Port Councils Active Over Labor Day Weekend
From the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean, Port Maritime Councils celebrated a return to some normalcy following the...
From the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean, Port Maritime Councils celebrated a return to some normalcy following the...
From the AFL-CIO, to which the MTD is an affiliated department: MLBPA joins AFL-CIO with goal of helping strengthen...
The U.S.-flag maritime industry lost a true and devoted friend when retired Vice Admiral Albert Herberger (USN) passed away...
A recently issued report reconfirms what the MTD has been saying for years – Jones Act shipping provides a...
While the fear of covid infection remains in the back of many people’s minds, more and more Port Councils...
No bridges were required and no bank shots were needed when the Chicago and Western Lakes Port Council held...
The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO joins with the rest of labor in mourning the passage of former American Federation...
President Joe Biden presented the nation’s highest civilian honor to the late AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka during a White...
Across the United States, Port Maritime Councils took advantage of the warmer spring weather to help their communities in...
Labor solidarity and what it can accomplish was the subject from three different speakers during the MTD Convention in...
Delegates to the MTD Convention in Philadelphia received a special presentation instead of a speech from the executive director...
Even amidst the hubbub of the 2022 AFL-CIO Convention, the MTD found another opportunity to express solidarity with working...
The U.S. maritime industry collectively should capitalize on the growing awareness of its essential roles. Carl Bentzel, a commissioner...
The top official of a powerful international transportation labor group said the global pandemic brought overdue, positive attention to...
In a wide-ranging address June 10 at the Maritime Trades Department Convention in Philadelphia, US Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ)...
The head of America’s largest labor federation says that unions can and must play vital roles as technology constantly...
Delegates to the AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia sent a resounding message of support for the Jones Act. On June...
The AFL-CIO, to which the MTD is a chartered department, has issued the following news item. MTD President Michael...
The MTD was well represented during the annual National Maritime Day observance at the U.S. Transportation Department in Washington,...
Union members and their friends raised $40,000 for the March of Dimes during the Eighth Annual Shoot for a...
In the annual National Maritime Day proclamation, President Joe Biden paid tribute not only the history of the men...
Nearly 77 years after fighting ended and 34 years after token veterans recognition was granted, U.S. Merchant Mariners of...
Just to make sure no elected official in northern California is confused with its position, the San Francisco Bay...
The MTD welcomes Ann C. Phillips aboard as the new U.S. Maritime Administrator. On May 10, the Senate confirmed...
Port Maritime Councils across the United States are calling their local U.S. Senate offices to oppose resolutions that would...
The Maritime Trades Department is proud to be one of more than 200 unions, civic organizations, civil rights, student...
The MTD joins the rest of the nation in mourning the passing of Norman Y. Mineta, who died May...
More than 200 union members and allies rallied May 2 along the shore of the Black River near Lake...
The Biden administration will continue working to be known not merely as pro-worker, but as the most pro-union administration...
The following news release was issued by the MTD-affiliated AFL-CIO on April 26. AFL-CIO Releases 2022 Death on the...