Transcript and exhibits presented to the Railroad Marine Workers Commission. New York Harbor Carriers' Conference Committee and International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots Locals 1 and 3, the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association Number 33, and the Seafarers International Union of Nor

United States. Railroad Marine Workers Commission

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Seafarers' International Union of North America

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The Historical Research Department of the Seafarers International Union (SIU) kept extensive files on Joseph Curran, president of the NMU from 1937 until his death in 1981. “Big Joe” Curran, then an inactive member of the conservative International Seaman’s Union, founded the Seaman’s Defense Committee during a wildcat strike in 1936 on the Panama Pacific Line's S.S. California. The Committee was renamed the National Maritime Union in 1937, and Curran became its first president. He ...

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International Organization of Masters, Mates, and Pilots

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The Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) had its beginnings in the tragic burning of the steamboat Seawanhaka in New York Harbor on June 28, 1880. The 612-ton, 230-foot side paddle wheeler, under the command of Capt. Charles P. Smith, suffered an explosion in the boiler room; an event not uncommon in the early days of steam-powered vessels. As flames spread rapidly through the wooden-hulled boat, Capt. Smith was faced with few options in the narrow Hell Gate channel. He stayed at the helm and ...