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Title: Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement
Date: 1954
Identifier/Call Number: HDC0046 (SAFR 14040)
Physical Description:
1 item
Repository:
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Historic Documents Department
Building E, Fort Mason
San Francisco, CA 94123
Abstract: The Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement (SAFR 14040, HDC 46) is comprised of one agreement between Shipowners
& Merchant Towboat Company and the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, San Francisco Division, regarding wages, overtime,
subsistence, hours, working conditions, vacations, method of employment, docking, assisting transporting ships, and general
harbor work, dated 1954. This collection is processed and open for use without restrictions.
Physical Location: San Francisco Maritime NHP, Historic Documents Department
Language(s):
In English.
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Preferred Citation
[Item description], [Location within collection organization identified by Collection Number/Series Number/File Unit Number/Item
Number], HDC0046 (SAFR 14040), Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement, San Francisco Maritime National Historical
Park
Acquisition Information
SAFR-00001
This collection was transferred from Golden Gate National Recreation Area to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
Historical or Biographical Note
The parent company represented by the Shipowners and Merchants Tugboat Company was the Red Stack Tug operation, owned by Thomas
B. Crowley. His father, Thomas Crowley, started the company with a rowboat on San Francisco Bay in 1892 and was active until
his death in 1970. Crowley is now a large, diversified maritime and energy corporation. Thomas B. Crowley ran the company
until 1992, and Thomas B. Crowley Jr. is the current chairman and CEO.
Collection Scope and Content
The Shipowners & Merchants Towboat Company agreement (SAFR 14040, HDC 46) is comprised of one agreement between Shipowners
& Merchant Towboat Company and the Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific, San Francisco Division, regarding wages, overtime,
subsistence, hours, working conditions, vacations, method of employment, docking, assisting transporting ships, and general
harbor work, dated 1954. This collection is processed and open for use without restrictions.
Collection Arrangement
This is a collection of one item.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
tugboats
Shipowners
San Francisco (Calif.)