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Sailors' Union of the Pacific

American labor union

Summary

American labor union

Field	Value
name	SUP
location_country	United States
affiliation	AFL-CIO
members	736 (2005)
full_name	Sailors' Union of the Pacific
image	File:Sailors_union_of_the_pacific_logo.png
founded
key_people	Gunnar Lundeberg, president
website	sailors.org

The Sailors' Union of the Pacific (SUP), founded on March 6, 1885 in San Francisco, California,{{cite web |access-date = March 16, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030512184317/http://www.sailors.org/pdf/history1-2.pdf |archive-date = May 12, 2003

At its fourth meeting in 1885, the fledgling organization adopted the name Coast Sailor's Union and elected George Thompson its first president. Andrew Furuseth, who had joined the union on June 3, 1885 was elected to its highest office in January 1887. In 1889 he returned to sea but was reelected to the position of union secretary in 1891. It was during this term{{cite web |access-date=March 16, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216140206/http://www.lawzone.com/half-nor/furuseth.htm |archive-date=February 16, 2007

With the exception of a two-year period when he shipped out as a fisherman, he was secretary of the SUP until 1935. In 1908, Furuseth also became president of the International Seamen's Union and served in that office until 1938. During this period, he successfully pushed for legislative reforms that eventually became the Seamen's Act of 1915.

SUP is an affiliate union of Seafarers International Union of North America. Headquarters are in San Francisco |access-date = March 16, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070220225050/http://www.sailors.org/aboutus.html |archive-date = February 20, 2007

Union executives

San Francisco Embarcadero]] on September 1, 1942. It was later moved to make way for a highway.

George Thompson (1885–1887)
Andrew Furuseth (1887–1889)
Andrew Furuseth (1891–1935){{cite web |access-date=March 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715220907/http://www.sailors.org/pdf/newsletter/andrewfurusethspecialedition.pdf |archive-date=July 15, 2007
Harry Lundeberg (1935–1957) (Secretary/Treasurer)
Morris Weisberger (1957–1979) (President/Secretary-Treasurer)
Paul Dempster (1979–1990) (President/Secretary-Treasurer)
Gunnar Lundeberg (1990–present){{cite web |access-date = March 16, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110109070501/http://schwarzenegger.com/news.asp?id=1505 |archive-date = January 9, 2011

References

{{cite book
Archie Green, Harry Lundeberg's Stetson & Other Nautical Treasures (Crockett, CA: Carquinez Press, 2006).

References

(June 2016). "Chapter IX: The Fight Goes On". sailors.org.

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