NYC Retirees March In Manhattan With International Organization Of Maritime Masters, Mates, & Pilots

The Staten Islander

The NYC Retirees Partner with the International Organization of Maritime Masters, Mates & Pilots and Bring the Dorothy Day Staten Island Ferry to 5th Avenue

Retirees to be accompanied by the Dorothy Day Guild and Dorothy’s Granddaughter, Martha Hennessey in Support

Editor’s note: We previously covered the organization’s rally in front of the Mayor’s residence on his birthday, marking his official ‘retirement’ and entry into Medicare health insurance programs. 

New York, NY. The New York City Organization of Public Service Retirees has partnered for the second year in a row with the International Organization of Maritime Masters, Mates and Pilots union of dedicated workers who pilot the Staten Island ferries here in NYC.

In 2024, our inaugural partnership, we designed the Dorothy Day Staten Island Ferry as our float. Dorothy was an American peace activist and Catholic Worker Journalist who supported American workers. The Dorothy Day Guild will be marching with us once again along with Dorothy’s granddaughter, Martha Hennessey.

In April 2023, the New York City Department of Transportation unveiled the 4500 passenger Dorothy Day Ferry that would travel from Staten Island to lower Manhattan.

In honor of partnering with the Maritime Masters Mates and Pilots and the work NYC Retirees were doing advocating for retired workers Medicare, we designed our float after the Dorothy Day Ferry and partnered with the union to celebrate Labor Day together in solidarity. “We are blessed in many ways to have so many unions supporting us today, and thankful for the International Masters, Mates and Pilots to once again honor the legacy of Dorothy Day and the partnership in labor both organizations have created in protecting our earned Medicare benefits,” said Marianne Pizzitola, President of the NYC Organization of Public Service

The union is one of many who have supported the work of our organization from the onset.