<p>damn right I’m a union man… and proud of it. You may want to educate yourself about the history of the maritime labor movement in the U.S. by reading the following books…
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Sea-Andrew-Furuseth/dp/0963361104[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Sea-Andrew-Furuseth/dp/0963361104</a>
or
<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0252061446/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5747376-4619259#reader-link[/url]”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0252061446/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-5747376-4619259#reader-link</a></p>
<p>It was Andrew Furuseth that said many years ago “You can put me in jail, but you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had. You cannot give me coarser food than I have always eaten. You cannot make me lonelier than I have always been.” He and the maritime labor unions are a big reason American seafarers are able to enjoy the good wages, benefits and shipboard living conditions we have today…</p>