Tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - sa toaga MM&amp;P i le 1934 West Coast waterfront strike
, auai faatasi ma le Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA) i le aso 19 o Me 1934. I le 1937, na avea ai nei iuni e lua ma vaega o le Maritime Federation of the Pacific (MFP). Ae peitaʻi, e leʻi umi se taimi na iai lea faigāuō. Iā Iulai 1938, na faamavae ai le MM&P mai le MFP, faatasi ai ma le Sailors' Union o le Pasefika ma le Marine Firemen, Oilers, Watertenders, ma Wipers o le Pacific Coast Union.