I new to the SIU and sailing in general and had a few questions I can’t seem to get a straight answer on anywhere.
I am about to go on my first ship and would like to know which forms and paperwork to fill out in regards to pension plans in the SIU and health insurance. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry, but this site is for professional mariners, not professional HR personnel for SIU. Even current SIU members probably couldn’t tell you what you want to know because they’re only filled them out once a long time ago. If you have questions related to the maritime industry this is the place, your question wasn’t on the right topic.
Sorry dude but chances are slim anybody remembers the forms they filled out their first day with SIU from years ago. I filled out those forms and like you had a tough time getting answers from SIU about certain things. It comes with the territory.
This isn’t the SIU help desk, and if your problem solving skills decided that asking about what is essentially pre employment paperwork on an Internet forum instead of calling the union, then you should go back to flipping burgers.
Wroooooong industry for you, my friend. Shitty website? You didn’t like what was said here?
With your attitude on a ship, you will have two options- either you add some weight to your body and jump overboard, because your thin baby dick can’t take a straight answer, or they will roll you up in a carpet and chuck you in the waves.
Toughen up, baby skin.
Guys… What the hell is going on? I’ve been getting these kind of people ^ left and right, as of late.
“Oh merchant marines, my buddy told me he a marine so I wanna be a marine so I signed up”
Guys can’t even hold their own dick without assistance, no problem solving skills, crying day and night like babies with soiled diapers, lazy as f***, no interest even.
Maybe…I’ve sailed both union and non union and I typically just try to stay waaaaaaaaay off the radar. No need to ever bug the office…no issues yet…knock on wood.