MTD Welcomes IBEW’s Cooper to Executive Board
Kenneth Cooper, the International President of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), is the newest member of the MTD Executive Board. Cooper takes the seat following the retirement of […]
Michigan PMC President Corrects Record on Prevailing Wage Laws
Michigan Maritime Trades Port Council President Jeannette Bradshaw testified on March 8th in front of the Michigan House of Representatives’s Labor Committee, advocating for the restoration of the state’s prevailing […]
Chris Given Takes Over As MTD Eastern Area Executive Board Member
Chris Given takes over as the MTD Eastern Area Executive Board Member, effective March 1. Given, the secretary-treasurer of the Seafarers Union of Canada, succeeds his father, Jim, who held […]
Mine Workers Offer To Return To Alabama Mines
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) have offered to return to work in the Warrior Met Coal mines on March 2 while the union and the company work out […]
Passionate Attig Describes Veterans Council’s Work With Labor
Offering very personal and sometimes emotional remarks to the MTD Executive Board was the executive director of the Union Veterans Council (UVC). Will Attig took the podium on February 16 […]
2023 MTD Board Meeting Looks Toward Future, Acknowledges Past
It’s no overstatement that the 2023 Executive Board meeting of the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO was history in the making. The Executive Board, composed of representatives from the MTD’s 24 […]
Herrnstadt Reaffirms EX-IM Bank Support For US Jobs
When longtime International Association of Machinists (IAM) executive Owen Herrnstadt received U.S. Senate confirmation last summer to serve at the U.S. Export-Import Bank, he realized it didn’t quite sound like […]
MTD Board Hears Jones Act Is ‘Core’ To Dredging Industry
America’s freight cabotage law remains crucial for the dredging industry, and it also plays a vital role as the nation expands into the wind-energy sector. Those were among the key […]
TOTE’s Nolan Calls U.S. Mariners ‘Unsung Heroes’
The top executive at a major, union-contracted maritime company spelled out the consistent reliability and outstanding performances of U.S. mariners and the U.S.-flag industry as a whole when he addressed […]
AFL-CIO S/T Redmond Reiterates Labor’s Backing For Strong US-Flag Industry
Fred Redmond left no doubt about the AFL-CIO’s ongoing support for the U.S. Merchant Marine when he spoke to the MTD Executive Board on February 17 during its annual meeting […]