Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
With President Biden’s signature (witnessed by several MTD Executive Board Members) on November 15, the long-awaited bipartisan Infrastructure Investment...
With President Biden’s signature (witnessed by several MTD Executive Board Members) on November 15, the long-awaited bipartisan Infrastructure Investment...
A new report “illustrates how America’s biofuel industry is growing union jobs and helping to rebuild the middle class,”...
U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) praised the work of American mariners and the U.S.-flag fleet while calling upon Congress...
The heads of the Chicago and Michigan Port Councils as well as the MTD Executive Secretary-Treasurer showed solidarity with...
“While dozens of foreign vessels wait at anchor off the coast with delayed cargo, American carriers serving our markets,...
The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO salutes the Biden White House for nominating Rear Admiral Ann Phillips (USN ret.) to...
More than 1000 members of the MTD-affiliated United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) have entered their seventh month on...
After nearly five weeks of hitting the bricks, members of the MTD-affiliated Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers...
The presidents of the nation’s maritime unions issued a joint statement addressing the need for mariners to remain safe...
Following more than a year of taking necessary precautions due to the covid pandemic, Port Maritime Councils in Michigan,...
Port Councils across the country used Labor Day weekend to renew some pre-covid traditions while participating in community projects...
Twenty years have passed since that fateful day when the United States was attacked by terrorists. More than 600...
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) President Emeritus Alfred Whitehead passed away September 4. He was 91 years...
International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) President Harold Daggett told global shipping companies planning to run autonomous container cargo vessels to...
(This is the third and final installment.) When Michael Sacco became president of the MTD in June 1988, he...
Bakery Workers (BCTGM) from Virginia to Oregon have had it with Mondelez’s ham-handed efforts to place them on a...
(This is the second of three installments) The Paul Hall era for the MTD ran from 1957 until 1980....
History was made today (August 20) two blocks from the White House when the AFL-CIO Executive Council unanimously elected...
(This is the first of three installments.) August 19, 1946 – the birthday of the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO....
The MTD is proud to welcome American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus to its Executive...
During July, four union officials joined the Executive Board of the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO. They are International Association...
The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO joins with the rest of the Labor Movement and all workers in mourning the...
As more Americans receive their covid vaccinations, plans for moving forward from the pandemic are in full gear. Two...
The MTD expressed its support for 1,100 striking Mine Workers (UMWA) in Brookwood, AL, who have entered their 11th...
Following a year off because of the covid pandemic, nearly 40 members representing nine international unions hit the links...
In an effort to promote Made-in-America goods and services, the White House through its newly created Made in America...
Under the banner of the Greater South Florida Maritime Trades Council, almost 100 union members with family and friends...
The MTD Executive Board approved Anthony Gonsiewski to serve as the department’s Vice President (pro tem), succeeding Jerry Abell,...
In honor of National Maritime Day, May 22, President Joe Biden issued the following proclamation: Read Here A Proclamation...
The United States celebrated the men and women of the U.S. merchant marine during the 88th annual National Maritime...