Port Councils Usher in Busy 2024 Fall Season

Above: Group photo from the Toledo PMC Labor Day Banquet, featuring members of the council, local electeds, MTD ES-T Clements, and Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) September is always a momentous […]

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MTD Expresses Solidarity with International Longshoremen’s Association

The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, unequivocally stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the International Longshoremen’s Association as their contract nears expiration.  Much has already been written and […]

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MTD Leadership Observes Maritime Day on Both Coasts

The Maritime Trades Department has never been one to take National Maritime Day lightly.  In a first, MTD’s leadership provided remarks at two different Maritime Day ceremonies on opposite ends of the country. 

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Guide to 2024 MTD Executive Board Meeting Coverage

The venue and format were new, but the aim of the Maritime Trades Department Executive Board remained familiar when the body convened on April 25th at AFL-CIO headquarters. Through a […]

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IFPTE Joins MTD as 25th Affiliate

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) has signed on as the Maritime Trades Department’s most recent affiliate. The decision was announced at the MTD’s annual Executive Board […]

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USTR Moves Forward on MTD-Backed Shipbuilding Petition

The following news item was posted by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (available HERE). WASHINGTON – The United States Trade Representative announced today that after review of a petition […]

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AFL-CIO Honors Michael Sacco

The AFL-CIO recently adopted the following statement during a meeting of their executive council (the first such meeting since Mike’s passing late last year). The statement is linked on the […]

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MTD President Testifies on Red Sea Shipping

MTD President David Heindel on Jan. 30 testified during a hearing conducted by the U.S. House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. The hearing’s title was “Menace on the Red […]

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Bipartisan Bill Backs U.S. Maritime

The following news item has been issued by the office of U.S. Rep. John Garamendi (D-California). As noted in the release, the MTD supports the legislation. Wicker, Casey, Garamendi, Wittman […]

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Biden to Jones Act Foes: “Not on My Watch!”

Above image provided by Susan Walsh/Associated Press. In a speech before hundreds of unionized Philly Shipyard workers on July 20, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his longstanding support for the Jones […]

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