1987. Brooklyn, N.Y. and retired in Augu st Edward T. '-"======Va. Brother York. Boatman 1982. Kresz, 78, died Nielsen sailed in the deck depart­ i.;;...__..!..!O!'-"""'~-=~ Dwyer worked ALBERT C. ALEGADO May 29. ment. He resided in New York and in the deck department, last sailing as a first mate. The Philadelphia resi· -- Pensioner THOMAS HENRY Brother Kresz retired in October 1976. joined the dent retired in August 1988. Albert C. Ale­ Pensioner Seafarers in gado, 89, died Thomas Henry TOMAS RAMIREZ 1953 in the port May 25. Brother 74, passed awa y ROYS. HARDEN of New York. Pensioner Alegado started June 18. He ~!!!!!!5'--1-ilL:!:"!iJ' The Pennsyl­ Tomas Ramirez, Pensioner Roy his career with began his career vania native sailed in the deck 75, died June 8. S. Harden, 73, the Marine with the department and attended an educa­ A native of passed away Cooks & Stew- Seafarers in tional conference at the Lundeberg Puerto Rico, he May 2. Boat­ ~-. ards (MC&S) in 1950 in his School. Prior to his retirement in began sailing man Harden the port of San native New January 1982, he sailed aboard the with the Sea­ began sailing Francisco, before that union merged o.=..;._..;.;.._;;;.;;.;.;...;..;..;;._~'--' York. Brother Tamara Guilden, operated by farers in 1947 with the Sea­ with the SIU's Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes Henry sailed in the deck department Transport Commercial Company. from the port of farers in 1964 and Inland Waters District (AGLI­ He served in the U.S. Navy from During World War II, he served in '------'~-'---.1 New York. He from the port of WD). Born in the Philippines, he 1941 to 1946. The San Francisco the U.S. military. Brother Kresz was sailed in the deck department and ,______J Norfolk, Va. A resided in San Francisco and retired resident began receiving his pension a resident of Philadelphia. during his union career was active in native of North Carolina, he worked in September 1970. in February 1988. organizing drives and strikes. in the steward department, last sail­ RANDOLPH LIVERPOOL Brother Ramirez was a resident of ing as a chief cook. He also sailed in BEN Q. CROCKETT WILLIAM HOLLAND Ponce, P.R. and began receiving his the deep sea division. During World Randolph pension in March 1985. Ben Q. Crock­ Pensioner War II, he served in the U.S. Navy. ett, 52, died Liverpool, 33, Boatman Harden was a resident of William passed away March 9. He Holland, 67, HARVEY TRAWICK Chesapeake, Va. and began receiving joined the SIU May 29. He his pension December 1985. died June 7. graduated from Pensioner in 1965 in the Brother Holland Harvey Tra­ port of Phila­ the Lundeberg started his School's entry wick, 83, ROBERT H. HILLIARD delphia. The passed away career with the level training Pensioner Pennsylvania SIU in 1948 in May 22. A char­ program in H. native sailed in ter member of Robert the port of New 1982 and joined Hilliard, 75, =;..._-=--..----....i the deck depart­ Orleans. Born the Seafarers, the SIU in the port of Piney Point, died June 26. A ment and upgraded at the Lundeberg in Arkansas, he sailed in the engine he joined the School. A resident of Woodbury, Md. His first ship was the Santa native of department. Prior to receiving his Adela. Born in Virginia, he sailed in union in 1939 N.J., Brother Crockett last sailed in in the port of Virginia, he U.S. Coast Guard license as a 2nd t he deck department and upgraded at started his December 1985 aboard the Beaver Mobile, Ala. Brother Trawick sailed assistant engineer, he sailed with the t he Lundeberg School. He was a res­ career with the Stare. From 1963 to 1965, he served as a bosun in the deck department SIU as a chief electrician in 1976 i dent of Norfolk, Va. SIU in 1964 in in the U.S. Air Force. aboard the Transcolumbia. Brother and retired in March 1977. A native of Alabama, he was a resident of ~------'theportof Holland resided in Vallejo, Calif. and WALTER W. LUNGREN Norfolk, Va. Boatman Hilliard sailed ROLAND FRANCISCO Spanish Fort, Ala. retired in November 1994. as a member of the engine depart­ Pensioner Pensioner Walter W. ment. A resident of Virginia Beach, Roland ALIPIO TRUJILLO Va., he retired in July 1984. Francisco, 69, CHARLESM.HUBBARD Lungren, 77, died May 27. l~•·li~I Pensioner passed away Alipio Trujillo, Charles M. Born in Massa­ WILLIAM 0. HOWERIN June 8. Born in Hubbard, 65, 79, died May Louisiana, he chusetts, he passed away 22. Brother ~~-~~=--:--i Pensioner began sailing graduated from May 30. Born the Andrew Trujillo began William 0. with the Sea- in New Orleans, his career with Howerin, 87, . farers in 1957 Furuseth he joined the ~ Training School the SIU in 1949 passed away from the port of June 7. He MC&S in 1959 i n 1957 and started his career with in the port of Wilmington, Calif. He worked in the joined the SIU in the port of t he Seafarers in the port of New Tampa, Fla. steward department, last sailing as a ___...... ir....J Born in Cuba, in 1961 in the Portland, Ore., ~ork. Brother Lungren sailed in the chief cook. Brother Francisco lived in port of Norfolk, before that c ngine department. A resident of he sailed as a member of the steward Sacramento, Calif. and began receiv­ Va. Born in union merged with the SIU's AGLI­ L ong Beach, Calif., he began receiv­ department. A resident of Cooper ing his pension in January 1993. North Carolina, WD. Brother Hubbard worked in the i ng his pension in August 1986. City, Fla., he began receiving his steward department, last sailing as a pension in July 1974. he worked in the engine department. MAURICE FRANKLIN chief cook. A resident of Portland, WILLIE L. MITCHELL Boatman Howerin sailed primarily Pensioner he began receiving his pension in ROBERT WALKER aboard vessels operated by Curtis Pensioner Maurice Frank­ March 1995. Bay Towing. He was a resident of L. Robert Walker, lin, 79, died Willie Virginia Beach, Va. and retired in Mitchell, 70, 37, passed away March 26. April 16. Born October 1973. Brother Frank­ ROBERT J. KOTECKI passed away May 18. A in Alabama, he lin started his Pensioner graduated from PERFECTOR MONILLAS career with the native of North Robert J. Carolina, he the Lundeberg Pensioner MC&S before Kotecki, 66, School's entry that union began sailing Perfector died May 22. with the SIU in level training Manillas, 88, merged with the He began sail­ school in 1977 SIU's AGLIWD. Born in Texas, he -----=..-.=:o...... i 1952. He sailed died June 22 . ing with the in the deck department and upgraded ...._-----'--'""'--' and joined the Born in the was a resident of Los Angeles and Seafarers in the port of Piney Point. Seafarers in at the Lundeberg School. Brother Philippines, he retired in November 1975. Md. Brother Walker sailed in the 1961 from the M itchell retired in October 1991. He started his port of deck department and upgraded at the career with the GEORGE L. HAYES w as a resident of Burlington, N.C. "--'---~---' Jacksonville, From 1944 to 1946, he served in the Lundeberg School. He was a resident Seafarers in Pensioner Fla. Born in Illinois, he worked in u. S. Navy. of Mobile, Ala. 1960 in the port George L. both the steward and engine depart­ of Philadelphia. He worked in the Hayes, 73, ments. Prior to his retirement in E DWARD J. MOSAKOWSKI INLAND steward department and sailed pri­ passed away September 1995, Brother Kotecki marily on vessels operated by Curtis Pensioner Edward J. Mosakowski, June 8. Born in sailed in the steward department LLOYD J. CORMIER Bay Towing as a chief steward. Idaho, he joined aboard the Nedlloyd Holland, operat­ 70 , died May 19. Brother Mosa­ Pensioner Lloyd J. Cormier, 83, Boatman Monillas resided in Villas, the Seafarers in ed by Sea-Land Service. From 1950 kowski started his career with the passed away May 13. A native of N.J. and began receiving his pension 1948 in the port to 1953, he served in the U.S. Army. Seafarers in 1951 in his native p Louisiana, he joined the Seafarers in in April 1975. of New York. He was a resident of St. Augustine, hiladelphia. Brother Mosakowski 1965 in the port of Port Arthur, Continued on page 20 ..__---"'-"----' Brother Hayes Fla. sai led in the deck department. From 'IB Seafarers LOG August 1997 beefs or disputed OT reported. Crewmembers reported cellular crewmembers to upgrade skills at Bosun read letter received from phone on number 5 deck needs to Lundeberg School and consider Digest of Shipboard Vice President Contracts Augie Tellez concerning request that be repaired and ship needs to be Piney Point for a family vacation - members be permitted to register fumigated for bugs. Bosun spot. He also urged members to Union Meetings with union by electronic mail. announced payoff upon arrival in donate to SPAD. No beefs or disput­ The Seafarers LOG attempts to print as many digests of union shipboard Members reported crew lounge port of Houston. Crewmembers ed OT reported. Crew offered sever­ minutes as possible. On occasion, because of space audio system in need of repair. elected Doug Craft as new ship's al comments directed to the union's limitations, some will be omitted. Chairman thanked crew for clean chairman. Educational director dis­ contract and welfare departments. ship and extended special vote of tributed training record book Crew extended vote of thanks to gal­ Shif1$ minute1 first are reviewed by the union's contract department thanks to steward department for (TRB) applications and discussed ley gang, especially Chief Cook Those issues requiring attention or resolution are addressed by the union outstanding food and sanitary con­ new Lundeberg School apprentice­ Dien Short, for a job well done. upon receipt of the ship$ minutes. The minutes are then forwarded dition of vessel. Crew observed ship program. No beefs or disputed Next port: Tacoma, Wash. to the Seatarefl LOG for publication. moment of silence for departed OT reported. Crew requested new SIU brothers and sisters. chairs for lounge and noted photos USNS EFFECTIVE (U.S. Marine of Brother Morales' burial at sea Management), May 28-Chairman NEDLLOYD HOLLAND (Sea­ sent into Seafarers LOG. Next Jerald Galletta, Secretary Eric USNS POTOMAC (Bay Ship Steven Wagner, Educational Land Service), May 18-Secretary port: Charleston, S.C. Baliantz, Deck Delegate John Management), February 12- Director W.C. Weekley Sr., Deck Bruce Mesger, Educational Chairman Thomas Smith, Delegate Liberato Viray, Engine Director Mark Serlis. Secretary Secretary Dante F. Slack, Delegate Edward Krebs, Steward and educational director urged 45 Days Aboard the USNS Algol Educational Director Michael Delegate Ernie Batiz. Chairman members to upgrade at Lundeberg Scinto, Deck Delegate Bryan noted ship was in layup for 22 day. School. No beefs or disputed OT Bush Engine Delegate Randy He extended a welcome to crew­ reported. Crew reminded to read Snay, Steward Delegate Alvin members and announced payoff Seafarers LOG. Crew thanked Smith. Chairman announced ship upon arrival in port of Los steward department for job well going into Singapore shipyard for Angeles. Bosun reminded crew to done. Next port: Charleston, S.C. for two weeks in August. He noted immediately report any unsafe new contract and wage increase shipboard working conditions to OVERSEAS NEW YORK effective in March. Educational department head or mate on watch. (Maritime Overseas), May 25- director encouraged members to Secretary thanked deck and engine Chairman James Souci, Secretary - upgrade at Lundeberg School and department members for keeping Ray Agbulos, Educational reminded crew to obtain an STCW mess hall and pantry area clean Director Jimmie Thomas, Deck identification certificate. Treasurer and advised crew to put dirty Delegate Ben Octaviano, Engine reported $117 in ship's fund. No linens in linen locker before arrival Delegate Craig Craft, Steward beefs or disputed OT reported. in next port. Educational director Delegate Julianne Abernathy. Crew requested copies of contract discussed importance of upgrading Chairman extended special wel­ and a new juice machine for unli­ at Lundeberg School. No beefs or come to Piney Point apprentice } ·.. · censed mess hall. Next port: disputed OT reported. Crew noted Aaron Lutsky, and explained the Singapore. Seafarers LOGs received in port of new apprentice program to 1!' New Orleans. Bosun stated repair crewmembers. He reminded crew :A DUCHESS (Ocean Duchess Inc.), list posted in crew mess hall. Crew to separate plastics from regular Crewmembers aboard the USNS Algol recently completed a 45- March 30-Chairman Lawrence requested repairs for showers in trash. Bosun noted he will speak to day trial run from New Orleans to ports in Texas, North Carolina, Kunc, Secretary Raymond Jones, deck and engine quarters. Mem­ captain about heat adjustment for New Jersey, Holland and Germany. Pictured above are, from left, Deck Delegate Kenneth Gilson, bers discussed the Seafarers Wel­ individual quarters. He advised Chief Steward Calvin Hazzard, Assistant Cook Leonard Kelly, Steward Delegate James Harris. fare Plan's dental coverage. crewmembers of new alcohol test­ GSU David Buchanan, (back row) AB Lester Hoffman and Wiper Chairman asked contracts depart­ ing policy in Valdez, Alaska. Jose Salcedo. ment for information concerning CHARLES L. BROWN Secretary thanked crewmembers 1996 agreement. Educational (fransoceanic Cable Ship), May for cooperation in keeping crew irector advised crewmembers to 28-Chairman Francisco Sousa, lounge and mess room clean and SEA-LAND PRODUCER (Sea­ Hazlett, Engine Delegate Stanley apply for training record books Secretary Edward Dunn, praised them for good voyage. Land Service), May 22- Castro, Steward Delegate Yvonne (TRBs). No beefs or disputed OT Educational Director Joe Stores, Treasurer reported $100 in ship's Chairman Walter Petty, Secretary Oamil. Crew reported ship's tread­ reported. Crewmembers extended Deck Delegate James Anderson, fund. No beefs or disputed OT Ivan Salis, Educational Director mill has been broken since March special vote of thanks to galley Engine Delegate Victor Mondeci, reported. Crew thanked galley James Roberts, Deck Delegate 1996. Crewmembers asked steward gang for job well done. Steward Delegate Cecilio Suarez. gang for fine meals. Next port: Mark Holman, Engine Delegate department to increase the amount Chairman announced payoff on Valdez. R. Williams, Steward Delegate of fresh fruit and vegetables ordered MAERSK CALIFORNIA May 30 and reminded crew ship is Willie Grant. Chairman informed for each voy~ge. Crew reported that Maersk Lines), April 24- on cable repair standby. Bosun OVERSEAS VIVIAN (Maritime crew copies of contract have AB Galetta resumed ship's chair­ Chairman Maurilio Zepeda, explained the new training record Overseas), May 31-Chairman arrived and advised all members to man responsibilities after Bosun Secretary Kris Hopkins, books (fRBs) which eventually Michael Eaton, Secretary Joseph read pact thoroughly. He Glen Baker was taken from ship by Educational Director Robert will be required for deep sea Miller, Deck Delegate Roan announced payoff in port of helicopter due to a medical emer­ Hamil, Deck Delegate Ralph Seafarers. Educational director Lightfoot. Chairman advised crew Jacksonville, Fla. Educational gency. No beefs or disputed ar Kirby. Chairman discussed the stressed importance of upgrading to apply for training record books director reminded members to reported. Crewmembers asked the SIU jobs created by the addition of at Piney Point. No beefs or disput­ (fRBs). Secretary noted smooth upgrade at Paul Hall Center and union's contract department to clar­ four new Maersk vessels and ed OT reported. Chairman advised sailing. No beefs or disputed OT donate to SPAD to help preserve ify the tour of duty section con­ reminded members to do a good crew to observe shipboard smok­ reported. Crew extended vote of the U.S.-flag fleet. No beefs or dis­ tained in the contract. job. Secretary urged crew to help ing policy and keep TV volume thanks to steward department for puted ar reported. Bosun read keep ship clean. Educational direc­ low during meal hours. Crew noted job well done. Crewmembers telex from headquarters concern­ SEA-LAND DEFENDER (Sea­ tor encouraged crewmembers to parts for unlicensed washing requested new TV antenna for ing National Maritime Day. Crew Land Service), June 1-Chairman upgrade at Lundeberg School. No machine still have not arrived. lounge. Steward reminded mem­ asked contracts department to look James Foley, Secretary Raymond beefs reported. Steward informed Crew saluted Vice President bers to clean rooms before signing into making Maritime Day an SIU Garcia, Educational Director Ed crew store situation will be han­ Contracts Augie Tellez for his work off vessel. Next port: Jacksonville, holiday in next contract. Crew Rynberg, Deck Delegate Robert dled upon arrival in port of in keeping cableships with SIU. Fla. thanked galley gang for excellent Raney, Engine Delegate Moftah Charleston, S.C. Crewmembers Next port: St. Thomas, U.S.V.l food. Next ports: Jacksonville, San Mothana. Chairman advised thanked galley gang for job well SEA-LAND ENTERPRISE Juan, P.R. and Santo Domingo. members to complete and send in done until first store-up. Crew DUCHESS (Ocean Duchess Inc.), (Sea-Land Service), May 29- training record book (TRB) appli­ requested new freezer for mess May 25--Chairman Robert Allen, Chairman Elex Cary Jr., Secretary SEA-LAND QUALITY (Sea­ cations. Bosun and educational hall, new pillows and new radio Secretary Raymond Jones, Julio Roman Jr., Educational Land Service), May 25- director encouraged crew to antenna. Next ports: Freeport, Educational Director Byron Director Ray Chapman, Deck Chairman Benedict Veiner, upgrade at Lundeberg School. No Bahamas; Maimi; Vera Cruz, Elliott, Deck Delegate Kenneth Delegate M.R. Santana, Engine Secretary Terry Smith, beefs or disputed ar reported. Mexico and Houston. Gilson, Engine Delegate Robert Delegate Saeed MuOahi, Steward Educational Director Angel Crew noted copies of Seafarers Oppel, Steward Delegate Mariano Delegate Richard Casuga. Hernandez. Educational director WG and contracts received. Crew WILLAMETTE (Kirby Norales. Crewmembers asked con­ Chairman urged members to check stressed importance of upgrading asked contracts department to Tankships), April 27-Chairman tracts department to clarify what Seafarers LOG for schedule of new at Piney Point. Crewmembers define policy for vacation and days Lawrence Zepeda, Secretary members qualify for emergency classes being offered at Piney Point agreed to establish ship's fund. No off. Steward department received leave and to send a copy of con­ and asked members to donate to beefs or disputed ar reported. special vote of thanks by crew. Dinner At Sea tract to ship. Secretary urged SPAD. He thanked galley gang for Crewmembers asked contracts crewmembers to take advantage of good food. Secretary noted every­ department to look into reimburse­ SEA-LAND EXPEDITION (Sea­ upgrading opportunities available thing running smoothly and ment of airline tickets for members. Land Service), June I-Chairman at Piney· Point. No beefs or disput­ advised all members to attend Crew requested copies of contract. Norberto Prats, Secretary Edgar ed OT reported. Crew requested union meetings. Secretary and Steward reminded crew to rewind Vazquez, Educational Director medical identification cards for educational director discussed videotapes after viewing and Frank Demeo. Chairman, captain dependents. Crew asked for new importance of upgrading at Paul advised all members to have valid and crew extended special vote of mattresses. Next port: Portland, Hall Center. No beefs or disputed clinic cards. Next ports: Charleston, thanks to SIU President Mike Maine. OT reported. Next port: Oakland, S.C.; Port Everglades, Fla.; Sacco, Vice President Contracts Calif. Houston; and Jacksonville, Aa. Augie Tellez, Vice President Atlan­ GALVESTON BAY (Sea-Land Service), May 25-Chairman tic Coast Jack Caffey and Assistant James Davis, Secretary D.A. SEA-LAND INTEGRITY (Sea­ SEA-LAND VOYAGER (Sea­ Vice President Contracts Kermett Brown, Educational Director Land Service), May 11- Land Service), May 25- Mangram for their recent visit to Miguel Rivera, Deck Delegate Chairman Spencer Lyle, Secretary Chairman Lance Zollner, vessel. Bosun noted captain was Martin Rosen. Chairman Pedro Laboy, Educational Secretary Gregory Keene, Deck very pleased with their presence. No announced payoff upon arrival in Director Dennis Baker, Deck Delegate J.R. McDaniel. beefs or disputed OT reported. port of Elizabeth, N .J. Educational Delegate Doug Craft, Engine Chairman noted copies of contract Chairman praised crewmembers for OS Larry Reed enjoys a steak director encouraged crew to Delegate Jeffrey Hailstone, and new Seafarers WGs available. working together to continue dinner aboard the USNS Algol. upgrade at Paul Hall Center. No Steward Delegate John Platts. Educational director reminded smooth shipboard operations. August 1997 Seafarers LOG 19 - Cleveland Crew Salutes Practice Makes Perfect for Cape Johnson GSU Mendoza on His WeB-Eamed Retirement

The SIU-crewed Cape Johnson (top) recently broke out for intensive military­ support exercises that included vertical and underway replenishment for 11 U.S. GSU Julian Mendoza cuts his retirement cake during his last voyage Navy ships. Part of the U.S. Military Sealift aboard the .Cleveland. Pictured with Mendoza are, from left, OMU Command's Ready Reserve Force, the Davon McMillan, AB Hennie Haylock, OS Josh Morris, Chief Steward Cape Johnson received top marks from Rickie Juzang and Bosun Fareed Khan. the government for its performance during the drills, which took place near St. Croix After sailing with the SIU for ing aboard the Cleveland a nice in late May and early June. Operated by more than three decades, GSU experience," the crew noted. Amsea, the Cape Johnson is a 564-foot Julian Mendoza signed off the Mendoza sailed with the SIU breakbulk vessel featuring helicopter Cleveland . and headed for his for 37 years, during which time landing pads. The 30-year-old ship usual­ native Laredo, Texas. he worked on all kinds of ships ly transports ammunition, but also can Before Mendoza walked down and called on ports all over the handle stores and other cargo. Above and at right, the Cape Johnson the gangway for the last time world. tests the modular cargo delivery system, after the vessel docked in Port "My career with the SIU has or MCDS, with guided missile frigate USS Canaveral, Fla., the crew of the been just like a dream. I enjoyed Underwood. Sealift, Inc. vessel treated him to it-both the good and the bad. I a retirement party he will not have made it and I thank God," he the invitation of Frank and soon forget. said. Senators Edward Kennedy and Brother Mendoza stated he For New Bedford Fishermen, Chief Steward Rickie Juzang John Kerry (both, D-Mass.). and Chief Cook Fausto Aranda will enjoy spending his retire­ prepared a feast to commemorate ment years visiting friends and 1997 'Blessing of the Fleet' Seat are rs Take Top Slots Mendoza's career as a Seafarer. family. "You won't find me sit­ The 2gth annual fleet blessing Crewmembers enjoyed barbe­ ting at home," he declared. May Portend Better Future was part of an elaborate three-day cued pork and beef ribs festival known as Summerfest. with a "special sauce" as The 1997 version of the tradi­ have helped make the New tional blessing of the New Bedford region famous-also has As part of the celebration, fish­ well as chicken, hamburg­ ing boats from the local fleet are ers, hot dogs, grilled fish, Bedford commercial fishing fleet helped SIU fishermen enjoy one baked beans, corn-on-the­ has brought with it signs of better of the best years in the past decorated by their crewmembers cob, watermelon and more. days for SIU members after a decade despite being limited in to sail before a reviewing stand the total number of days they A decorated cake was half-decade of retrenchment and that includes elected officials, baked for Mendoza, and regulation. That is because the could fish. However, this success clergy and members of the busi­ crewmembers enjoyed the , National Marine Fisheries Service may be short-lived if the govern­ ness community. ment continues reducing fishing cookout at picnic tables on (NMFS)-the federal agency SIU boats won first and sec­ days, as currently planned. the deck while the vessel charged with managing U.S. fish ond places this year. Captain sailed from Eastern Africa · stocks-is beginning to recognize "It is inhumane and unneces­ Firminio V. Pereira, Mate to Florida. the rebound in fish stocks noted sary to keep cutting our members' Alfredo Conde, Deckhand days," said SIU New Bedford In a letter to the by local fishermen and the SIU for Firminio A. Pereira, Engineer the past three years. Port Agent Henri Francois. "The Seafarers LOG that includ­ Jorge Ruela and Cook Manuel Additionally, the union and fish haven't come back in antici­ ed the photographs accom­ Areias guided the FIV Cowboy to pation of cuts yet to come, but panying this article, crew­ U.S. Representative Barney because of the very real sacrifices the top ranking. members stated Menoza Frank (D-Mass.), whose district A barbecue was prepared by Chief Cook we have made these past four The F/V Bonansa received will be missed by every­ includes New Bedford, are work­ Fausto Aranda (right, sitting) and Chief years." second-place honors and was one. Steward Rickie Juzang on the deck of the ing with the fishery management This is a message the SIU crewed by Captain Antonio "His cheerful smile and Cleveland to congratulate GSU Julian system to ease some of the more plans to take to U.S. Commerce Ruivo, Mate John Santos, positive attitude made din- Mendoza on his retirement. repressive rules just taking effect this year. Secretary William Daley (whose Deckhand Americo DaSilva, The return of fish stocks-the agency houses NMFS) when he Engineer Joaquim Mouco and later became a U.S. citizen. Brother cod, haddock and flounder which visits New Bedford this month at Cook Jose Marques. Final Departures Simoes was a resident of Gloucester

and began receiving his pension in ~ Continued from page 18 April 1971. The SIU-crewed Cowboy (left photo) and AnANTIC FISHERMEN Bonansa recently took top honors at New RAILROAD MARINE Bedford's annual Blessing of the Fleet. More importantly, a rebound in fish stocks has ANIBAL S. SIMOES GILBERT J. HERBERT helped SIU fishermen enjoy one of the best Anibal S. Pensioner Gil­ years in the past decade. Simoes, 90, bert J. Herbert, passed away 74, died June February 17. 12. A native of Brother Simoes New Jersey, he joined the began his career Atlantic with the Sea­ Fishermen's farers in 1960 Union in 1954 in the port of in the port of '------'..-.---D!l.I New York. Sail­ Gloucester, Mass., before it merged ing as a mate in the deck department, with the AGLIWD in 1981. He Brother Herbert worked primarily for worked as a fisherman aboard the the marine division of the Pennsylvania fishing vessels Tina B. and Wild Railroad Co. He began receiving his Duck. Born in the Azore Islands, he pension in September 1991.

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Trades Department, stated that many businesses supportive of 1 the FTC plan already have moved KnoW Your Rights 'Made in USA substantial parts of their opera­ tions overseas "at the cost of hun­ FINANCIAL REPORTS. The PAYMENT OF MONIES. No dreds of thousands of good constitution of the SIU Atlantic, monies are to be paid to anyone in American jobs. It is obvious that Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters any official capacity in the SIU Is Jeopardized they now recognize the consider­ District makes specific provision unless an official union receipt is able commercial value of the for safeguarding the membership's given for same. Under no circum­ Made in USA label and want to money and union finances. The stances should any member pay any be able to use it anyway.', constitution requires a detailed money for any reason unless he is By FTC Proposal He added that adoption of the audit by certified public accoun­ given such receipt. In the event any­ FfC proposal "would make the tants every year, which is to be sub­ one attempts to require any such A number of trade unions, U.S. parts and labor in their prod­ label a fraud on the American mitted to the membership by the payment be made without supply­ dozens of congressional represen­ ucts-but still wanting the benefits public and open the door even secretary-treasurer. A yearly ing a receipt, or if a member is tatives from both parties, con­ of the Made in USA label (which wider to the export of U.S. jobs." finance committee of rank-and-file required to make a payment and is members. elected by the member­ given an official receipt, but feels sumer groups and business orga­ is a key selling point to many con­ A non-profit consumer group ship, each year examines the that he or she should not have been nizations are maintaining the sumers}-the FTC proposal seem­ known as the Buy America fight to protect the integrity of the ingly lowers the standard to 75 per­ finances of the union and reports required to make such payment, this Foundation described the FTC rec­ fully their findings and recommen­ should immediately be reported to words "Made in USA" on prod­ cent. However, Franks noted that ommendation as "nothing less than uct labels and in advertising. the "fine print" reveals as little as dations. Members of this committee union headquarters. a fraud on the American public that may make dissenting reports, spe­ The campaign, which has 56 percent U.S. parts and labor will eventually result in even more CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS gained more and more backers could qualify a product to be cific recommendations and separate American jobs lost to foreign findings. AND OBLIGATIONS. Copies of this summer, is a direct response labeled American-made. countries. Made in the USA is a the SIU constitution are available in The FfC also would grant TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds to the Federal Trade Com­ simple concept. American con­ all union halls. All members should mission's (FTC) proposal earlier such labeling rights "if the prod­ of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and obtain copies of this constitution so sumers have a fundamental right to Inland Waters District are adminis­ this year to relax the 50-year-old uct was substantially transformed know the truth; it should be the role as to familiarize themselves with its into a different product in the tered in accordance with the provi­ contents. Any time a member feels rule that "all or virtually all" of a of the FI'C to protect, not compro­ United States," according to the sions of various trust fund agree­ any other member or officer is product be made domestically mise, that right." before it may bear the Made in proposal. ments. All these agreements specify attempting to deprive him or her of The foundation further sug­ that the trustees in charge of these USA label. The FTC is accepting Opponents of the FTC pro­ any constitutional right or obligation gests that if the current standard funds shall equally consist of union written comments from the public nouncement (which would not by any methods, such as dealing is changed, "Why not simply and management representatives apply to automobiles, textiles, with charges, trials, etc., as well as on this matter until August 11. state the truth? If 75 percent of a and their alternates. All expendi­ wool or fur) warned that lowering all other details, the member so After reviewing the comments, product's cost is domestic, then tures and disbursements of trust the commission will approve, the standard would result in U.S. affected should immediately notify label the product 75 percent funds are made only upon approval reject or alter the proposal. job loss and would confuse-if headquarters. Made in the USA-or 60 percent by a majority of the trustees. All The AFL-CIO's Union Label not outright mislead-American EQUAL RIGHTS. All members or 90 percent or whatever the case trust fund financial records are & Service Trades Department is consumers. are guaranteed equal rights in may be. [Otherwise], Made in available at the headquarters of the urging all union members and the Franks said it is "sad that the employment and as members of the USA should mean only one thing: various trust funds. general public to ask their elected agency charged with upholding SIU. These rights are clearly set that all or virtually all of the prod­ SHIPPING RIGHTS. A mem­ representatives on Capitol Hill to truth in advertising is now forth in the SIU constitution and in uct was made here.'' bees shipping rights and seniority the contracts which the union has oppose the FTC plan. The depart­ attempting to pull a fast one on are protected exclusively by con­ ment also encourages union America's consumers." Written comments to the FfC negotiated with the employers. tracts between the union and the Consequently, no member may be members and other individuals to Similarly, Rep. John Dingell must be received before August employers. Members should get to discriminated against because of seek their representatives' back­ (D-Mich.), a cosponsor of the res­ 11. They should be identified as "Made in USA Policy Comment,, know their shipping rights. Copies race, creed, color, sex, national or ing ~ a "Sense of Congress" olution, described the FTC pro­ and addressed to the Office of the of these contracts are posted and geographic origin. se resolution introduced by posal as "a scam on the public" available in all union halls. If mem­ ep. Bob Franks (R-N.J.) in June. and said it would "sanctify lying." Secretary, Federal Trade Com­ If any member feels that he or she bers believe there have been viola­ is denied the equal rights to which That resolution calls upon the Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) mission, Room 159, 6th & Penn­ tions of their shipping or seniority sylvania Ave. NW, Washington, he or she is entitled, the member FTC to withdraw its proposal and pointed out that "there is much rights as contained in the contracts should notify union headquarters. to maintain the "all or virtually money to be made through sub­ D.C. 20508. between the union and the employ­ alP' U.S. parts and labor standard terfuge in labeling," and further Moreover, updates on this ers, they should notify the Seafarers SEAFARERS POLITICAL for the label. (A similar resolution cautioned that the voluminous matter may be found at the fol­ Appeals Board by certified mail, ACTIVITY DONATION was expected to be introduced in fine print in the agency's recom­ lowing internet site, which also return receipt requested. The proper SPAD. SPAD is a separate segregat­ e Senate as the Sea/are rs LOG mendation would create "a provides users with links to send address for this is: ed fund. Its proceeds are used to e-mail messages to U.S. represen­ further its objects and purposes we to press.) lawyers' sandbox.,, Augustin Tellez, Chairman Pmhed for by manufacturers Charlie Mercer, president of tatives and senators: http:// including, but not limited to, fur­ Seafarers Appeals Board thering the political, social and eco­ using a combination of foreign and the Union Label & Service www.UnionLabel.org. 5201 Auth Way nomic interests of maritime work­ Camp Springs, MD 207 46 ers, the preservation and furthering Full copies of contracts as referred of the American merchant marine to are available to members at all with improved employment oppor­ times, either by writing directly to tunities for seamen and boatmen and the union or to the Seafarers the advancement of trade union con­ Appeals Board. cepts. In connection with such (Editor's Note: the Seafarers LOG reserves the (Henry McCullough may write Dick Maley at objects, SPAD supports and con­ right to edit letters for grammar as well as space 647 Sawyer Road, Greene, ME 04236. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU tributes to political candidates for provisions without changing the writer's intent. The contracts are available in all SIU elective office. All contributions are ... ~ LOG welcomes letters from members, pensioners halls. These contracts specify the voluntary. No contribution may be and their families and will publish them on a timely Proper Training wages and conditions under which solicited or received because of basis.) Pays Off in Emergencies an SIU member works and lives force,.· job discrimination, financial Thank you so much for your article in the June aboard a ship or boat. Members reprisal, or threat of such conduct, 1997 issue of the Seafarers LOG ["Crescent Tug should know their contract rights, or as a condition of membership in LOG Article the union or of employment. If a Crews Honored at Safety Achievement Awards"]. It as well as their obligations, such as Brings Back Memories filing for overtime (ITT) on the contribution is made by reason of was a very well-written article but left some doubt in the above improper conduct, the In the May issue of the Seafarers LOG, under the the reader's mind. In the second paragraph, it stated, proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, a member member should notify the Seafarers "Inquiring Seafarer" section, a Henry McCullough "They had no clue as to what chemical to use when (retired) was interviewed at the Philadelphia hall. believes that an SIU patrolman or International Union or SPAD by extinguishing a grease fire." certified mail within 30 days of the He stated that he was on the Transatlantic in 1951 other union official fails to protect This may or may not have been true. During the contribution for investigation and when she got caught up in a storm going to France. their contractual rights properly, he state of excitement, the crew may have panicked and or she should contact the nearest appropriate action and refund, if I think I was on the same trip. I was the 12-4 OS, lost their memory of equipment whereabouts. SIU port agent. involuntary. A member should sup­ and I had the first lookout at noon when shortly after With proper training, this may have not occurred. port SPAD to protect and further his going on watch, on top of the wheelhouse, a 75-foot I thank the staff at the Lundeberg School for the EDITORIAL POLICY - THE or her economic, political and wave crashed over us on the starboard side. All I opprotunity to learn proper job skills. rm convinced SEAFARERS WG. The Seafarers social interests, and American trade could do was hold on to the wires leading down these skills were instrumental in the safe rescue of LOG traditionally has refrained union concepts. from the smokestack and watch the fored~k disap­ from publishing any article serving the tug Prancer. NOTIFYING THE UNION-If pear. Keep up the good work. the political purposes of any indi­ vidual in the union, officer or mem­ at any time a member feels that any The next day, we were steering from on top of the Captain Al Schmitt of the above rights have been vio­ after house (on the fantail). At that time, I told the ber. It also has refrained from pub­ New Orleans, La. listiing articles deemed harmful to lated, or that he or she has been captain that I thought the wave was a 70-footer. He the union or its collective member­ denied the constitutional right of told me that he had it at 75 feet in the ship,s log. .. .. ship. This established policy has access to union records or infonna­ We had four lifeboats onboard. The two on the been reaffirmed by membership tion, the member should immedi­ starboard side were moved. The forward one was Seafarers Welfare Plan action at the September 1960 meet­ ately notify SIU President Michael shoved against the house because it was somewhat Takes Care of Its Members ings in all constitutional ports. The Sacco at headquarters by certified protected by the bridge. The #3 boat davits were mail, return receipt requested. The I take my hat off to the Seafarers Welfare Plan responsibility for Seafarers WG moved aft of the house. And, believe it or not, the policy is vested in an editorial board address is: for the help that they have shown me by paying my which consists of the executive whole episode didn't bother me at all. Michael Sacco, President I have been retired since 1986 and would very medical bills. I am very sick with a rare blood dis­ board of the union. The executive Seafarers International Union much like to get in touch with Henry. ease and appreciate a11 their help with my needs. board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out 5201 Auth Way Dick Maley Larry D. Rust Greene, Maine Wilmington, Calif. this responsibility. Camp Springs, MD 207 46. August 1997 Seafarers LOG 21 Lundeberg: School Graduating: Classes

SEAFARERS HARRY LUNOEBERG SCHOOL l ;~~ LIFEBOAT CLASS ....J~i . I:~" Trainee Lifeboat Class 565--Graduating from trainee lifeboat Upgraders Lifeboat-Upgrading graduates of the June 19 lifeboat class 565 are (from left, kneeling) Terrance Maxwell, Joel Patzer, Sara Chief Steward Com­ class are (from left, kneeling) Glenn Toledo, Robbie Ballard, Stephanie Barahona, Yakov Shubov, Garth Beattie, (second row) Ben Cusic pleting her training on June 18 Vogel, Mohamed Adam, Ahmed Ahmed, Ben Cusic (instructor), (second (instructor) Bryan Ford, Edward Kelly II, Timothy Flynn, Dennis to become a chief steward is row) Fadhel Hasan, William Chumey, Faustino Castillo, Lee Pullman, Maguire, Leslie Odom and Gregory Guay. Florenza Farquhar. Guillermo Thomas, Jonn Noel and Eugenio Cabral Jr.

Tankerman Barge PIC-Two members from Allied Towing completed the tankerman barge PIC Galley Operations-Eric Van Benthuysen course on June 13. Steven lngvaldsen (center) and (center) is the first graduate from the revised galley Bridge Management-Marking their graduation from the bridge watter Tate Jr. (right) are congratulated by their operations curriculum. With him on June 18 are management class on June are (from left, kneeling) John Parker, 18 instructor, Ben Cusic. instructors Allan Sherwin (left) and Eileen Hager. Andre Skevnick, Joseph Butasek, Franz Eder, (second row) Regina Jakstas, Alex Lifeson, Joseph Violante, Bryan Bush and Casey Taylor (instructor).

Tanker Assistant DL-SIU members completing the tanker assistant DL course on June 12 are (from left, front row, sitting) Nelson Patterson, Shelly Forsman, Jose Pedroza, (second row, kneeling) Hugh McDowell, Charles James, Candido Molina, George Murphy Jr., Jessie Ulibas, Alan Hansen, Daniel Rodriguez, (standing) Mark Jones (instruc­ tor), Carl Davis, Stephen Avallone, Chris Benzenberg, Guillermo Thomas, Thomas Stephens, Jason Peters, Chester Wheeler Ill, Neil Bond and Michael Willis.

LNG Familiarization -Receiving their endorsements from the LNG familiarization course on June 11 are SIU mem­ bers (from left, kneeling) Sammy Montana, Virgilio Donghit, Abdulrahmen Al-Okaish, Khalid Mohamed, David Collins, (second row) Bruce Johnson, Gonzie Knott, lsabelo Fernandez, Gabriel Bonefont, Bridgette Mcintosh, Vicki Holloway, Rick Redmond (instructor), (third row) Denis Burke, Blaine Amundson, Eric Van Benthuysen, George Saltz, Robert Rester, Christopher Kavanagh and Christopher Adamowicz. Not pictured is Larry Jolla.

22 Seafarers LOii LUNDEBERG SCHOOL w ·.· ltswanlil/1grading couise, . f~. .•.. -. . 1997 UPGRADING COURSE SCHEDULE Course Start Date DB.te of Completion

The following is the schedule for classes beginning between September through Galley Operations September6 October3 December 1997 at the Seafarers Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship located at the September 20 October 17 ·· Paul Hall Center for Maritime Training and Education in Piney Point, Md. All programs Oetober4 October31 improve of Seafarers to maritime are geared to the job skills and promote the American October 18 November 14 ·· industry. Please note that this schedule may change to reflect the needs of the membership, the Safety Specialty Courses maritime industry and-in times of conflict-the nation ~s security. Start Date Date of Completion Students attending any of these classes should check in the Saturday be/ore their Course coursets start date. The courses listed here wiU begin promptly on the morning of the Advanced Firefighting September 22 October 3 · start dates. October 6 October 17 October 27 November 7

September 22 October 10 Date of Completi()tt · · October 20 November 7 November 17 Decembers September 22 November 14 LNG Familiarizatfon September·s September 26 Septembers September 20 November 17 December S October6 October 18 · LNG Recertification November 3 November 21 November 1S .... ·... December 12 October 20 October 31 October 17

Date of Completion

November2? Adult Basic Education (ABE) September 1 October 10 October 20 Decembers

Liteb~t Preparation September 22 October 3 October 20 October 31 Dattfof Completion November 17 November28

Dttember12 Intrridnction to Computers The Ac~~mi~ Depa~ntwillhe 4fferi~g asix-.weekeourse in E~g!ish 101 and Mathematics 10 l. beginning ··sepiember 8 ana eNling Oc.tcber.17;·Stfyi~m~ willbe .'.rpqljft~,.,fO afterul classes a min­ imum of 4 days a week for two hours eac~ class. These courses are basic re.quirements for the Associates Degrees in Nautical Science or Marine Engineering Tecfincli>gy. ·' Olhet courses in the September 22 October 17 academic program wlll require a minimum cfftve persuns. The next academic session wilt begin ovember JO.

With this applicarion, COPIES of your discharges must be submitted showing sufficienr UPGRADING APPLICATION lime to qualify 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 and the front and back of your z-card as well as your Name~~~---~~~~~~------~ Lunde berg School identification card listing the course( s) you have taken and complet­ Address ______ed. The admissions office WILL NOT schedule you until all of the above are received. BEGIN END COURSE DATE DATE Telephone------­ Date of Birth ------Deep Sea Member D Lakes Member D Inland Waters Member D

If the following information is not filled out completely, your application will not be processed. Social Security#______Book# ______

Seniority------Department ------U.S. Citizen: Yes D No D Home Port Endorsement(s) or License(s) now held ------LAST VESSEL:------Rating: ____

Are you a graduate of the SHLSS trainee program? D Yes DNo Date On:------Date Off: If yes, class#------­ SIGNATURE ______DATE Have you attended any SHLSS upgrading courses? D Yes 0 No If yes, course(s) taken ------NOTE: Transportation will be paid in accordance with the scheduling letter only if you present original receipts and successfully complete the course. Ifyou have any questions, Do you hold the U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboatman Endorsement? contact your port agent before departing for Piney Point. D Yes D No Firefighting: D Yes D No CPR: D Yes D No RETURN COMPLETED APPUCATION TO: Lundeberg School of Seamanship, Primary language spoken ------Admissions Office, P.O. Box 75, Piney Point, MD 20674-0075. 8197

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August 1997 Seafarers LOG 23 Attention Seafarers: Your contributions to SPAD help ensure a strong, healthy merchant marine. For your future and job security, remember to donate to SPAD Bobo Olfers A Winning Blend OfHa•dWork And Enjoyment

While in Rota, Spain, crewmembers aboard the 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo were challenged to a softball game by the crew of the Sgt. Matej Kocak. The final score was Bobo 19, Kocak 14. Members of the victorious team are (from left, back row) military contractor Bobby Carlton, Chief Cook Dorray Saberon, Chief Pumpman William Lignos, Utility Jorge Soler, Capt. Mike Mahoney, QMED Arthur Wadsworth, Messman Bruce Davidson (MVP), security guard Mike Mayne, Chief Engineer Timothy Doherty, Chief Steward Rich Gray (Coach), AB Joseph Baptiste, (seated) Steward Assistant Teodocio Ruiz, AB James Hoffman, Cook/Baker Sharon Herner, AB Thomas Guffey and team captain Michael Reilly.

All work and no play makes for a dull existence. cated cargo-handling systems that permits unload­ But Seafarers aboard the 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo have ing with or without pier facilities. found the formula for working hard while still hav­ The ship and its crew must always remain ready ing time to enjoy life and fellow crewmembers, for military activity. During this trip, crewmembers according to a letter sent to the Seafare rs LOG took part in a scheduled NATO exercise. The hard from Bosun William Bratton, the ship's chairman. work performed by the SIU members during these "Our last cruise, voyage number 84, was one military maneuvers was later rewarded when they which we will all remember," he wrote. "We chris­ rigged fishing lines from the ship's stem. An 84- Following a NATO exercise aboard ship, fishing lines were rigged. tened it 'Peace, Tranquility and Courage,' and we inch marlin was the record catch for the trip. It was Posing with the record catch of the day-an 84-inch marlin-are (from would like to say thanks to Captain Mike Mahoney hauled in with a hand line by Capt. Mahoney and left) Chief Steward Rich Gray, AB John Dawson, military contractor and Chief Mate Mike Faraday for their good humor AB Roy Conn. Bobby Carlton, Chief Engineer Dennis Simmons, Captain Mike and encouragement during this trip." Mahoney, Chief Cook Dorray Saberon and Cook/Baker Sharon Herner. In addition to NATO exercises, another require­ The bosun, in the letter and photos that accom­ ment for personnel sailing aboard a military prepo­ panied it, described how the Bobo's crew worked sitioning ship is a yearly training session in small hard throughout the voyage but found time to unwind through fishing, sidearm drills and a chal­ arms. This year the instruction was performed at lenge softball game. sea during this same voyage and, according to The Bobo, a 671-foot roll-on/roll-off vessel Bratton, the deck department took all the honors in operated by American Overseas Marine the 9mm practice. Conn scored 238 out of a possi­ Corporation (Amsea) and time-chartered to the ble 240; Second Mate Jeff Savage came in second Military Sealift Command, is a maritime preposi­ with 237; and Bosun Bratton was third with 236. tioning ship (MPS), part of a fleet which provides Besides firing the 9mm and M-14 rifle, crewmem­ mobile logistic support for U.S. armed forces. Each bers also were qualified with the 12-gauge shotgun. MPS carries a balanced mix of vehicles, fuel, These good efforts, too, were later rewarded. ammunition, rations and supplies and is stationed When the ship arrived_in Rota, Spain, its crew was at a forward base around the world near a region of challenged by the Seafarers and officers of potential crisis. Waterman Steamship's Sgt. Matej Kocak to a soft­ Launched in late February 1985 from the ship­ ball game. "In the end," noted Bratton, "victory yard at Quincy, Mass., the Bobo, like the other was ours, leaving us undefeated, untied and prepositioning ships, is equipped with a sophisti- unafraid." The final score was Bobo 19, Kocak 14.

Birthdays are not forgotten on the 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo. Chief Cook Dorray Saberon (right) shows off a birthday cake made for her by Cook/Baker Sharon Herner.

Second Mate Jeff Savage sets up for his firing with the M-14. He also got a perfect score of 30/30. In the back­ ground are ABs James Hoffman and Thomas Guffey.