Yearly Archives
2020
TELEMEDICINE COVERAGE FOR MM&P PLAN PARTICIPANTS AND DEPENDENTS
To assist MM&P Plan participants who may need to get in touch with their physician regarding symptoms, a refill or a new prescription during the current public health emergency, MM&P Plans has introduced a new TeleMedicine benefit that allows participants and covered dependents to obtain medical services by calling their doctor without leaving home. For […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly – March 24th, 2020
Volume 25… Number 11… March 24, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Message From the MM&P General Executive Board, Representatives and Staff Tele Medicine Coverage for MM&P Plan Participants and Dependents Remote Registration Procedures Established Due to COVID-19 Emergency All In-House and Simulation Training Suspended at MITAGS East and West Coast Members of the Maritime […]
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Important COVID-19 Info for MM&P Members
All MM&P Members – please login to the Members section of bridgedeck.org and be sure to click on Documents and then Plans Documents to view an important message regarding COVID-19. All MM&P Offshore Members – please login to the Members section of bridgedeck.org and be sure to click on Documents and then Document Downloads to view an important memo […]
Read moreLetter to Congress Template
Dear Senator/Congressman*** – As Congress and the Administration put together economic stimulus legislation in response to COVID-19, I strongly urge you to oppose any use of taxpayers’ monies to bail out or otherwise assist the foreign flag cruise ship industry. These companies register their vessels in foreign countries and fly foreign flags. They do this […]
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Military Sealift Command Memorandum on Force Health Protection Measures
MSC has issued a memorandum that provides guidance on force health protection measures to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus disease, COVID-19. Click here to view the memorandum. It applies to all MSC military and civilian personnel, including civilian mariners, and it incorporates extensive updates recently promulgated in the Department of Defense and the […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly – March 17th, 2020
Volume 25… Number 10… March 17, 20201 STORIES COVERED Notice to the MM&P Community Regarding COVID-19 Safety Measures MITAGS WEST Closed Until April 24 In This Issue: Military Sealift Command Memorandum on Force Health Protection Measures Impact of COVID-19 on Mariner Credentialing Program NOAA To Suspend Sailing Operations for 30 Days Pentagon To Deploy Hospital […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly – March 10th, 2020
Volume 25… Number 10… March 10, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: MM&P Urges Congress to Help Mariners Forced to Remain on Bouchard Tugs for Months Without Pay TTD Celebrates 30 Years of Advocacy on Behalf of Transportation Workers, 100th Anniversary of the Jones Act AFL-CIO Goes to Court to Block New National Labor Relations […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly – March 3rd, 2020
Volume 25… Number 9… March 3, 2020 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Navy, MSC, Release New COVID-19 Command Response Plan, Medical Guidance Container Volumes Fall at US Ports White House Advances Plan That Could Take Union Rights Away From Civil Service Mariners Good News: Congress Clears World War II Mariner Legislation Plus: Income Growth Slowed […]
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MSC Guidance and Information on COVID-19
Please click below to see the two documents: Release of MSC’s Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Command Response Plan and Medical Guidance Novel Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) Command Response Plan and Medical Guidance
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