Talk:Seafarers International Union of North America

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[edit] Membership

The text says there are 60K members, the infobox says 80K. Both seem very, very high. Haus42 20:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree. I would like to see a source for that number. The Occupational Outlook Handbook shows about 28,000 unlicensed merchant mariners employed in 2004. It also shows that roughly double that are actually mariners because many only work part of the year. It also shows that about 36% are in unions (SIU being by far the largest). So, very roughly, that comes to about 20,000 mariners working for the union. That would mean either there are 40,000+ pensioners or the number is wildly off. I know, my napkin math could be way off. I'm just trying to come up with a ballpark figure and 20,000 is way, way off of 60,000+. Prometheusg 21:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I found and added statistics from the DOL. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to provide direct links... Haus42 15:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] POV

I'm removing this bit: "and is the strongest maritime labor organization in the U.S. to date." SIUNA's total membership is 34K. ISU lost 30,000 sailors to NMU in 1937. The claim just doesn't hold water. Haus42 15:30, 17 March 2007 (UTC)