News

Know Your Rights

Most private sector employees have the right to organize under the National Labor Relations Act.

Know Your Rights

Coronavirus Update

In the past couple of weeks, two Great Lakes freight vessels experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 that necessitated an extended stay in port in order to quarantine infected crew members.

Coronavirus Update

State Tax Withholding Changes for Interlake Employees

Interlake employees received an email from Human Resources a couple of weeks ago with information about changes being made to the process of reporting earnings to state tax agencies.

State Tax Withholding Changes for Interlake Employees

2021 Season Begins

We are now just days away from seeing the vessels crewed by our members returning to service across the Great Lakes.

2021 Season Begins

Members Complete Fire Training

Seven members of USW Local 5000 from the Interlake Steamship Company recently completed Combined Basic & Advanced Fire Fighter training at the Northwest Regional Fire Training Center in Traverse City, Michigan. 

Members Complete Fire Training

Fire Aboard M/V Roger Blough

Local 5000 has learned of a fire that broke out aboard the M/V Roger Blough, of Key Lakes, Inc. 

Local 5000 has not had any official reports as to the cause of the fire or the extent of the damage. 

Fire Aboard M/V Roger Blough