About Us | Political | West Coast Sailors | Constitution| Training | History Bulletin Board | SUP Welfare Plan | Apparel | Links | Contact Us Join Sailors Union Today! The origins of the Sailors' Union of the Pacific go back to March 6, 1885, when the Coast Seamen's Union was organized on the San Francisco waterfront by a group of three hundred sailors dissatisfied by the wages and conditions aboard ship that existed at that time. In 1886, the Steamship Sailors' Union was organized and in 1891 merged with the Coast Seamen's Union to form the Sailors' Union of the Pacific. The Sailors' Union of the Pacific has been in continuous operation, through good times and bad, for over 115 years an achievement unequaled by any maritime union in the world. Find out more about Sailors' Union... Members: Update your mailing address - click here "Entering our third century of continuous operation, the mission remains unchanged: to maintain and develop skill in seamanship, to effect a change in maritime law towards the development of the American Merchant Marine, to assist the seamen of other countries towards the establishment of the Brotherhood of the Sea." The SUP's Monthly Newspaper - Nov 2013 issue Matson orders two new containerships Matson Navigation Company announced on November 6, it has signed a contract to have Aker Philadelphia Shipyard build two new 3,600-TEU containerships. More from November 2013 issue › New Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage HOME | ABOUT US | POLITICAL | WEST COAST SAILORS | HISTORY | LINKS | CONSTITUTION SUP WELFARE PLAN | TRAINING | APPAREL | BULLETIN BOARD | CONTACT US