SCA issues statement of support for American Offshore Worker Fairness Act

The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), the national trade association representing the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industry, issued the following statement in support of Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and cosponsors Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA-06) and Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-03), on introducing the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act. 

“The Shipbuilders Council of America and the 400,000 men and women in our domestic shipbuilding workforce strongly support the American Offshore Worker Fairness Act,” said Matthew Paxton, President of the Shipbuilders Council of America. “This commonsense, bipartisan legislation closes a loophole that has long been exploited by foreign competitors to undercut America’s maritime workforce. We applaud the efforts of Senator Cassidy, Representative Graves, and Representative Garamendi in showing leadership by standing up for the men and women of America's maritime industry.”