SUP Ballots Counted —
Organized 1885 Official Organ of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific Volume LXIII No. 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Friday, February 25, 2000 U.S. cargo preference SUP ballots counted — laws questioned by government agency Officers elected, amendments decided The General Accounting Of- preference sustains the domes- Connolly elected Vice President posed amendments to the fice has included U.S. cargo tic merchant marine, a vital ele- Union's Constitution, three were ment of national security, and preference laws on a list of gov- adopted by the necessary two- provides employment for Ameri- Burgess wins Wilmington ernment programs that should be thirds majority and one failed. reduced or eliminated. can mariners. Duvall on top in Honolulu The membership voted to "The U.S. cargo preference Testifying before the Senate transfer the proceeds from the laws, by guaranteeing the avail- Henneberry is San Francisco BA budget Committee this month, sale of the old Seattle and Wilm- ability of cargo for U.S.-flag ships, David Walker, U.S. Comptrol- ington halls to the General Fund; are important to the financial vi- Lundeberg and O'Halloran re-elected ler General, said that higher-cost approved a proposal to allow ability of U.S.-flag vessel opera- U.S. ships raise federal shipping dues-paying pensioners all the tion companies,” MarAd said. The recently concluded Sailors’ ring. Wayne Burgess defeated costs $578 million a year, based rights of active members, except Preference requirements en- Union of the Pacific biennial elec- Keith Miller and Bob Burns. on a 1994 GAO report. the right to work in covered em- sure that the vessels, trained tion resulted in the biggest change Preference cargoes include de- In Honolulu, where incum- ployment or to run for office; American crews and the vessel in officers in recent memory.
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