 In 1889 he returned to sea but was reelected to the position of union secretary in 1891.It was during this term on July 29, 1891, that Furuseth merged the Coast Seamen's Union with the Steamship Sailor's Union to create the Sailors' Union of the Pacific, a union which is still active today.With the exception of a two-month period when he shipped out as a fisherman, he was the head of the SUP until 1935.