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Official Organ of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific

Volume LXV No. 6 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Friday, June 21, 2002

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Artist's rendition of the new containerships being built at Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard Inc. courtesy of Matson Navigation Company

On May 29, Matson Navi-gation Company signeda contract with Kvaerner

Philadelphia Shipyard for twonew containerships. The firstvessel under construction isscheduled for delivery in June2003. The second in April 2004.

The diesel-powered vessels,with a capacity of 2,600 contain-ers (twenty-foot equivalent units)including a reefer box capacity of300, cost $110 million per ship,including owners costs. Both aresimilar in size and speed toMatson�s flagship m/v R.J.Pfeiffer. To finance the deal,Matson will tap its existing Capi-tal Construction Fund of $170million, supplemented by approxi-mately $50 million in loans.

C. Bradley Mulholland, com-pany president and CEO, said,�These two new ships will helpensure that Matson continues to

provide Hawai�i with efficient,dependable ocean transportationservices of superior quality andvalue. This significant invest-ment in our Hawai�i service un-derscores our long-term commit-ment to remaining the state�sleading ocean carrier.�

Mulholland stated that Matsonhas an �oral understanding� with

Kvaerner to build two moreships, but that no agreement hadyet been reached. He added thatMatson �could need six newships in the next ten years.�

The news of the ship purchaseswas announced just prior to thebeginning of negotiations betweenthe SUP, MFOW and SIU-Marine

Cooks and the company. On June17, during bargaining, CaptainJack Sullivan, Director of VesselOperations and Offshore LaborRelations, said that the new ves-sels will most likely replace twoof the company�s three C-8 typevessels (Chief Gadao, Ewa orLihue). These vessels were origi-

Flag-of-convenience shipping comesunder scrutiny at Congressional hearing

At a hearing of the HouseArmed Service�s Spe-cial Oversight Panel on

the Merchant Marine this month,

panel, Maritime AdministratorWilliam Schubert said that thelack of transparency of flag-of-convenience registries �could ul-timately lead to a serious threatto our nation�s safety and secu-

rity. In today�s en-vironment weshould not com-promise our secu-rity. In the UnitedStates we knowwho owns ourships, who oper-ates them and whocrews them.�

�It is critical,more than ever, tohave a strong U.S.merchant marine

and U.S. crews. U.S. crews em-ployed on U.S.-flag ships pro-vide the pool of seafarers neededfor both commercial and govern-ment sealift fleets in times ofnational emergency or crisis,�Schubert told the panel.

MarAd chief urges revival of U.S.-flag fleet asbest defense against terrorism

�Now more than ever, ourpresence as a flag-state is criti-cal to our national interests. Ifwe lost all our U.S.-flag vesselsto open registries tomorrow, ourpresence in the internationalmaritime arena would be dimin-ished to that of a port stateonly�at a tremendous cost toU.S. national security and eco-nomic interests.

�Encouraging shipowners toreturn to the U.S. flag is a daunt-ing task, especially when com-

pared to the economic advan-tages of open registries. How-ever, the best way to protect ourhomeland and national securityinterests across the globe is astrong U.S.-flag fleet manned byU.S.-citizen mariners. If we didnot have the Jones Act, cargopreference, and the MSP andVISA programs, I can assure youit is unlikely that ships would re-main under U.S.-flag, and the

nally built as LASH ships for Pa-cific Far East Lines in 1971-72and named Golden Bear, JapanBear and Thomas E. Cuffe. In1979 they were bought by Ameri-can President Lines and renamedPresident Grant, President Tylerand President Hoover. In 1995-96 they were sold to Matson.

flag-of-convenience shippingwas attacked as being a threatto U.S. national security.

Panel chairman RepresentativeDuncan Hunter (R-CA) said thatfrom his perspec-tive, �it is apparentthat we have virtu-ally no idea whoowns, or who con-trols a number ofthese ships.� Hewent on to say that,from a legal stand-point, �we are nowreferring to this as alack of �transparencyof ownership.� It isalso clear to me thatwe likewise lack a clear under-standing of who is manning thesevessels�or even whether thedocuments they hold are valid�or even whether they have therequired training.�

Testifying on June 13 before the

�There is nobetter assuranceto our nation�s

security intereststhan a strong

U.S.-flag mer-chant marine.�

Capt. William SchubertMaritime Administrator

FOC ....continued on page 3

SUP strike resolutionA resolution to authorize the Negotiating Committee to

call a strike against Matson Navigation Company, if nec-essary, was unanimously passed by the membership at theJune Headquarters and Branch meetings.

As the West Coast Sailors goes to press, the SUP, MFOW,SIU-Marine Cooks (bargaining as the SIU Pacific Dis-trict) has made no headway at arriving at a new agree-ment. The current contract expires at midnight, June 30.

Matson buys two new containerships for the Hawai�itrades�commits to fleet replacement program

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SUP Honor RollVoluntary contributions from the membership to the following funds:

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Dues-PayingPensioners

Wall of Honor(San Pedro Merchant

Marine Memorial)Doug Alexander ............... 30.00Jose Angeles .................... 20.00*SF Bar Pilots SUP/MEBA in memory of Linda Reed.... 395.00Jack Dalton ..................... 40.00*Deep Sea Fishermen�s Union 100.00Frank Dufek .................... 40.00*Joseph Eckert .................. 10.00Mike Elgani .................... 80.00Leo Endries ..................... 40.00*Scott Griggs .................... 25.00Michael Henneberry.......... 20.00Paul Herriott ................... 20.00Douglas Kashner .............. 80.00*Brian LePrevost ............... 20.00*John McAulife ................. 20.00*Daniel McDonald.............. 20.00*Carlos Medina ................. 20.00*Leo Moore ....... in memory of Linda Reed ................... 40.00Donnie Morris ................. 40.00*Dave Munroe ................... 20.00Michael Nielsen ............... 100.00Scott Oliphant ................. 20.00*Ricky Pangan .................. 35.00Mario Ramella ................. 50.00Gary Rymel .................... 20.00Edward Sabo ................... 20.00Whitey Secrest ................. 50.00Bruce Smith .................... 20.00Douglas Taylor in memory of Linda Reed ................... 50.00William Williamson........... 20.00

Jay Dillon ....................... 25.00Paul Herriott ................... 20.00Bill Minster ..................... 20.00Sven Ostman ................... 50.00Edward Sabo ................... 20.00Whitey Secrest ................. 20.00

Kevin Conroy .................. 25.00Linda Cramp ................... 20.00Richard Crowell ............... 25.00Dan Dinsmore .................. 30.00Leo Endries ..................... 60.00William Esselstrom .......... 100.00Michael Freng ................. 20.00Dan Gabaree ................... 40.00Allen Gonzalez ................. 10.00Scott Griggs .................... 25.00John Hamann .................. 25.00Paul Herriott ................... 20.00Douglas Kashner .............. 15.00Norman Kurtz ................. 20.00Joy Loe .......................... 20.00Jose Lopez ...................... 15.00Gunnar Lundeberg ........... 30.00Virgilio Managbanag ......... 40.00Joseph Marusak ............... 30.00Gary McDevitt ................. 10.00Roland Mendoza .............. 20.00Donnie Morris ................. 40.00William Ofthus ............... 100.00Carl Orange .................... 25.00David Pangan .................. 20.00Ricky Pangan .................. 35.00Ray Ramirez .................... 50.00George Roberts ............... 100.00Greg Schauf .................... 40.00Bruce Smith .................... 20.00Greg Smith ..................... 25.00Ted Soderberg ................. 20.00Robert Taylor ................. 100.00Arthur Thanash .............. 100.00Richard Tracy .................. 10.00Colin Walker ................... 25.00William Williamson ........... 25.00

*In lieu of dues increase.

WWWWWest Coast Sailorest Coast Sailorest Coast Sailorest Coast Sailorest Coast SailorsssssDonald Baker .................. 20.00Ojvind Bernhagen ............ 20.00AMMV Chapter ............... 20.00Anton Christensen ............ 20.00Robin Colonas in memory of Virginia Westlin ............. 20.00C.L. Curl........................ 20.00Deep Sea Fishermen�s Union 100.00Frank Diem ..................... 20.00Jay Dillon ....................... 25.00Jerome Dominguez ........... 10.00Romaine Dudley ............... 20.00George Elinoff ................. 20.00James Fernandes .............. 25.00Leslie Frater .................... 20.00Michael Freng ................. 20.00Sebjorn Godden ............... 20.00George Gooden ................ 20.00Allen Gonzalez ................. 10.00Herman Hallman ............ 100.00

Clarence Hartwig ............. 20.00Franklin Haugen .............. 20.00Paul Herriott ................... 30.00Douglas Kashner .............. 15.00Richard Kingsbury ........... 20.00James Kula ..................... 20.00George Lomeli ................. 20.00Jose Lopez ...................... 15.00Alvin Madruga ................ 20.00Thomas Mariner .............. 20.00John Masterson ................ 20.00Takeshi Masukawa ............ 20.00William McCoy ................ 20.00John McNeill ................... 20.00Arthur Mebus .................. 20.00Jack Milano .................... 20.00Dave Munroe ................... 20.00William Ofthus ................ 50.00Arthur Olsen ................... 20.00Sven Ostman ................... 10.00

John Perez ...................... 20.00Frank Pinkowski ............... 20.00James Saiki ..................... 20.00Vincent Saltarelli .............. 20.00Carl Schou ...................... 20.00Andy Simkanin ................ 20.00Glen Smith ...................... 20.00William Smith.................. 25.00Leo Surmeian .................. 20.00Warren Sypolt ................. 20.00Norma Tahash ................. 20.00Thomas Tamblyn .............. 20.00Arthur Thanash .............. 100.00Joseph Valverde ............... 20.00Jacob Wanner .................. 30.00Orville Welsh ................... 20.00Dean Williams ................. 10.00Harry Williams ................ 20.00Fletcher Wingfield ............ 20.00

Final DeparturesJohn Jurgenson, Book No. 4214. Born

in California in 1918. Joined SUP in1948. Died in Torrance, California, May14, 2002. (Pensioner)

George F. Carter, Book No. 4562.Born in Ohio in 1917. Joined SUP in1949. Died in Colton, California, May17, 2002. (Pensioner)

Hans P. Holm, Book No. 4980. Bornin Denmark in 1920. Joined SUP in 1944.Died in San Rafael, California, May 12,2002. (Pensioner)

Charles A. Gonyer, Book No. 2921.Born in California in 1926. Joined SUPin 1951. Died in Vallejo, California, May26, 2002. (Pensioner)

Loy named new COOof TransportationSecurity Administration

This month, retired Coast Guard Com-mandant Admiral James M. Loy will jointhe Transportation Security Administra-tion as deputy undersecretary and chiefoperating officer. Loy has been succeededat the Coast Guard by Admiral ThomasH. Collins, who was vice commandantunder Loy.

SUP Meetings These are the dates for the regularlyscheduled SUP meetings in 2002:

Hdqs. Branch July 8 15

August 12 19September 9 16October 15* 21November 12* 18December 9 16

*Tuesday

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Timely ReminderThird quarter 2002

dues are dueand payable now !

SUP ConstitutionARTICLE VI

DUES AND INITIATION FEE

Section 1. The initiation fee shall beEight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) pay-able in installments with the sum ofOne Hundred Dollars ($100.00) be-ing due and owing upon the members�sadmission into the Union and the bal-ance of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) permonth for each month or part thereofin SUP-contracted vessels.

The initial installment of One Hun-dred Thirty Dollars ($130.00) shallaccompany the application of mem-bership and the dues shall be OneHundred Thirty Dollars ($130.00)per quarter, payable in advance.

Friday, June 21, 2002 WEST COAST SAILORS Page 3

Wilmington Branch members flank the SUP wreath: Front row left to right: Ken(Sinbad) Delancey, Peter Benavidez, Al Brown, Mark Hurley. Back row: John Kolgro,Carl Orange, Kris Skorodynski, Grant (Eli) Wegger and Charlie Supple. Photo AlCamelio (MEBA)

Maritime Day: Wilmington Branch Agent Mark Hurley presenting 15th DistrictCouncilwoman Janice Hahn with a �Lundeberg Stetson� at the Merchant MarineMemorial on May 22, in San Pedro. Photo Carl Orange

Maritime Day in San PedroU.S.-citizen mariner pool needed by theDepartment of Defense in times of na-tional emergency or war would disappear.

�Many maritime scholars, industry ex-perts and some members of Congresshave suggested a complete reexaminationof the tax laws which govern merchantshipping in order to create more incen-tives for investment by shipowners to re-turn to the U.S. flag. These and otheroptions to increase the number of ves-sels under U.S. registry should be fullyexplored and given the highest consider-ation.

�High cost registry requirements, regu-latory standards, and taxes and fees makeit difficult for U.S. carriers in interna-tional trade to compete with low-cost,flag-of-convenience vessel operations.The United States does not need to lowerits labor and environmental standards, butshould continue to work with the Inter-national Maritime Organization to assureinternational standards are fair and uni-versally implemented. We should, how-ever, explore ways to make the U.S. flagmore attractive to potential U.S. citizeninvestors, through market and financialincentives that have been successful inother seafaring countries.�

Concluding his testimony, CaptainSchubert said, �I would like to see thetruly bad flag-of-convenience operatorsrelegated to a role of �flag-of-inconve-nience.� We neither need nor want thoseships whose owners try to circumvent thelegitimate demands of the world mari-time community for safe, high qualityships. While it is not the policy of theUnited States to dictate where ship own-ers invest their money or register theirships, we must continue to pursue theelimination of substandard ships utiliz-ing our port state control authorities tothe fullest extent. We must vigorouslylead international efforts to eliminate theunderlying conditions that have led tonotoriously weak vessel registries.�

Peter Morris, Chairman of the Inter-national Commission on Shipping, dis-cussed a number of topics, includingbreaches the International Labor Orga-nization (ILO) Conventions, the need forcertification, training and credentialingof mariners, port state controls, flagstates, and of the need for transparencyof ownership issues relating to flags ofconvenience.

He noted that, in the absence of effec-tive flag state control, port state controlhas become the last line of defense againstthe risks and dangers associated with sub-standard shipping. The development ofport state control (PSC), combined withthe targeting of ships has enabled betteruse to be made of available resources.

He testified further that, �Almost glo-bally, there is a catch cry that flag statesmust carry out their responsibilities. It isfollowed by the question �how do we en-sure that they do?� which is then followedby silence.

FOC ...continued from page 1

ITF supports ILWU in negotiations with PMAThe International Transport Workers� Federation (ITF) pledged on June 11 to

do �everything possible� to support the International Longshore and WarehouseUnion (ILWU) in the face of what it describes as provocative behind-the-scenesmoves by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The ILWU has accusedPMA of formulating contingency plans to lockout its members and to rerouteships from West Coast ports.

The West Coast Waterfront Coalition, which represents Wal-Mart stores, TargetCorp., Home Depot and Best Buy this month in a letter urged Congress to presslabor and management to continue negotiating until a contract is reached.

The ILWU agreement expires at 5:00 P.M., July 1.

Voyage Holdings announcesHawai�i, Alaska cruise venture

Albert C. Wallack, President of Voyager Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary ofthe D�Arcinoff Group on May 29, announced the company�s plans to initiate UnitedStates-flag cruise vessel operations in Hawai�i and Alaska. The D�Arcinoff Group isan American owned maritime investment and holding company created to acquireand construct cruise vessels for United States domestic markets.

Key to the company�s plans, according to Wallack, is the construction of cruisevessels in the United States for operation in the Hawai'ian Islands trade. To imple-ment its construction project, Voyager has filed an application with the United StatesMaritime Administration for Title XI Federal Ship Construction Loan Guarantees.

Wallack stated, �The private equity financing needed to qualify for Title XI hasbeen arranged and we are awaiting Maritime Administration approval of our applica-tion to enable us to commence cruise vessel construction in the United States. Wehave contracted with Baltimore Marine Industries, the former Bethlehem Steel Spar-rows Point shipyard, to build our cruise vessels.� Morgan Stanley has been retainedas DG�s financial advisor.

Voyager indicated that after approval of its Title XI application and the enactmentof appropriate legislative waiver authority, it will finalize its acquisition of existingcruise vessels totaling 3400 berths that would be operated under the United States-flag with American crews in Hawai'i. The operation of these vessels would, accord-ing to Wallack, �enable our company to recruit and train U.S. personnel, to estab-lish itineraries, to develop a market identity, to generate capital, and create jobs forAmerican workers in all positions aboard our vessels. Such legislative authorityallowing us to bridge the period between the commencement of construction and thedelivery of our new vessels is the only proven, realistic way for a new venture cruisecompany to enter the cruise industry.� Wallack indicated that Voyager would beasking Congress for the same type of authority that had been allowed in the past tooperate reflagged cruise vessels in the Hawai'i trade.

According to Wallack, �Unlike previous Hawai'i programs, Voyager will operatethree and four-day cruises that will be fully integrated with land stays at hotels andresorts. As an integrated cruise and stay program Voyager Hawai'i will generate400,000 hotel nights. We will create the most comprehensive and attractive Hawai'ianvacation cruise package that has ever been offered and give a significant boost toHawai'ian tourism.�

Patriot Contract Serivces, a division of American Ship Management, will be theship manager for Voyager ships. Patriot/ASM is an SUP-contracted company.

�The failure of flag states to ensure thatships they register comply with the pro-visions of the international maritime con-ventions that the flag state has ratifiedhas led to port states asserting their rightto inspect and detain ships that do notcomply with the international safety stan-dards,� he stated.

�The switch of ship registrations fromthe traditional shipping nations to offshoreregisters led to a proliferation of ship reg-istries. Many of these registries were in-capable of effective supervision of a ship�scondition or crew competence and com-pliance with labor and social securityprovisions.�

Rear Admiral Paul Pluta, AssistantCommandant for Marine Safety and En-vironmental Protection (U.S. CoastGuard) testifying before the panel notedthat by vigorously investigating and pros-ecuting cases of fraudulently obtainedcredentials for forged vessel documents,the Coast Guard can significantly reducethe threat posed by unqualified marinersoperating vessels, perhaps with sinistermotives.

�Equally important for maritime do-main awareness is information transpar-ency on owners/operators of ships withpotential for use in supporting terroristsactivities, either directly or indirectly,�the Admiral stated.

Another witness, David Heindel, Sec-ond Vice President, Seafarers�, Fisher-ies and Inland Navigation Section, Inter-national Transport Workers� Federation(ITF) and Secretary-Treasurer of the SIU-AGLIWD/NMU, told the panel that, �Itis the policy decisions of the United Statesthat have served to encourage flag-of-con-venience registry. The program, as I seeit, involves the formulation of maritimepolicy decisions that conflict with otheroverriding policies to which the UnitedStates is committed�a strong U.S. flagcapability ready to serve in times of warand peace. Wittingly or unwittingly, theflag-of-convenience device has been sub-ject to abuse, and if the best interests ofthe United States are to be protected,some limitation must be placed on theuse of that device, if not total elimina-tion.�

Representative Frank Wolf (R-VA) fo-cused his testimony on Liberia. He notedthat the United Nations has revealed thatthe revenue obtained from the Liberian-flag registry and the company that runsthe register, the Liberian InternationalShip and Corporate Register (LISCR) hadmade payments to the despotic regime ofthe country�s president, Charles Taylor,in violation of U.N. sanctions.

Representative Hunter suggested toCongressman Wolf that perhaps it is timeto give serious consideration on ways tomake U.S.-flag ships more competitivewith international interests. Perhaps taxincentives. Such efforts would also serveto increase U.S. seafaring jobs. �Let�stry to put such a program together,� hetold Wolf.


This is a summary of the annual report of the SUP Welfare Plan, Inc., EIN 94-1243666, for the year ended July 31, 2001. The annual report has been filed withthe Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, as required under the EmployeeRetirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

The Board of Trustees SUP Welfare Plan, Inc. has committed itself to pay certainmedical, dental and death claims incurred under the terms of the Plan.

Insurance InformationThe Plan has contracts with Health Plan of New York, Healthnet, Private Medical

Care Inc., Kaiser Permanente, Group Health Cooperative, Bluecross Blueshield ofLouisiana, Dental Health Services, Guaranty Assurance Company, Health Manage-ment Center, and PacifiCare to pay certain medical, dental, and death claims in-curred under the terms of the Plan. The total premiums paid for the policy yearending July 31, 2001 were $2,231,549.

Basic Financial StatementsThe value of Plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the Plan, was $24,040,956

as of July 31, 2001, compared to $22,152,810 as of July 31, 2000. During the planyear, the Plan experienced an increase in its net assets of $1,888,146. This increaseincluded unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the value of Plan assets; that is,the difference between the value of the Plan�s assets at the end of the year and thevalue of the assets at the beginning of the year or the cost of assets acquired duringthe year. During the plan year, the Plan had total income of $8,620,202 includingemployer contributions of $4,034,678, participant contributions of $19,652, real-ized gains of $3,244,982 from the sale of assets, earnings from investments of$964,134 and other income of $356,756.

Plan expenses were $6,732,056. These expenses included $1,600,465 in adminis-trative expenses and $5,131,591 in benefits paid to participants and beneficiaries.

Your Rights to Additional InformationYou have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof,

upon request. The items listed below are included in that report.I . An auditor�s report;2. Financial information and information on payments to service providers;3. Assets held for investment;4. Transactions in excess of five percent of plan assets; and5. Insurance information including sales commissions paid by insurance carriers.To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the

office of SUP Welfare Plan, Inc., who is the plan administrator, at 450 HarrisonStreet, San Francisco, California 94105. The charge to cover copying costs will be$.25 per page.

You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at nocharge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Plan and the accompanyingnotes, or a statement of income and expenses of the Plan and accompanying notes,or both. If you request a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator,these two statements and the accompanying notes will be included as part of thatreport. The charge to cover copying costs does not include a charge for the copyingof these portions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge.

You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the mainoffice of the Plan at 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, California 94105 and at theU. S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C., or to obtain a copy from the U. S.Department of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Departmentshould be addressed to Public Disclosure Room, N5638, Pension and Welfare Ben-efit Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N. W., Wash-ington, D.C. 20210.

This is a summary of the annual report for SUP Money Purchase Pension Plan,94-3134523 for the year ended July 31, 2001. The annual report has been filed withthe US Department of Labor, as required under the Employee Retirement IncomeSecurity Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Basic Financial StatementBenefits under the Plan are provided by the Plan. Plan expenses were $936,387.

These expenses included $163,246 in administrative expenses and $773,141 in ben-efits paid to participants and beneficiaries. A total of 1,166 persons were partici-pants in or beneficiaries of the plan at the end of the plan year, although not all thesepersons had yet earned the right to receive benefits.

The value of the Plan assets, after subtracting liabilities of the Plan, was $15,134,018as of July 31, 2001, compared to $12,691,015 as of July 31, 2000. During the Planyear the Plan experienced an increase in its net assets of $2,443,003. This increaseincludes unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the value of plan assets that is,the difference between the value of the Plan�s assets at the end of the year and thevalue of the assets at the beginning of the year or the cost of assets acquired duringthe year. The Plan had total income of $3,379,390, including employer contribu-tions of $1,752,422, gains of $43,499 from the sale of assets, and earnings frominvestments of $1,583,469.

Minimum Funding StandardsEnough money was contributed to the Plan to keep it funded in accordance with

the minimum funding standards of ERISA.

Your Rights to Additional InformationYou have the right to receive a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof,

on request. The items listed below are included in that report:1. An accountant�s report;2. Financial information and information on payment to service providers;3. Assets held for investment; and4. Transactions in excess of 5% of plan assets.To obtain a copy of the full annual report, or any part thereof, write or call the

office of SUP Welfare Plan, who is the plan administrator, 450 Harrison Street, SanFrancisco CA 94105. The charge to cover copying costs will be $2.50 for the fullamnial report, or $0.25 per page for any part thereof.

You also have the right to receive from the plan administrator, on request and at notcharge, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Plan and accompanying notes, ora statement of income and expenses of the Plan and accompanying notes, or both. If yourequest a copy of the full annual report from the plan administrator, these two state-ments and accompanying notes will be included as part of that report. The charge tocover copying costs given above does not include a charge for the copying of theseportions of the report because these portions are furnished without charge.

You also have the legally protected right to examine the annual report at the mainoffice of the plan, 450 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 and the U.S.Department of Labor in Washington, DC, or to obtain a copy from the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department shouldbe addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, Room N5638, Pension and Welfare Ben-efit Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,Washington, DC 20210.

Summary Annual Report forSUP Welfare Plan, Inc.

Summary Annual Report forSUP Money Purchase Pension Plan

U.S. Navy names Iraq oil smugglersVice Admiral Timothy Keating, commander of the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet, has pub-

licly identified ten Iranian and UAE bunkering firms allegedly involved in smug-gling crude oil out of Iraq. Speaking at a conference in Bahrain on June 5, heunveiled a list including Al Mujtaba Co, Ajlan Export and Import, Akron Trade &Transport, Mohammed Bakhit General Trading, Blue Sky Shipping, Energy Re-sources, Fal Oil Company, Gasoline Trading, Golden Sail General Trading and MKInternational. Industry sources said the companies� names would be forwarded toLloyd�s of London within a week, along with a list of companies taking bunkersfrom them. Authorities in Iran and UAE would also be notified with the expectationthat they would clamp down against the alleged UN sanction-busters. The U.S. Navyhas not previously named names. Industry insiders believe the new approach followssignificant successes in cracking down on the illegal oil trade over the last year.

House Passes Maritime/Port Security MeasureThe House of Representatives on June 4 adopted by voice vote H.R. 3983, the Mari-

time Transportation Antiterrorism Act of 2002. H.R. 3983 is intended to establish acomprehensive national antiterrorism system, supported by port vulnerability assess-ments conducted by the Coast Guard. The results of the vulnerability assessments willbe used to implement a national maritime transportation antiterrorism planning system,consisting of a national plan, area plans, as well as vessel, facility, and port terminalplans, to deter a catastrophic emergency to the maximum extent possible. Attached toH.R. 3983 as passed by the House is the language of H.R. 3507, the Coast GuardAuthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, which passed the House last December. H.R.3983 must now be reconciled with the Senate-passed maritime/port security bill, S.1214,which was cleared by the Senate on December 20, 2001. In a related security area,President George W. Bush proposed the creation of a new Department of HomelandSecurity, which would include among its agencies, the Coast Guard, the TransportationSecurity Administration, and the Customs Service.

USCG teams to intercept suspicious vesselsThe U.S. Coast Guard will deploy special response teams designed to intercept

suspicious vessels at four U.S. ports this summer, starting on July 4 in Seattle. The100-member units are currently being trained at the U.S. Marine Corps base atCamp Lejeune in North Carolina, and will be stationed in Seattle, Houston, LongBeach and Portsmouth, Virginia. They will operate from 30-foot boats designed tobe packed on trailers and flown on short notice by U.S. military cargo planes to portswhere ships suspected of carrying weapons or bombs are about to enter. The newteams are to be composed of full-time Coast Guard officers. Stationing the teams atstrategic ports will allow the USCG to deploy its large cutters further out to sea,officials said. The Coast Guard, which handles security at 361 ports, issued a warn-ing early this month that terrorists may be planning to attack U.S. ports and singledout Seattle as a potential target.

With a fireboat in the background in Norfolk Harbor, SUP/MFOW Representative JackStasko (left) talks with George Kenny, SIU-AGLIWD/NMU Port Agent as National MaritimeDay was observed at Town Point Park. In back of Kenny is an unidentified sailor and SIU-AGLIWD/NMU Vice President Government Services, Kermett Mangram.

Maritime Day in Norfolk


J-10 Class Vessels

RATINGBosun/AB

Monthly Base Wage ......................................... $3,595.09 ................ $25.00

Daily Base Wage ................................................. $119.84Daily Supplemental Wage .................................... $57.43

A.B. Watchstander/DayworkerMonthly Base Wage ......................................... $2,730.03 ................ $25.00

Daily Base Wage ................................................... $91.00

Daily Supplemental Wage .................................... $46.40

OVERTIME RATE ........................................$21.54

CARGO RATESThe hourly cargo rate for all rating:

Straight Time Hours .............................................. $16.16

Overtime Hours ..................................................... $26.62

SHORTHANDED (SECTION 7. SUP Work Rules)Bosun ........................................................................ $36.77A.B. ........................................................................... $27.71

DECK PORT WATCHES (SECTION 55. SUP Work Rules)Bosun

Straight Time Hours .............................................. $24.52Overtime Hours ..................................................... $36.77

A.B.Straight Time Hours .............................................. $18.45Overtime Hours ..................................................... $27.71

Fuel oil spill cleanupStraight Time, all ratings ....................................... $12.57

MoneyPurchasePension

Plan

C-10 and C-11 Class Vessels

Bosun $4,265.27 $142.17 $4,395.51 $68.37 $2051.20 $25.00over 20,00 GT

Bosun $4,055.98 $135.20 $4,221.43 $65.67 $1,970.11 $25.0015,001-20,000 GT

Bosun $3,861.86 $128.73 $4,029.94 $62.68 $1,880.64 $25.009,001-15,000 GT

A.B. Maint. $2,899.41 $96.64 $3,174.80 $49.39 $1,481.56 $25.00

A.B. $3,037.00 $101.23 $3,313.99 $51.55 $1,546.43 $25.00

AB Watchstander/ Daystander $3,037.00 $101.23 $3,313.99 $51.55 $1,546.43 $25.00

O.S. $2,350.81 $78.36 $2,627.04 $40.87 $1,226.03 $18.51

RatingWages

Monthly Daily

Supp.Benefit Base

MonthlySupp. Benefit

Daily Monthly


PlanDaily

OVERTIME RATESThe hourly overtime rate for all ratings

except the Ordinary Seaman ........................ $23.94Ordinary Seamen ..................................... $17.95

CARGO RATESThe hourly cargo rate for all ratings:

Straight Time Hours .................................. $17.95Overtime Hours ....................................... $29.58

SHORTHANDED (Section 7 SUP Work Rules)Bosun ........................................................................ $40.86A.B. ........................................................................... $30.79

STANDBY RATES (Section 43 SUP Work Rules)Bosun

Straight Time Hours .................................. $22.85 ............$25.00Overtime Hours ....................................... $37.57

A.B.Straight Time Hours .................................. $21.89 ............$25.00Overtime Hours ....................................... $36.09

SHIFT SHIP GANGS (Section 44 SUP Work Rules)Bosun

Straight Time Hours .................................. $20.24 ............$25.00Overtime Hours ....................................... $33.67

A.B.Straight Time Hours .................................. $19.09 ............$25.00Overtime Hours ....................................... $32.18

DECK PORT WATCHES (Section 55 SUP Work Rules)Bosun

Straight Time Hours .............................................. $27.25Overtime Hours ..................................................... $40.86

A.B.Straight Time Hours .............................................. $20.52Overtime Hours ..................................................... $30.79

FUEL OIL SPILL CLEANUPSStraight Time, all ratings ....................................... $13.96


Plan

SUP ShoregangMaintenance Agreements

RATINGRigging-Splicer and Sail Maker

Straight Time ......................................................... $25.61 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 41.50

Rigging-Wire Splicer's HelperStraight Time ......................................................... $23.57 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 38.54

Rigging-General Maintenance WorkStraight Time ......................................................... $23.27 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 38.09

Spray Painting, Sandblasting, Steam Cleaning and WeldingStraight Time ......................................................... $24.51 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 39.88

Storekeeper-General MaintenanceStraight Time ......................................................... $24.51 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 39.88

BosunStraight Time ......................................................... $28.20 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 45.22

Bosun's Mate or LeadermanStraight Time ......................................................... $25.61 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 41.50

CarpenterStraight Time ......................................................... $25.08 ................ $25.00Overtime.................................................................. 40.82

Spraying, Sandblasting enclosed spaces additional per hour .................. $1.65


Plan

American Ship ManagementWage Rates

effective July 1, 2002

Daily

Daily

Daily

SUP officers wages will be published in the July West Coast Sailors after negotia-tions with Matson are concluded.


ESU NEWSESU NEWSESU NEWSOfficial Publication of the Exxon Seamen's Union

ESU OfficeAssignments

JUNE 2002

For the month of July, Leo DeCastrowill be in the Baytown office and JohnStraley will be in the Benicia office.

The Union has agreed with the Company that it will submit the following proposalto ESU membership for balloting. Upon ratification, this proposal will becomeeffective September 1, 2002.

PROPOSAL1) Length of Contract and Wage Increase

a) 3-Year contract with fixed wage increases each year effective 9/1/2002through August 31, 2005.

b) 3.5% increase to base wages in the first year, 3.5% to base wages in thesecond year and 3.5% to base wages in the 3rd year.

c) 3% increase to Overtime rates in 2nd year, 3% increase to Overtimerates in 3rd year.

d) A lump sum of $1600 payable on 9/1/2002, $1200 on 9/1/2003 and$1000 on 9/1/2004.2) Increase Maintenance Seaman Compensation for STCW Certification· Maintenance Seaman with STCW certification (rating forming part of a

navigation watch) will receive a lump sum of $500 payable on 9/1/2002.· Maintenance Seaman who obtain STCW certification (rating forming part of

a navigation watch) between 9/1/02 and 9/1/03 will receive a lump sum of$500 payable on 9/1/2003.

· Maintenance Seaman who obtain STCW certification (rating forming part ofa navigation watch) between 9/1/03 and 9/1/04 will receive a lump sum of$500 payable on 9/1/2004.

3) Administration of Penalty Paymentsa) Eliminate the following on watch overtime and penalty payments included

in the following articles as proposed.· Table 1 Loading or Discharging between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. Weekdays· Table 2 Handling Stores & Article XI, Sec. 12 (w/ protective language TBD)· Table 6 Connecting & Disconnecting Cargo Hose Article XII, Sec. 6· Table 7 Entering Tanks & Tank Cleaning Article XI, Sec. 17B (4) & (5)· Table 9 Cargo & Bunker Overflows & Art. XI(5)· Table 12 Connecting & Disconnecting Water Hose· Boning or Butchering Meat – Article XIV (14) (w/ protective language TBD)· Use of Spare Rooms – Article XIV (7)

b) Increase Base Wages and CSB as follows:AB1 7.0%; Pumpman/2nd PM 5.0%; QMED 1.0%; Maint. Seaman3.5%; Fleet Chef 1.5%; Cook 2.0%.

c) For the purpose of future bargaining, the above percentages will beexcluded from dollars per day work comparisons.

4) Subsistence and Lodging· Amend Article VII, Section 2A to increase per diem for meals to:

$8 Breakfast...$11 Lunch....$19 Dinner5) Increase Safety Shoe Subsidy· Modify MOU Section 3(B)(1) to reflect the maximum reimbursement will be

$175 per year.6) Sea Tour· Replace Article VI, Section 11 with the following language:

“In the event an employee’s sea tour is involuntarily extended beyond70 days, the employee will be eligible for payment of $30.00 per day.”

7) Article VI, Assignments- Notice for Assignments· Prior to the end of a sea tour, the Company shall provide the employee w/ a

written advance date of next assignment call in. The Company will alsomail, e-mail or talk directly with the employee via telephone to remind suchemployee of the date, time and place to telephone the Company to receivesuch assignment. The Company agrees to increase the operating SeniorityList to reflect a 2.0 manning factor and will also pay $19 as subsistence forthe supper meal when an employee leaves the vessel to go on paid leave.Any unlicensed employee may be required to report for active duty up to 7days before completion of the employee’s earned paid-leave.

8) Amendments to Standards and Procedures· Delete Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday and insert Presidents

Day and Martin Luther King Day as holidays.9) EREP Program· Consistent with ongoing operational needs as determined by the COM-

PANY, no less than 2 ABs will be eligible to participate in the EREP Programat any time.

10) Steward’s Dept. work while in the Shipyard· During shipyard periods, the Fleet Chef and Cook shall be excused from

other than necessary work on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays withoutloss of pay, only if the crew is being lodged off the vessel. Necessary workis defined as preparing and serving meals. Necessary work also includescleaning galley, storerooms, mess halls, and stateroom areas within sevendays of a vessel’s planned departure from a shipyard.

11) MOU- Drug and Alcohol Program· Modify the Employee Alcohol and Drug Use Policy to be consistent with the

SeaRiver Maritime Corporate Policy.

EXXON SEAMEN’S UNION SEARIVER MARITIME, INC.

UNION REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON CONTRACT

The Exxon Seamen�s Union, after 15 days of ar-duous negotiations with SeaRiver Maritime, Inc.reached a tentative agreement on June 9, 2002 on

a Collective Bargaining Agreement (MOU printed sepa-rately) to be in effect from September 1, 2002 throughAugust 31, 2005 if ratified. Ballots were mailed June 15,2002 and there is to be a sixty (60) day voting periodending at 5:00 pm. EST on August 13, 2002. The Ameri-can Arbitration Association will announce results of theratification vote on Wednesday August 14, 2002.

Following is an item-by-item explanation of the pro-posed agreement:

1) Length of Contract and Wages· Terms are for a 3-year agreement with agreed upon

increases in each of the 3 years. This is a departure fromprevious agreements that included yearly wage re-openers.The Union believes that re-openers have become both acostly and ineffective manner to negotiate wages for themembership.

· There is to be a 3% increase in overtime rates in boththe second and third years of the agreement. Though thecompany bargained for wages to be applied exclusively tobase wages the Union insisted that these overtime increaseswere imperative to maintain a competitive rate in relationto SeaRiver�s position within the industry over the nextthree years.

· Wage increases applied to base wages (not includingthe penalty roll-in) will total 10.5% for the three years.Additionally, lump sum bonuses will be paid in the amountof $3,800.00 during the 3-year span. The Union calculatesthis increase, when viewed in �across the board� terms asamounting to increases of approximately 5.84%, 5.52%and 5.03% on each of the years for a total of 16.39%during the life of the contract. The yearly increase wouldcalculate to an average 5.46% per year.

· Bonuses are to be paid by separate check and not in-cluded in employees payroll checks.

2) Increase Maintenance SeamenCompensation for STCW Certification

· Maintenance Seamen presently holding the �ratingforming part of a navigation watch� on their STCW Cer-tificates or obtain the endorsement before September of2002 would receive a gross bonus payment of $500.00shortly after September 1st of this year. Maintenance Sea-men who obtain this Certification at a later date wouldreceive the bonus the following September 1st.

· This bonus is to be paid by separate check.

3) Administration of Penalty Payments· Some penalty payments were rolled into base and CSB.

A complete list of penalties is listed in the MOU. Thesepenalties were for on deck work such as stores handling,cargo handling, tank cleaning and hose connections for allratings. Steward Department penalty roll-ins also includeduse of spare rooms and boning or butchering.

· Protective language will be developed and included inthe final agreement to protect against the company discon-tinuing the use of storage gangs or changing the manner inwhich they receive meats, fish and poultry resulting in in-creased butchering or boning.

· It is important to note that no spray painting/sandblast-ing, in tank or bilge type �dirty work� was included in thisroll-in.

· Calculations for determining the value of the proposedroll-in were based on historical penalty wage figures foreach department and a premium for agreeing to roll inthese payments was bargained.

· Upon ratification, these payments will be included intobase and CSB wages and become completely benefit bear-ing in respect to retirement, accidental death and dismem-

berment, short and long term disability, life insurance andfamily income protection.

· For future wage comparisons when bargaining, thisroll-in will not be used when computing dollar per daycalculations.

4&5) Increase Subsidies· Increase meal subsistence from $34.00 per day to $38.00

per day.· Increase safety shoe reimbursement from $150.00 per

year to $175.00 per year.

6) Sea Tour· Replace the existing language for Extended Sea Tour

Penalty that restricted eligibility for this payment only whenthe vessel departs a relief port after 68 days to allow forpayment after 70 days regardless of where the vessel islocated.

· Eliminate language restricting eligibility of these pay-ments to non-coastwise trade vessels.

· Increases payment from $25 to $30 per day.

7) Notice for Assignment· The Union has agreed to written call-in notifications to

be given to the employee upon leaving the vessel for paidleave. Further, the company will be permitted to telephone,e-mail or contact by mail the employee to remind the em-ployee of the date and time to phone the company for as-signment.

· Notice of assignment language would be modified toallow the company to require the employee to report forduty 7 days before the completion of his/her paid leave.This would extend the flexibility in callbacks by 4 days tothe company and is viewed as the single concession theESU made to the company in the entirety of this MOU.

continued on page 7

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

See Tentative agreement


P.O. Box 792Benicia, CA 94510Tel (707) 746-5713Fax (707) 746-7859E-Mail: [email protected]

EXXON SEAMEN'S UNION

701 W. Sterling Ave.Baytown, TX 77520Tel (281) 420-9276Fax (281) 422-0710E-Mail: [email protected]

Vice President John StraleySecretary/Treasurer Leo DeCastroRecording Secretary Thomas Thompson III

Deck Trustee Patrick CampbellEngine Trustee Chester BellSteward Trustee Gerard Nelson

President Jerry Patterson

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ESU News

The ESU News is written and edited by the Exxon Seamen’s Union.

Other issues were negotiated

S/R American ProgressExecutive Board scheduled to visit ship

June 18, at the Valero Docks in Benicia,CA. AB Aaron Rathbun replaced AbleSeamen George Taylor as TemporaryShip Representative. Vessel is without apermanent Representative until results ofelections are announced in August. Thereare three candidates running for the po-sition.

S/R BaytownAble Seamen Chuck Bell and Thor

Floreen filled in admirably while ShipRepresentative Mark Myser was onpaid leave. Mark is on board and keptin contact with the union offices dur-ing the negotiations. Some concernsabout the tuberculosis issue werehandled between the vessel and theUnion.

S/R BeniciaVessel was laid-up at Cascade Gen-

eral in Portland the first week of June.Crew worked her to the end and shewill be missed. No confirmations madeat press time as to what vessel will beacquired to supplement the loss ton-nage the OPA �90 mandated lay-up ofthe ship has created for the Company.

S/R Bristol BayBoarded on June 2, 2002 at Benicia,

CA at the Valero Docks. Able SeamenJeff Harris assumed the TemporaryRepresentative responsibilities fromQMED/Oiler John Valle. John is run-ning unopposed for the permanent ShipRepresentative position on this vesseland will become the Rep. No beefs.

S/R CharlestonVisited by Board Officer in Baytown,

TX on June 15, 2002. Ship Represen-tative Bob Knight on board. Runningsmooth. The ship is filling in on theWilmington run while she is in the ship-yard. The crew is doing a great job onthe outside of the house with new paint.

S/R Galena BayExecutive Board Member scheduled

to visit vessel June 16, 2002 at Chev-

ron, Richmond Long Wharf. Ship Rep-resentative Will Ackley checking in fre-quently with the Union offices. Noproblems reported.

S/R HinchinbrookShip Representative Danny Jones

calling in frequently as vessel is slatedfor another Hawaii visit. Ongoing Stew-ards Department complaint, involvinguse of MS to help due to non-conver-sion of mess halls to accommodate atwo-man Stewards Department. Unionand management have been at odds onthis issue all month. Hopefully, issuewill soon be resolved. Additionally, onetravel issue was resolved. PumpmanTim Williams will be filling the voidwhen Danny goes to paid leave.

S/R Long BeachUnion visited May 18, 2002 at the

Chevron Long Wharf in Richmond, CA.Dennis Simoneau once again stepping-up to serve as a Temporary Representa-tive. No beefs reported. Two candidatesfor Representatives position are on theballot.

S/R MediterraneanThe Mediterranean is currently

awaiting berth at Port Stanvac, Austra-lia. Ship Representative John Detwileris aboard and has reported no prob-lems. Keeping in touch via E-mail.

S/R Puget SoundRepresentative Michael Harrison on

board. Vessels on ANS run in to Wash-ington State. Vessel completed TAPSsurvey and repair at Cascade Generalin Portland, OR. June 8. Dispute overmeal subsidies resolved aboard vessel.

S/R WilmingtonShip is in Halifax, going through a

shipyard period, expected to leavearound July 22. Temporary Ship Repre-sentative Marvin Marcum is doing a goodjob keeping in touch by phone and re-ports everything running smoothly.

Due to Contract Negotiations in Mayand June the Executive Board could notvisit some vessels.

Ship Representative electionsBallots for the previously announced Ship Representatives election to fill positions

on the S/R American Progress, S/R Bristol Bay and S/R Long Beach were mailedJune 15, 2002 and the election period will be for 60 days. The American ArbitrationAssociation will announce the results of this election on August 14, 2002. Ballotsfor this, as well as the Contract Ratification vote were sent in a single mailing andboth ballots are to be mailed to the AAA in the same envelope. The candidates are:

S/R Bristol Bay � John Valle (unopposed)S/R American Progress � Charles Bell, James Schettler, George TaylorS/R Long Beach � Amador Almanza, Joe GracaThe vacancy on the S/R American Progress was created when Representative Alan

Squire left the company and the retirement of Ship Representative Jack Pattersoncreated the opening on the S/R Long Beach. The recent acquisition on the S/RBristol Bay made selection of a Representative necessary on that vessel. Membersare encouraged to vote in this election.

Ship reports

· The operating seniority lists will be factored using an increased ratio of 2.0 instead ofthe present 1.8. This will result in a required increase of all seniority lists relative to thenumber of vessels in service. The number of vessels in service will determine the exactnumber of promotions required after September 1, 2002. An increase in the manningfactor not only insures promotions in the immediate future but also protects positions onthe lists from demotions in the event of a reduction in force scenario. This item was adirect concession on the company�s part for the 7-day call back for assignment conces-sion by the Union.

· A $19 supper subsidy will be disbursed when an employee leaves a vessel to go to paidleave. This establishes new language, as there is no agreed on subsidy�s in the currentagreement in respect to employees leaving the vessel. This item also was a direct conces-sion on the company�s part for the 7-day call back for assignment concession by theUnion.

8) Amendments to Standards and Procedures· This proposal would combine Lincoln�s and Washington�s Birthday�s into Presidents

Day and would provide for the observance of Martin Luther King Day as a recognizedholiday. There would be no increase in the number of holidays. It is the Unions under-standing that no other division or affiliate of ExxonMobil has been successful in gainingrecognition of MLK Day as a holiday.

9) EREP Program· Language in the Engine Room Endorsement Program would be modified to increase

the mandatory number of Able Seamen eligible to participate in the program from one totwo. This issue was bargained in an effort to accelerate and increase the number of AbleSeamen that can participate and complete this program.

10) Stewards Dept. work while in Shipyard· Contract language was bargained on this matter to insure that the Stewards Depart-

ment would be included, with some restrictions in weekends off in the shipyard whenother departments are able to exercise their contractual rights to this provision. Currently,such contract language does not exist for the department.

11) MOU Drug and Alcohol Program· The Union agreed to allow for language consistent with the ExxonMobil D&A policy

to be included in the agreement. The only change being that the use of inhalants isprohibited and that it be included in the stated policy. The Union after researching theinhalant issue considered this a benign request, as there is no approved method of testingfor inhalants.

The Union Bargaining Committee presented numerous other issues for bargaining.These issues were developed through Union Meeting minutes and with the aid of ShipRepresentatives at the 2002 Ship Representatives Conference. As the collective bargain-ing process progressed many of the expressed issues were removed as bargaining items.Reasons for removal of an item were at times due to the company�s refusal to bargain anissue or the company asking for what the Union considered to be too significant of a�trade off� to obtain a particular item. If any member needs further clarification orexplanations on this proposal contact either Union office.

The Executive Board of the Exxon Seamen�s Union believes that this proposal, whenviewed as an overall wage and benefits package, satisfactorily meets the needs of themembership and recommends a yes vote for ratification. Though, ultimately it is theresponsibility of the individual member by voting to determine if this proposal is accept-able. Please Vote!

The ESU Bargaining Committee un-dertook an exceptionally ambitiousagenda of items that it chose to bargainwith management during the course ofthe 2002 Contract Negotiations. Gener-ally, when negotiating in a traditional col-lective bargaining manner there is an oldadage that you want to limit the numberof items for discussion, as the more youput on the table the more the other partyis apt to put on the table. The Union un-derstood through the polling of membersand Ship Representatives that there werejust too many long neglected issues thathad to be addressed and the ESU madeevery effort to address those issues withSeaRiver.

Among issues that the ESU formallynegotiated were:� More paid leave days.� Separate increase in the rate of pay for

the AB-1 position.� Increase in AB-1 CSB�s at the 5, 10,

15, 20, 25 and 30-year increments.� Amending of Article XII, Section 3A,

3 to include coffee break for AB whenstanding watch.

� Elimination of contract language Ar-ticle XI, Section 1C, restricting Main-tenance Seamen rest periods.

� Establish Bosuns� position.� When traveling to a vessel for assign-

ment, travel to be scheduled a day earlyof assignment.

� Increase of ground transportation pay-ments.

� Two hour minimum overtime pay forcall-out.

� Overtime for any work performed offthe vessel.

� Increase to Maintenance and Cure pay-ments.

� Increase lodging subsidy.� Increase Arctic Clothing Allowance and

Coveralls/Clothing allotment.� Increase Eyeglasses Allowance� Increase stand-by time for call-outs.� Seniority preference given when mul-

tiple assignments are available.During the fifteen-day negotiating pro-

cess these items were pulled from the bar-gaining table as it became apparent thatthe Union and management could notreach agreement on these issues. On someof these issues management expressed nointerest in negotiating as they felt thatthere was not competitive justification formonetary increases or changes in workrules. On other Union concerns the Com-pany Bargaining Committee did bargainbut asked for concessions that the Unionconsidered excessive.

By design, collective bargaining is agive and take process. Though, the ESUwas not successful in achieving all of theseobjectives, many key issues were ad-dressed and much was accomplished.

Tentative agreement ...continued


Sailors’ Union of the Pacific/Training Resources, Ltd.

Schedule of Course Offerings for 2002

Hdqs..... Seattle ...... Wilm ...... Hono .......... TotalBosun .............. 7 ............ 4 ............ 5 ............ 1 .............. 17Maint. Man....... 3 ............ 0 ............ 0 ............ 0 ............... 3A.B. Dayworker . 0 ............ 0 ............ 6 ............ 0 ............... 6A.B . ............. 29........... 11 .......... 17 ............ 3 .............. 60O.S. ................ 5 ............ 1 ............ 2 ............ 0 ............... 8Standby........... 42........... 21 .......... 84 .......... 10 ............ 157TOTALS ......... 86........... 37 ......... 114 .......... 14 ............ 251

Record of SUP ShippingMay 2000

Greece says no to U.S. inspectionsLate last month, Greece rejected a request from the United States to search ships

sailing through Greek waters as part of the ongoing crackdown on terrorism. �After(Greek Foreign Minister) George Papandreou examined the American request, hesaid that for constitutional reasons and reasons of protection of national sovereignty,it cannot be accepted,� Greek government spokesman Christos Protopapas told re-porters.

Protopapas said Greece would conduct its own inspection if and when necessary.�We want to and we are participating in the war against terrorism,� he said.

U.S. security measures “unacceptable”European Commission vice-president and transport commissioner Loyola de Palacio

has warned against the �unilateral approach� of the United States in security mattersafter representatives at the EU Transport Council in Gijon, Spain said the UnitedStates had drawn up a blacklist of world ports lacking efficient measures for detect-ing illegal immigrants and terrorists. De Palacio said U.S. security policy in labelingports was �discriminatory,� �unacceptable� and �could alter world trade.� She saidthe EU would shortly initiate an international debate in order to adopt commonmeasures in port security.

In Memoriam: Linda ReedLinda H. Reed, wife of SUP Welfare Representative Rich Reed, died June 9, after

a short, fierce battle with cancer.Mrs. Reed crafted numerous ground breaking programs for the mentally ill in a

30-year association with Buckelew Programs and the Tamalpais Day Treatment Centerin Marin County, California.

In addition to Rich, Mrs. Reed is survived by her daughter, Stephanie of el Sobrante,her sons, Brian of Arcata and Christopher of Aspen, Colorado, her parents and threesisters.

From left John Drolla, Patrick Regan, James Eddy, Dennis Dooley, Steve Martin,David Dodge, Terry Vannaltu, Erik Williams, and James McDonald.

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Training Information and EnrollmentContacts

Rich Reed, SUP Welfare Plan RepSUP Welfare Plan450 Harrison St., San Francisco, CA 94105Tel: (415) 778-5490Fax: (415) 778-5494E-mail: [email protected]

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• Basic First Aid• Personal Safety and Social Responsibility

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LMSR Vessel Training (MSC approved)

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Survival Craft (Lifeboatman)Sep 23-26Oct 28-31

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Securing cargo coming into U.S. portsagainst terrorist threats, while at the sametime preventing transportation gridlockwhich would bring just-in-time deliveriesto U.S. companies to its knees, is a majorchallenge facing the Nation�s marine trans-portation system, according to a May 27tharticle published in the New York Times.

Although most of the government�sfocus to date has been passenger-airlinesecurity, the next big job of the Trans-portation Security Administration and theU.S. Congress will be the prevention ofdangerous cargo, whether it be from air,ship or rail, from entering the U.S., ac-cording to the article written by SteveLohr. Both the House and Senate are pre-paring legislation to improve the moni-toring and surveillance of cargo ship-ments, Lohr noted.

Cargo containers, which arrive in theUnited States at the rate of 2,000 an hour,present a risk that experts say is �realand worrying,� Lohr wrote. �They [cargocontainers] can be used to carry every-thing from bombs to terrorists.�

Balancing national security concernswith economic interests is a challenge thatsome government officials and industryleaders want to meet by advocating a con-cept known as �pushing the border back,�the article said. This involves the track-ing of cargo before it arrives at a U.S.port by improving the collection and sort-ing of information generated from ship-pers, owners, freight forwarders, and oth-ers involved in the shipping process.

The article noted that pre-trackingcargo would require a government agencyto have a consolidated database to storethe information. It would also require co-operation between government and trans-portation companies.

�The intent of the information-gather-ing and cargo-profiling would be to es-tablish the equivalent of fast and slowlanes of cargo, determined by security

rating,� Lohr wrote.In a related story, Bill Keller of the New

York Times Magazine wrote an eye-open-ing expose, entitled �Nuclear Nightmare,�about the threat posed by a nuclear attackand the very real possibility that a nuclearweapon could be delivered in a cargo con-tainer arriving through a U.S. port.

�People in the field generally scoff atthe mythologized suitcase bomb; insteadthey talk of a �conex bomb,� using thename of those shack-size steel contain-ers that bring most cargo into the UnitedStates,� Keller said.

The article noted that less than twopercent of the containers that enter theU.S. every day, at over 300 Americanports, are opened for inspection and manynever pass through an X-ray machine.Containers delivered to upriver ports likeSt. Louis and Chicago, the article said,pass many potential targets before theyever reach Customs Service inspectors.

�How do you protect against that?�asked Eugene E. Habiger, the four-starArmy General who was in charge ofAmerican strategic weapons until 1998and then ran anti-terror programs for theEnergy Department. �You can�t. That�sscary. That�s very, very scary. You setone of those off in Philadelphia, in NewYork, San Francisco, Los Angeles, andyou�re going to kill tens of thousands ofpeople, if not more.�

Keller noted steps are being taken by theHomeland Security office to ensure that thetwo percent of containers inspected are themost high-risk, and that detection deviceswill be installed in ports, but, on the otherhand, points out that this hardly represents�ironclad defense.�

�Experts on terrorism and proliferationagree on one thing: Sooner or later, an at-tack will happen in the U.S. When and howis what robs them of sleep,� Keller said.

Source: The American Maritime CongressWashington Letter

LMSR Graduates


In 1900, the then-young Sailors� Unionof the Pacific faced many challenges,external and internal. Shipowners op-posed organization; law courts kept mari-ners in virtual peonage; shanghaiers,crimps, saloon or brothel keepers, andcorrupt politicians fleeced Jack Tar of hismeager earnings while ashore.

Facing such enemies, the SUP had nochoice but to call for unity among its dif-ferent occupational, ethnic, and socialgroups. Foreign vs native born members,deep sea vs coastal crews, lumber schoo-ner vs steamship hands, seasonedshellbacks vs raw recruits�these identitiestore at the Union�s need for solidarity.

As the new century opened, a businessdecision rocked the Union when its CoastSeamen�s Journal�s publishing contractcame up for renewal. Andrew Furuseth,SUP secretary, Ed Rosenberg, assistantsecretary, and Walter Macarthur, CSJ edi-tor, favored the incumbent printer, JamesH. Barry. An oppositional faction (Nickand Chris Jortall, John Kean, Ed Ander-son) desired a lower bidder than Barry.

The Jortall brothers� group prevailedby awarding CSJ printing to a new firm.Macarthur and Rosenberg, having lost,resigned their positions. This skirmishover a few dollars difference in a trans-action, like similar administrative mat-ters, should have been patched up or for-gotten in time.

However, Rosenberg poured out his an-ger in writing to Furuseth, then in theEast. This letter might also have beenforgotten but, fortuitously, it survived.Hyman Weintraub, in his biography An-drew Furuseth: Emancipator of the Sea-men (1959), cited it (page 58). Rosenbergwrote:

I did not want to play to the dun-garee sailor element by pretendingthat I was one of them. Their filthylanguage, their beastly carousing,their dirt, I despise, and, I shall al-ways say so. It is evil and it shouldbe fought against. I am no saint norholier than thou person, only a�white shirt sailor� and it is the whiteshirt sailors who have made the unionwhat it is today. There are somedemagogues [including Jortall]among the white shirt sailors who forlust of power or for personal gain playto the dungaree sailor by raising ahowl at someone for being stuck up.Surely, Ed Rosenberg penned more

than Weintraub revealed, but we haveenough to know that the conflict ran fardeeper than a disagreement over whoshould print the Union�s paper. Eachgroup sought to control the SUP. At times,the battlers expressed themselves ideo-logically; at times, personally. With theirreference to dual sets of sailors, whiteshirt and dungaree, the combatants calledup stereotypes embedded in the minds ofmen in union halls as well as at sea.

The dismal portrait of seafarers setapart from cousins on land is old in Eu-ropean thought. It runs from Homer andHakluyt to Marryat and Conrad. HermanMelville named whaleship crews of hisday: �mariners, renegades, castaways.�Eugene O�Neill�s Atlantic liner�s coalstoker, an ape-like man in dungarees, pro-vided the title for his powerful 1922drama, The Hairy Ape.

We accept the common notion that longisolation at sea and harsh work condi-tions differentiated mariners from land-lubbers�hence, seamen had barely

strayed out of the evolutionary jungle.Many sailors, however, were omnivorousand discerning readers. SUP pioneers es-pecially knew and savored world litera-ture; they were as familiar with the clas-sics as with journalistic tracts. Accord-ingly, both SUP internal factions relatedthe notion of dungaree sailors to previ-ous accepted formulas.

To illustrate: Four centuries ago, theword �lascar� stood for an East Indianseaman�one hired to replace sailors onthe return voyage home after disease anddeath had de-pleted originalBritish crews. Af-ter reaching Lon-don the Indianswere dischargedto loiter on thedocks and taketheir place withother outcastsamong the poor.Thus, �lascar,�an Urdu word,was altered in En-glish to mean aforeign or sinisters a i l o r�me t a -phorically wear-ing dungareesfrom India.

To my knowl-edge, no wordsleuth has tracedeither the originor further use of Rosenberg�s pairednouns, �white shirt/ dungaree,� when ex-tended beyond a sailor�s dress to his con-duct or status. This term appeared againin 1971 in Mary Ann Burki�s thesis atthe University of Rochester, PaulScharrenberg: White Shirt Sailor.

Bruce Nelson, in Workers on the Water-front (1988), identified Scharrenberg andVictor Olander, associates of Furuseth inthe International Seamen�s Union, as whiteshirt sailors who �enjoyed reminiscingabout their early years on sailing ships�although they �were far removed from therough-and-tumble environment of foc�sleand sailortown� (page 39).

Both Burki and Nelson traced the con-trasting imagery of white shirt vs dunga-ree back to Rosenberg�s letter to Furuseth.The terms may have been used in speechby West Coast mariners before 1900, orthey may have been penned by Rosenbergout of frustration at losing Union controlto a gang he despised as �inferiors.�

The usual explanation for the dunga-ree sailor involves going back to the Hindilanguage for rough cotton cloth made inIndia and, beginning about 1600, usedin Europe and America for sails, tents,work clothes, and similar gear. More im-portantly, SUP leaders uttered these com-bined words pejoratively (disparaginglyas in the modern �put down�). The nega-tive portraits continue.

Rick DelVecchio (�Call of the SeaGrows Faint� � San Francisco Chronicle,April 9, 2002) interviewed retired CoastGuard Rear Admiral Robert North, a na-tional panel member studying the mari-time industry�s labor shortage. North,while offering a partial clue for the plightof seafarers, spoke of their �bad image.�He added: �It�s not a bunch of guys wholook like Popeye.�

Of course, today�s sailors on comput-erized container ships and too-long su-pertankers are not comic-strip characters.

Why does North�s figure of speech stillresonate? Is not this cartoon figure a de-scendant of the dungaree sailor and hispredecessors? Actually, Popeye is a re-cent player in the ongoing drama depict-ing nautical heroes and antiheroes �brave, wretched, pitiful, fascinating.

E.C. Segar (1894-1938), Popeye�s cre-ator, knew workers intimately from hisdays as a housepainter and decorator. Inhis syndicated Thimble Theater strip,Segar introduced Popeye the Sailor onJanuary 17, 1929. The one-eyed, brawl-

ing, tattooed,wise-cracking,spinach-loving,sea dog�foreveravoiding marriageto Olive Oyl�roseto internationalfame.

Long beforePopeye�s debut,seamen under-stood the dunga-ree/white shirtformulation, eventhough they mayhave used otherdescriptive terms.Trade unionists, ingeneral, had awide vocabularyof slurs (for ex-ample: fink, scab,y e l l o w d o g ,piecard, goon,

scissorbill, salmonbelly, porkchopper,rat, brownnose, popsicleman) but veryfew words to tag a good unionist or aloyal leader.

Similarly, seamen as well as workers inall occupations, constantly �put down�those deemed inadequate or untrained. To

illustrate: construction hands voiced �JoeMcGee� to describe a klutz or stumblebum.Needle tradesmen identified an incompe-tent as a �Columbus tailor� (He just cameover from the old country, like Columbus,and already he�s a tailor).

A sailor working lumber and suchcargo laboriously by brute strength wassaid to be using �Norwegian steam.�Here, the emphasis shifted from theworker himself to his method of work-ing. This implied shared knowledge byspeaker and audience of ethnicity (Scan-dinavian seamen were dominant in theSUP) and technology (When the steamwinch or donkey engine replaced humanmuscle, only a simpleton would continuehand labor).

Andrew Furuseth, Walter Macarthur,and Paul Scharrenberg, respectively, wereborn in Norway, Scotland, and Germany.As immigrants in America and childrenof Neptune, they were acutely consciousof the sailor�s low status in society. Ev-ery rung up the ladder was hailed as asign of progress. The white shirt servedas amulet and accolade.

The circle around Furuseth valued hardwork, craft skill, job competence, andunion loyalty. Of course, these virtues werebalanced by faults and frailties. No unionofficers are immune from criticism. Werecall that Ed Rosenberg affirmed he was�no saint ... only a �white shirt sailor�.�

SUP stalwarts and opponents, alike,accepted the mentality of the day thatplaced mariners in oppositional bins(good/bad, strong/weak, high/low,straight/crooked). The time is overdue forus to examine other modes of thought.Perhaps in a future article, I shall treatlanguage/lore which speaks to white shirtand dungaree sailors not as polar figures,but rather as brothers joined at the hip.

WHITE SHIRT SAILOR, DUNGAREE SAILORby Archie Green

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A look astern...50 years agoOn May 26, 1952 the Sailors� Union of the Pacific in a coastwise referendum

voted 3,500-yes, 67-no to strike the Pacific Coast shipowners represented by thePacific Maritime Association after the shipowners refused to negotiate with theUnion after the agreement was opened for bargaining on February 27, 1952. Themajor demands of the Union were: penalty payments of overtime for work done onSaturdays at sea and for watches stood, a 5% raise in wages and overtime, built-inbunks in all PMA ships, a raise in the standby rate to $2.10 per hour and theimplementation of the 4-watch system.

The June 13, 1952 West Coast Sailors reported that the strike was still on and thatno progress had been made.

The history of the strike will continue in next months�s West Coast Sailors.


SUP President's Report

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY

In preparation for bargaining with Matson Naviga-tion Company, the SUP Negotiating Committee met onMay 20 and 21, to review proposals submitted by themembership for changes to the General Rules, and onJune 3, to discuss Work Rule proposals. On May 28,the Committee caucused with the MFOW and SIU-Marine Cooks to formulate preliminary General Rulesdemands.

Bargaining with Matson commenced on June 7 at SUPHeadquarters. Company representatives were CaptainJack Sullivan, Director, Vessel Operations & OffshoreLabor Relations; Captain Gary Fleegor, Senior VesselManager; and Tom Percival, Manager, Labor Relations& Vessel Operations. In addition to the SUP, MFOWand SIU Negotiating Committees, participants includedSUP Vice President Dave Connolly, Business Agent BillBerger and MFOW Vice President Bobby Iwata.

Prior to the start of negotiations, the Unions sent thecompany a letter on May 29 demanding information onthe status of the two vessels under construction atKvaerner�s Philadelphia Shipyard, Matson�s projectedfleet composition, the economics of the company�sagreements with the licensed unions and whether Matsonintends to bid on any government work. On the samedate the letter was sent, Matson announced that it wasbuying the Kvaerner ships and that delivery of the firstvessel is expected in June of next year and the secondin April 2004. Sullivan remarked, however, that Matsoncan withdraw from the Kvaerner deal without any fi-nancial risk to the company if �conditions change.�This statement was viewed by many as a bargaining gim-mick. It should be noted that today Vice President DaveConnolly is in Philadelphia inspecting the vessels.

As far as the other demands, Sullivan said that hewould have a response by June 15. At this conjecturethe Unions requested additional information regardingMatson�s relationships with Saltchuk Resources (whichowns TOTE), Sea Star Line and CSX Line.

This information is critical for the Unions to know asbargaining proceeds. Saltchuk/TOTE are investors withMatson in Sea Star in the Puerto Rico trade. As themembership will recall, Matson bareboat chartered theKaimoku and Kainalu to Sea Star (then known as SeaBarge) in 1999 effectively transferring our work to oth-ers. This year Matson sold both vessels to Sea Star forapproximately $8 million apiece. However, the Unionsneed to know what Matson�s intentions are with SeaStar, which as a Jones Act carrier can operate anywherein the domestic trades. Equally important is Matson�sdealings with TOTE which currently operates in theAlaska trade but could branch out to Hawai�i. CSX isalso on the horizon in these negotiations as the com-pany is reportedly for sale, with Matson mentioned inthe trade press as a possible buyer of CSX�s Alaskaservice.

With Matson failing to respond to our informationaldemands in a comprehensive manner, the Unions de-cided not to submit our proposals until the informationwas received. However, Sullivan did propose that a newagreement terminate on December 31, 2005 coincidingwith the expiration of the MM&P and MEBA contracts.Matson proposed the same thing in the 1999 negotia-tions. The ARA agreement ends on December 31, 2003with Sullivan indicating that Matson was not interestedin renewing it. The SUP, MFOW and SIU-Cooks coun-tered that we would submit a proposal that terminates anew agreement on June 30, 2005.

Sullivan�s explanation of the need for a longer agree-ment was that with the Matson/APL Alliance on theWest Coast-Guam-Far East run expiring in 2006, it willbe necessary for the company to look at other optionsfor servicing Guam as apparently APL is not interestedin renewing the Alliance. In fact, Sullivan stated thatMatson and APL are currently in arbitration over thecharter rates on the three C-9 type vessels Matson hason the run, with APL wanting to have those rates re-

duced substantially.Sullivan also said that the company would eventually

redeploy the C-9�s to the Hawai�i run after those ves-sels become Jones Act eligible in 2008. When ques-tioned about the status of the Manukai, Sullivan saidthe ship, after 32 years of service, will not operate fur-ther and is slated to be scrapped once the scrap ratesincrease.

Sullivan added that Matson has to grow, specificallymentioning Hawai�i, Alaska and Puerto Rico. TheUnions reiterated that if growth was in the future, wefully expected to be onboard and wanted Matson�s com-mitment.

The discussion then focused on Matson�s two newvessels. As previously reported last year in August andSeptember, the company proposed concessions in theform of an 11.7% reduction in total cost �top-to-bot-tom� to assist Matson in purchasing the ships and toreduce their operating costs. While not presenting theUnions with any specific proposal, there is no questionthat one will be made during bargaining as this is a keyissue for the company. The SUP and MFOW again statedthat there is no compelling reason for concessions andthat since the vessels will operate in the West Coast-Hawai�i trade, the wage and benefit structure should bethe same as all other company vessels so engaged.

After approximately two hours, the first bargainingsession concluded with the next one scheduled on June17, continuing on various dates through June 30.

The Unions reminded Matson of our policy of �nocontract, no work� after June 30. The membershipshould be prepared for any contingency.

Since the next West Coast Sailors will not be out un-til the third week of July, will keep the membership atsea and ashore informed on the progress of negotia-tions by periodic newsletters.

Prior to the start of bargaining SUP Negotiating Com-mittee members Romaine Dudley and Frank Portaniershipped. The Committee is currently comprised of GeneVan Klinken (chairman), Paul Calais, Sonny Cooper,Lou Frazier, Lige Midkiff (alternate), Trev Motlow andyour secretary. Recommend that in accordance with theSUP Constitution, one rank-and-file alternate, with re-cent Matson seatime, be elected at today�s meeting.

AMERICAN SHIP MANAGEMENT

The offshore and maintenance agreements with Ameri-can Ship Management provides for a three-percent (3%)increase on all rates of pay (base wages, overtime rates,etc.) and wage-related items (supplemental benefits)effective July 1.

In accordance with Section 36 of the General Rules,the Union has the right to allocate all or part of theincrease to benefit plans. Accordingly, at the June 3meeting of the SUP Negotiating Committee, there wasa discussion regarding the wide disparity in wages be-tween the Bosun and the ABs. Due to percentage in-creases over the years, the gap has grown considerably.For example, in a C-10/C-11 the difference is over$1,000 a month and in a J-10 over $800, a similar dis-parity exists in the Matson fleet.

While the Committee agreed that the Bosun shouldbe paid more, it was the consensus that the member-ship at sea should be asked their opinion on the issue ofthe disparity in wages and to respond to a specific pro-posal that was introduced.

The proposal would have reallocated the Bosun�s 2002wage and supplemental benefits increase to the ABsthrough the SUP Money Purchase Pension Plan. Theeffect would have been to increase the rate from $25per day to $26 per day for all hands, including the Bo-sun. While this allocation would not have made a dent inrectifying the disparity in wages, it would have been asmall incremental step which would have benefitted all.

Of the 11 ASM vessels (C-10s, C-11s, J-10s) that wererequested to consider the proposal, only six, as of today�smeeting, responded with opinions being evenly split.

Therefore, recommend, subject to membership ap-proval, that the 3% be allocated to all ratings, all rates

of pay and wage-related items. Further recommend thatthe issue of disparity in wages be addressed by the rank-and-file committee to be elected next year to study theissue of re-qualification for bosun�s stamps. The mem-bership authorized the creation of the committee on the2001-2002 ballot.

GrievancesAs reported last month, the Union had grievances

pending with ASM over the firing of Brother Jack Daltonbosun of the SUP shoregang in Los Angeles and thediscipline imposed by the company on Brothers CarlZiegler, Ian Slessor and Paul Limback.

Due to the company�s failure to respond to the Union�sdemands, the SUP petitioned the California SuperiorCourt in San Francisco on May 16 to compel ASM toarbitrate the grievances.

Shortly after the petition was filed ASM requested ameeting to discuss the grievances. On May 24, the par-ties met at Headquarters. The company was representedby Captain Saunders Jones, Chief Operating Officer,Archibald M.S. Morgan, IV, Senior Manager LaborRelations and Captain John L. Acomb, Senior Man-ager Quality Assurance, Safety and Loss Control; theUnion by Vice President Dave Connolly, Business AgentBill Berger and your secretary.

The result of the meeting was that the grievances wereresolved in favor of Brothers Dalton, Ziegler, Slessorand Limback. ASM further agreed to employ a steadyleaderman in Los Angeles to assist Brother Dalton. TheUnion agreed to discuss shoregang safety issues andqualifications for shoregang employment. Anythingdefinitive that comes out of those discussions will besubject to membership action if what is proposed modi-fies the SUP/ASM Maintenance Agreement.

SAN FRANCISCO BAR PILOTS

In accordance with the two collective bargaining agree-ments between the Sailors� Union of the Pacific and theSan Francisco Bar Pilots covering all classifications ofboat operators and dispatchers, notified Captain PeterMcIsaac this month of the Union�s desire to negotiatenew agreements. Bargaining proposals from the mem-bership should be sent in writing to this office.

Anticipate negotiations to begin in July. The currentagreements expires on August 15.

SUP BUILDING CORP. v. ULICOCASUALTY COMPANY

As reported in December 2001, the SUP BuildingCorporation settled its claim against Terra Nova, theinsurance carrier for System XIX/Maritime Hall Pro-ductions, a former tenant at Headquarters for $55,000.That settlement was the outgrowth of a law suit filedagainst the Building Corporation by William Lawson inNovember 2000 alleging that the Building Corporationviolated the Americans With Disabilities Act and theCalifornia Unruh Civil Rights Act when Mr. Lawsonattended a concert at the Headquarters building onOctober 21, 1999.

The Building Corporation also had a claim pendingin court against Ulico Casualty Company, the BuildingCorporation�s insurance carrier, for its refusal to de-fend the Corporation in the Lawson case and its refusalto make a settlement offer.

On May 23 at a settlement conference, attended byyour secretary and attorneys for the Union, before U.S.Magistrate Judge Wayne D. Brazil at the federal courthouse in Oakland, Ulico agreed to pay the BuildingCorporation $82,000 by June 15 in exchange for theCorporation to drop its suit. It was the opinion of attor-neys Frank Conway and James Parton of the law firm ofLynch, Gilardi and Grummer, retained by the BuildingCorporation to defend its interests in this matter, Unioncounsel Jeffrey Walsh and your secretary, who was givenauthority to settle this case by the Building CorporationTrustees on October 1, 2001, that taking Ulico to trialwould have resulted in a judgment that was less thanthe litigation costs.

June 10, 2002


Vice President's ReportAs a result of the settlement agreed to

last month plus the one arrived at in 2001,the Building Corporation has forced twoinsurance companies to fund the entiresettlement payment to Mr. Lawson andhis attorney and all but approximately$12,000 of the Building Corporations�slegal costs. Further legal action is pend-ing against Terra Nova for damage causedto the building.

MASTERS, MATES &PILOTS CONVENTION

Have been invited by President TimBrown to attend and address the 79th Bi-ennial Convention of the InternationalOrganization of Masters, Mates & Pilotsbeginning on July 15, at LinthicumHeights, Maryland.

Will attend if Union business permits.

CALIFORNIALABOR FEDERATION

CONVENTION

The California Labor Federation�s 24th

Biennial Convention will be held on July23-24 in San Francisco. Delegates to theConvention will deliberate on issues ofimportance to California workers andendorse candidates for the Novemberelection. Since the SUP is entitled to fivedelegates recommend that Dave Connolly,Mark Hurley, Bill Berger and your secre-tary be designated as delegates and the fifthdelegate be elected at today�s meeting.

As a Vice President of the Federationyour secretary will also attend theorganization�s July 23, Executive Coun-cil meeting.

BURGESS v. SUP

As reported last month, Wayne Bur-gess appealed his case to the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.Burgess� latest legal maneuver comes af-ter Judge George H. King of the UnitedStates District Court of the Central Dis-trict of California Western Division (LosAngeles) again ruled against Burgess inApril and again in favor of the SUP.

On May 15, Union attorney GlennRothner of the law firm of Rothner, Segalland Greenstone wrote to Burgess� attor-ney, Duke Peters, and stated that �thereare no legitimate issues for appeal.� Mr.Rothner added that, �Should you persistin your pursuit of this appeal, we willseek, on our client�s behalf, an award ofattorney�s fees and costs on appeal foryour clients pursuit of a frivolous appeal.�Mr. Rothner than gave Burgess ten days(until May 25) to withdraw the appeal sohe could �avoid the expense and embar-rassment of a fee award.�

Neither Burgess nor his attorney re-sponded to Mr. Rothner�s letter. So thecostly saga of Burgess�, thus far, futileattempts to overturn the judgment of themembership continues. Mr. Rothner�sbrief for the Union to the Ninth Circuitis due on September 30. Depending onthe case-load of the court, oral argumentcould be scheduled three to six monthsafter briefs are filed with a decision ren-dered three to six months after oral argu-ment. Thus the range for a decision isprobably between July and December ofnext year.

FOURTH OF JULY

All SUP halls will be closed on Thurs-day, July 4, in observance of Indepen-dence Day.

ACTION TAKEN

Matson Negotiating Committee: JohnMorrell unanimously elected as alternate.

M/S to concur with ASM wage increaseand the President�s recommendation tohave the Committee elected next year tostudy the bosun stamp issue to also dis-cuss wage disparity issues. Carried unani-mously.

M/S to elect Gunnar Lundeberg,Dave Connolly, Bill Berger, MarkHurley and Terry O�Neill as delegatesto the California Labor FederationConvention.

M/S to accept the balance of thePresident�s report. Carried unanimously.

Gunnar Lundeberg

President's Report continued

Ships CheckedMade the President Truman in Oak-

land. Ship familiarization on the week-ends is good and payable. Fire and boatdrills that exceed one hour, whether thereis a safety meeting or not, is also good(except during Coast Guard inspections).Email clarification on the President Jack-son: the bosun lays out the work, turnsthe gang to, and knocks them off. Thoseduties can be delegated but only in thelegitimate and necessary absence of thebosun.

Email clarification to the USNS Seayin Thailand. The SUP has not agreed tothis ship�s unilaterally enacted generalpolicy of knocking the bosun and the or-dinaries off of seawatches a day prior toarrival or a day after departure. Both thatand the explosive rate is under investiga-tion. Email clarification to the USNSFisher on cargo watches.

Along with co-delegate Mike Worth,attended a meeting with Foss manage-ment at the Foss home dock. Issues in-cluded the Flex Tankerman beef, out-standing overtime claims, and the pro-posed seniority amendment, to name afew. There will be meetings to discussthese issues with the entire Foss mem-bership on Monday and Tuesday, June24 and 25.

Fielded calls from some membersworking in the Ready Reserve fleet re-garding the recent downward adjustmentin rates. We are still investigating the spe-cifics with the company and will reportour findings when the investigation iscomplete.

Caucuses to solicit membership pro-posals for the re-negotiation of the agree-ment between the SUP and the San Fran-cisco Bar Pilots will begin in July. Inthe interim, we strongly encourage themembership employed by the SFBP tosubmit written proposals to the Unionor to the delegate, Steve Messenger.

Meeting with ASMFollowing the unfair discharge of cer-

tain members of in the ASM shore gangin Wilmington, the Union relentlesslyworked for their reinstatement. Ulti-mately, Gunnar Lundeberg achieved thatgoal in an agreement reached in negotia-tions with ASM on May 24th at SUPHeadquarters. The agreement reinstatedall hands and, in particular, made wholeshore-gang bosun Jack Dalton. As partof the settlement, I attended a �safety re-orientation� with Dalton at ASM officesin Walnut Creek. We agreed that therewe would participate in regular safetymeetings on the dock, and that attendancewould be accounted for. Brother Dalton�sforty years of experience in handling theequipment of ships and personalities of menis an invaluable asset that makes hefty,daily, and unaccounted for contributionsto the bottom line of the operation.

SOCP meeting in PhiladelphiaOn June 12th, I traveled to Philadel-

phia to attend the quarterly meeting ofthe Ship Operations Cooperative Pro-gram. Capt. Ernie Fink of the UnitedStates Coast Guard said that although anew �smart� z-card was in the pipeline,the USCG could not afford to wait andwould soon begin implementation of z-cards that included holograms or otheranti-fraud features. There are also stud-ies in progress to develop a fire wire fortankers (and potentially dry cargo ships)of light non-flammable synthetics that willreplace present injury-causing steel wires.Finally, representing the AndrewFuruseth School of Seamanship, I pre-sented a proposal to the SOCP to fundthe pursuit of state and federal grants thatsupport adult and youth unlicensed ap-prenticeship programs. The proposal metwith favorable review and received somelimited funding in the first fiscal year,with more to follow in the next.

While in Philadelphia toured theKvaerner Shipyard where the new Matsonships are being built. The first vessel is50% completed and it appears that thecompany is complying with the contractregarding quarters.

Mar Vista High SchoolThe first group of students in the Mar

Vista High School apprenticeship pro-gram, supported in part by the SUP,shipped out on June 13, in the supplyships of the Military Sealift Command.These will be the first high school stu-dents ever to graduate with all of theSTCW and domestic certification anddocumentation required to enter the un-licensed ranks of the U.S. merchant ma-rine. Accordingly, and in light of thepresent and projected manning shortfalls,this non-traditional program has attractedenormous national attention. The centralrole of the SUP in its design and imple-mentation puts the Union in the samefavorable light it earned when Harry Lun-deberg in 1942 re-organized the AndrewFuruseth School of Seamanship into atrust whose purpose was to buy the schoo-ner Invader as a training ship. If Lunde-berg had not shown the commitment totrain our own qualified sailors for theLiberty ships of World War II, the war-time government was prepared to floodthe U.S. merchant marine with boot-campnaval recruits. Such action could haveweakened and then destroyed the Union�scontrol of the hiring process. Today, sixtyyears later, another wartime governmentpresides in Washington, and again thereis talk of a civilian merchant mariner re-serve in case of a full and extendedbreakout of the Ready Reserve Force. ButSUP�s unique historical ability to attract,train and retain seamen of the best abil-ity, ensures that no matter what the na-tional crisis, our halls will remain thepremier source of bona fide seamen.

Dave Connolly

June 2002

Bloody ThursdayCoastwise events July 5

San Francisco: ILWU Local 10, 400 North Point St. at 10:00 A.M.Wilmington: ILWU will move the Bloody Thursday memorial plaque, do-

nated and erected by the port of Los Angeles in 1985, from Neptune & HarryBridges Blvd. to 5th and Harbor Blvd. for a 10:00 A.M. ceremony, followedby a picnic at Peck Park, 560 North Western, San Pedro at 11:00 A.M.

Seattle, Washington: ILWU Local 19 will host a barbecue at Vasa Park onLake Sammamish, 11:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Bruce Waygood and Tom McGarvey drop the SUP wreath over-the-side off theLiberty Ship Jeremiah O�Brien outside the Golden Gate. At left is the O�Brien�sskipper Captain Pat Maloney and at right is Admiral Tom Patterson, Chairman ofthe National Liberty Ship Memorial which operates the O�Brien. Brothers Waygoodand McGarvey were shipmates in 1947 in the President Monroe.

Memorial services aboard O�Brien


SUP Branch Reports

DeckBosun ..................................... 7Carpenter ................................ 0MM........................................ 3AB ....................................... 29OS ........................................ 5Standby .................................. 42Total Deck Jobs Shipped ............ 86Total Deck B, C, D Shipped........ 25Engine/StewardQMED .................................... 0Pumpman ................................ 0Oiler....................................... 0Wiper ..................................... 0Steward ................................... 0Cook ...................................... 0Messman ................................ 0Total E&S Jobs Shipped .............. 0Total E&S B, C, D Shipped .......... 0Total Jobs Shipped - All Depts. .... 86Total B, C, D Shipped-All Depts. .. 25Total Registered �A� ................. 82Total Registered �B� ................. 72Total Registered �C� ................. 11Total Registered �D� ................. 10

Dispatcher'sReport

Headquarters—May 2002

Wilmington Honolulu Norfolk OfficeSeattleMay 20, 2002

Shipped the following during the monthof April: 1 bosun, 7 ABs, and 1 OS.These jobs were filled by 2 A membersand 7 B members. Also shipped 11standby jobs filled by 8 B members and3 C members. Total jobs shipped: 20.

Registered 7 A members, 3 B mem-bers, 4 C members, and 1 D registrantduring the month of April. To date, reg-istered are 11 A members, 5 B members,8 C members and 6 D registrants, total-ling 30 registered.

Ships checkedMaui, Lurline, Matsonia, Lihue, Kauai,

R.J. Pfeiffer and Ewa. All with few or noproblems. Paint and Rigging runningsmoothly with Bosun George Lua.

On May 15, attended the Honolulu PortCouncil Meeting. The main discussionwas a critique of the �2002 Hawaii Leg-islative Session.� I am happy to say allanti-Passenger Service Act and Jones Actbills died in Committee.

On May 19, participated in the 26thAnnual Hawaii Maritime Memorial BoatParade. The vessels left Pier 2 at 1330Sunday and proceeded to offshore Waikikibeach where lei's and flowers were placedat sea in memory of all departed seamen.After three blasts of the vessels whistlesand the Honolulu Fire Boat water nozzledisplay, all members and guests returnedto Aloha Tower to a Port Council andPropeller Club hosted reception. A wellattended event which brings much prideand appreciation to the waterfront.

Mike DuvallBranch Agent

May 20, 2002Shipped the following during the pe-

riod: 2 bosuns filled by A cards; 10 ABsfilled by 1 A card, 2 B cards; 6 C cards,1 D registrant.

Registered during the period: 14 A cardsfor a total of 34; 6 B cards for a total of21; and 4 C cards for a total of 21.

Ships checkedAPL Thailand, APL Singapore, APL

Korea all in from the Far East with cleanpay-offs. Maui and Kauai in twice withno problems, the Kauai will go into theshipyard on Victoria Island, B.C., for 30days and the Manulani will come out oflay-up to fill the slot.

I attended a meeting with U.S. SenatorMaria Cantwell who is working on re-opening trade routes for Washington Stateagricultural products with Cuba.

I attended the King County LaborCouncil meeting and the Puget SoundMaritime Trades meeting. As part of theKCLC Political Action Committee, I in-terviewed U.S. Congressmen Jay Inslee,Adam Smith and Jim McDermott whowere seeking labor�s endorsement fortheir November races. All pledged con-tinued support for the Jones Act and theSUP thanked them for their votes on theMSP program and spoke to our concernson port security legislation.

Along with Don Marcus, Vice Presi-dent, MM&P, I participated in the �PortSecurity in the New Era� conference herein Seattle where an overnight industry of�Port Security Consultants� has blos-somed. The only idea and plan of actionthese geniuses can come up with is toreidentify the identified U.S. maritimeworkforce. Both Don and I took the miketo ask what they intended to do aboutflag-of-convenience seamen, truckerswhose loads and drivers originate fromCanada and Mexico and who drive onand off the docks; the alleged empty con-tainers that go uninspected and the pointof origin of those containers. Our ques-tions were met with silence and idiotichalf smiles as these ciphers have everyintention of pocketing government moneywhile taking the path of least resistanceon port security measures.

I attended the memorial service atFisherman�s Terminal for the fishermenwho were lost at sea this past season andthe Jobs with Justice steering committee.

Vince O�HalloranSeattle Branch Agent

May 20, 2002Shipped the following during the pe-

riod: 6 bosuns, 18 ABs, 3 maint., and100 standbys for a total of 127 shipped.

Registration to date is 48 A members,39 B members, 20 C members and 2 Dregistrants.

Ships checkedPresident Grant, Ewa (APL Philippines,

Lihue, Chevron Colorado-Duane Nash),President Jackson, Manoa, Lurline, R.J.Pfeiffer, President Kennedy, Mokihana,Ewa, APL Thailand, President Adams,Mahimahi, APL Singapore, PresidentPolk, President Wilson, Chevron Wash-ington.

On April 15, I attended the Veterans�Memorial meeting. We have picked acontractor, Gene Frank. He and his crewwill be starting soon on the Wall of Honor.

The SUP marlinspike class was heldon May 8. The next class will be June12. The class after that will be July 10.Classes will always be on the secondWednesday of the month on the s/s LaneVictory. This way you can improve yourskills and be assured of getting an excel-lent lunch thanks to the talent of stew-ard/cook Sven Ostman.

On May 9, I attended the Harbor LaborCoalition meeting. We are already gettingready for the Labor Day Parade on Sep-tember 2. On May 10, I attended the Mari-time Trades Department meeting.

We had a good turnout this year forcleaning up the Merchant Seamen Veter-ans� Memorial. There were members fromthe MFOW, MMP, MEBA and, of course,the SUP. Special thanks to Carl Orange,Kris Skorodynski, Ken Delancey, MatthewMontalbo, and Gabriel McDonald forshowing up and helping out.

Mark Hurley, Branch Agent

May 2002Shipping was fair in the month of May,

As two ships crewed up to FOS, shipped1 Boson, 6 ABs, and 2 OS jobs taken by4 B cards, 3 cards and 1 D card.

Registered for shipping, 2 A members,4 B members, 4 C members and 4 D reg-istrants.

The USNS Bob Hope will turn over toPatriot, some time in September inCharleston, SC.

In the third week in May, I paid off thePililaau in Violet, LA, Bosun Sam Scottbrought the ship in clean and delegateMike Boyal did a very good job on thesheets. She remains in ROS in Violet.

I then attended National Maritime Dayobservance hosted by the Propeller Clubof the USA. The SUP/MFOW got goodrecognition, not to mention that all wereglad to see our presence back on the EastCoast.

I then went to Baltimore and paid offthe Shughart. She stayed at 20 man ROS,until correct shore power could be con-nected. Gang was happy to know that shipwas going to stay status quo as in Violet.The Fisher sails for Spain on June 8.

I then headed back to Norfolk to catchup on paper work, and weekly financialreports. The three ships that are at theCSX terminal are USNS Gilliland, Gor-don, and Mendonca, all in good shape.

On behalf of the Port of Norfolk andthe SUP I sent condolences to the gangat Snug Harbor to the recent passing ofSaichi (Sam) Kinoshita, who passed onlast week. Sam and I sailed the old Graceline C-2s and I learned my carpenter skillsfrom Sam and he recommended me formy stamp at Headquarters.

Note: PLEASE CARRY ALL DOCU-MENTS AND CERTIFICATES as TheFisher was a mad house trying to sign onthe crew.

Jack StaskoSUP/MFOW,Rep.

Kauai-Going to shipyard Victoria, B.C.Manoa�Ernie Stimach, delegate: Voy-age pay off; no disputes.Maui�Mike Dirksen, delegate: Clean,no disputes.Manulani�Out of lay-up�Jim Bailey,bosun, Chuck Maringer, delegate: Shorttrip to and back; running smoothly.Matsonia�Bruce Smith, delegate: Islandrun; no disputes.Moku Pahu - Rolando Mendoza atCrockett with sugar from Hawaii Island.Questions on split wages, will check it out.ASM Shoregang�In good shape.R.J. Pfeiffer�Keith Miller, delegate: Nodisputes; clean.President Grant�Gabe MacDonald,delegate; Mark Littlejohn, bosun: In goodshape.President Jackson�Dennis Tinsley, del-egate: Clarification on call back for Sail-ors� to operate crane in Los Angeles.President Kennedy�Herbert James, del-egate: Voyage bunker barge beef; com-pany agreed to use more than two sailorswhen needed.President Polk�Delegate Joe Angeles,Bosun Frank Rosales: No beef deck de-partment; full Wilmington gang. BigMFOW beefs same as always; no com-pany representative there.President Truman�Don Bohle, del-

June 10, 2002

San Francisco Business Agentegate; Inti Sternback, relief bosun: Shipfamiliarization during overtime hours isgood and payable. If fire and boat drillsexceed one hour, whether there is a meet-ing or not, one hour at the overtime rateis good and payable.Cape Blanco/Cape Bover�Ready Re-serve Ships: Explained overtime rates.Cape Borda�New mattress and pillow.Going on sea trial. Clarification: hours oflabor in port 0800 to 1700; no side deals.Cape Girardeau�Bosun Joe Lopez.Ready Reserve Fleet�Rates still underinvestigation. Will keep the membershipinformed.San Francisco Bar Pilots�Will begincaucuses for membership input on nego-tiations in July. In the interim, encour-age all to submit written proposals.Chevron Colorado�Will Williamson,delegate: On milk run, San Francisco toPortland.Chevron Washington�SUP PresidentGunnar Lundeberg settled an unjust fir-ing beef to the satisfaction of all involved.Gangway watches are required work pro-vided that there are sufficient breaks andno additional duties.Foss Maritime Company�Held a meet-ing with the Company and co-delegateMike Worth on various issues. Will holda meeting of the entire Foss membershipon June 24 and 25.

Bill Berger

Attend yourUnion meetings!

Gashound skipper deportedA Polish captain employed on a ship

managed by Greek-based EnterprisesShipping and Trading was deported fromthe United States this month after plead-ing guilty to operating the 39,345-DWTbulk cargo ship Steel Glory, ex-Sea Mari-ner, while under the influence of alco-hol. Krzystof Jan Szczesniak was sen-tenced to five years� probation and fined$6,500 in a New Orleans district court.Tests showed a blood alcohol level of0.256. The prosecutor said the U.S. CoastGuard twice found the master under theinfluence, once on May 28 and anothertime on May 29, when they boarded theship. When asked if he knew thecompany�s policy against drinking onboard, prosecutors said the captain pro-duced a bottle of scotch whiskey andpoured himself a drink.

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