David Heindel is President of the Seafarers’ International Union (SIU) of North America and has served as Chair of the ITF’s Seafarers’ Section since 2010. He also serves as president of Maritime Trade Department, AFL-CIO (the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations). He began his career with the SIU in 1973. Prior to that, he sailed on deep-sea vessels as a member of the engine department before coming ashore in 1980 to work as a patrolman in his native New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Seafarers International Union
