by bhale849 » March 5, 2011, 3:59 pm
American Steamship Is union. Its unlicenced men are represented by the S.I.U. (Seamens International Union). When it bought the former Oglebay Norton ships. they got ships whose unlicensed men were members of a different union - Local 5000 of the United Steelworkers. Three former ON ships are at Sturgeon Bay Their unlicensed men were USWA Local 5000. ASC wants them to drop the Steelworkers' membership & join the SIU. Many of them don't want to join the SIU. Thus the informational picketing by Local 5000.
American Steamship Is union. Its unlicenced men are represented by the S.I.U. (Seamens International Union). When it bought the former Oglebay Norton ships. they got ships whose unlicensed men were members of a different union - Local 5000 of the United Steelworkers. Three former ON ships are at Sturgeon Bay Their unlicensed men were USWA Local 5000. ASC wants them to drop the Steelworkers' membership & join the SIU. Many of them don't want to join the SIU. Thus the informational picketing by Local 5000.