Union Veterans Council Speaks Up For Voting Rights
The MTD is one of the founding members of the Union Veterans Council. The following statement was issued by...
The MTD is one of the founding members of the Union Veterans Council. The following statement was issued by...
The Maritime Trades Department is joining with the rest of the AFL-CIO in calling on the United States Senate...
MTD President Michael Sacco announced the cancellation of the MTD Executive Board meeting scheduled for February 17-18 in Orlando because...
President Joe Biden called upon Kellogg to honor the collective bargaining system and not hire ‘permanent replacements’ or scabs...
The head of the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) told an enthusiastic audience of U.S.-flag maritime union and business representatives,...
Solidarity with the Jones Act was the topic of discussion between the leadership of the Hawaii Ports Maritime Council...
Michigan Senator Gary Peters is the 2021 Great Lakes Maritime Task Force (GLMTF) Legislator of the Year. The award,...
Just days after being sworn in as President of the United States, Joe Biden issued a “Buy American” executive...
The Maritime Trades Department along with many of its affiliates stood with striking United Mine Workers (UMWA) in demonstrations...
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...