Yearly Archives
2021
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 13, 2021
Volume 27… Number 15… April 13, 2021 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: After Union Loses Alabama Vote, Focus Shifts to Need for Labor Law Reform Biden’s Budget Proposal Includes Funding for Fifth Maritime Academy Training Ship Tug and Towage Workers Say Cost-Cutting Is Increasing Risks of Another Suez-Type Shutdown Bouchard Pays $375,000 to Whistleblower Whose […]
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COVID-19 VACCINATION SUPPORT REQUESTED FROM OFFICIALS IN NY & NJ
MM&P President Don Marcus and Offshore Atlantic Ports Vice President Tom Larkin have written to officials in New York State and New Jersey, asking them to support efforts to provide Covid-19 vaccinations at facilities that will accommodate vessel crews, including out-of-state U.S mariners who have registered for inoculation, on short notice. Click here to read […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, April 6, 2021
Volume 27… Number 14… April 6, 2021 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Make Your Voice Heard! Unions Mobilize To Fight for Passage of Landmark Labor Rights Bill “A Hard Year at Sea”: In Wall Street Journal Podcast, MM&P Captain Explains What the Pandemic Has Meant for Mariners Also: US Maritime Industry Honors Representative Peter DeFazio […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, March 30, 2021
Volume 27… Number 13… March 30, 2021 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: The Grounding in the Suez Canal: — World Fixates on a Single Vessel as Thousands of Mariners Remain Blocked by Crew Change Crisis — ITF Gives Shout Out to Mariners on Container Ships, Tugboats and Towing Vessels Also: — UN Agencies Say Maritime […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, March 23, 2021
Volume 27… Number 12… March 23, 2021 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Senate Confirms Marty Walsh: — New US Labor Secretary Is Strong Advocate for America’s Working Families Tragedies in Georgia and Colorado: — Labor Movement Outraged and Heartbroken Over Recent Mass Shootings Also: IMO Warns Against Complacency on Crew Change As Pandemic Passes One-Year […]
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MARITIME UNIONS OFFER BIDEN INPUT ON HOW TO STRENGTHEN US-FLAG FLEET
The leaders of six maritime unions have written to President Biden thanking him for his support for America’s mariners and suggesting actions the administration can take to strengthen the US-flag fleet. “You have expressed strong support for the US-flag maritime industry and for the American merchant mariners who crew these vessels,” the union presidents wrote. […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, March 16, 2021
Volume 27… Number 11… March 16, 2021 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Unions Offer Biden Input on How To Strengthen US-Flag Fleet New Issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot Now Online AFL-CIO, TTD Hail Passage of “American Rescue Plan” Plus: Maritime Labor Alliance Urges Vaccines Be Made Available Quickly to Mariners and Port […]
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2021 SPRING MM&P MAGAZINE AVAILABLE NOW!
Download current issue: Spring 2021 The Master, Mate & Pilot is published by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P). The articles in the magazine are copyrighted by MM&P. For reprint permission, contact the MM&P Communications Office: communications@bridgedeck.org.
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, March 9, 2021
Volume 27… Number 10… March 9, 2021 STORIES COVERED Watson-Class LMSRs: Renewal of Contract Between Patriot Contract Services and Military Sealift Command Pasha Newbuilds: Impartial Umpire Determines MM&P and MEBA Have Jurisdiction Over New Container Ships Also in This Issue: President Biden Urges Passage of Landmark Labor Rights Bill Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost Nominated To […]
Read moreWheelhouse Weekly, March 2, 2021
Volume 27… Number 9… March 2, 2021 STORIES COVERED Notice: Vaccinations Upon Presentation of MMC Medical Endorsements In This Issue: President Biden Issues Powerful Statement of Support for Unions, Labor Rights NOAA Begins Last Phase of Transition to Electronic Charts Only President Biden Rescinds Trump Memo That Gave Defense Secretary Authority To Take Union Rights […]
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