The Maritime Trades Department AFL-CIO

Infobox Union
name= MTD AFL-CIO
country= United States
affiliation= AFL-CIO
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full_name= The Maritime Trades Department AFL-CIO
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founded= August 19, 1946
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head=
dissolved_date=
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office= Camp Springs, Maryland
people= Michael Sacco, president
website= [http://www.maritimetrades.org/ maritimetrades.org]
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The Maritime Trades Department AFL-CIO or MTD, was formed on August 19, 1946 by the American Federation of Labor. The MTD is one of seven constitutionally mandated department of the AFL-CIO. Its stated goal is to give "workers employed in the maritime industry and its allied trades a voice in shaping national policy."

In efforts to support the U.S. maritime industry, MTD has helped promote legislation such as:
* the Cargo Preference Act of 1954,
* the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, and
* the Maritime Security Act of 1995.

The MTD has a network of 19 port maritime councils across the United States and Canada, as well as 24 affiliate unions.

Affiliated unions

* [http://www.bctgm.org Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union]
* [http://www.boilermakers.org International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers]
* [http://www.cwa-union.org Communications Workers of America]
* [http://www.ibew.org International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers]
* [http://www.iuec.org International Union of Elevator Constructors]
* [http://www.iuoe.org/ International Union of Operating Engineers]
* [http://www.iaff.org International Association of Fire Fighters]
* [http://www.gmpiu.org Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union ]
* [http://www.ironworkers.org International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers ]
* [http://www.ilaunion.org International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO]
* [http://www.iamaw.org/ International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ]
* [http://www.d1meba.org Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association]
* [http://www.umwa.org United Mine Workers of America]
*International Union of Allied, Novelty and Production Workers, AFL-CIO.
* [http://www.opeiu.org Office and Professional Employees International Union ]
* [http://www.iupat.org International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada ]
* [http://www.opcmia.org Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada ]
* [http://www.ua.org United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada ]
* [http://www.seafarers.org Seafarers International Union of North America]
* [http://www.smwia.org Sheet Metal Workers' International Association ]
* [http://www.afscme.org American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees]
* [http://www.uswa.org United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union ]
* [http://www.tcunion.org Transportation and Communications International Union IAM]

Presidents

*Harry Lundeberg, 1955 - 1957,
* Paul Hall (labor leader), 1957-22 June, 1980,De La Pedraja Tomán, 1994, p. 394.]
* Frank Drozak, 1980 - 1988, and
* Michael Sacco, 1988-current.

ee also

*American Maritime Officers
*National Maritime Union
*Paul Hall
*Michael Sacco
*United States Merchant Marine

Notes

References

*cite book
author=De La Pedraja Tomán, René
title=A Historical Dictionary of the U. S. Merchant Marine and Shipping Industry: Since the Introduction of Steam
publisher=Greenwood Press
location=Westport, Connecticut
year=1994
pages=768
isbn=0-313-27225-5
oclc=
doi= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rQJcXRK0gkQC&pg=PA374&lpg=PA374&dq=%22Frank+Drozak%22&source=web&ots=ZyiweEEOKg&sig=Ccbh4Vhdw5jUDR98Kz8UW-ycjIM&hl=en#PPA536,M1

External links

* [http://www.maritimetrades.org/article.php?sid=2 About the MTD]