News & Announcements
MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Lars Turner Supports Resolution 17 at the AFL-CIO 30th Constitutional Convention
On June 9, MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Lars Turner addressed delegates at the AFL-CIO’s 30th Constitutional Convention in support of Resolution 17: Revitalizing Domestic Shipbuilding, Ship Repair, and Maritime Industries. In his remarks, Secretary-Treasurer Turner emphasized his support of the amendment, while highlighting the importance of shipbuilding and the Jones Act to all mariners across the […]
LaborNotes: OSG ATC – Employer Contract Stalling
The original article, written by Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle, a senior organizer with the International Organization of Masters Mates & Pilots, can be found here: https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2026/06/oil-tanker-mates-fight-first-contract-against-familiar-employer-stalling-tactics Imagine sleeping each night above more than a million barrels of oil while navigating the open ocean, maneuvering through narrow channels, and passing beneath bridges in some of the country’s most […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, June 2, 2026
Volume 32… Number 22, June 2, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: American Maritime Partnership Launches Campaign Opposing Jones Act Waiver Merchant Mariners Honored on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery Mariners Working in the Gulf After Feb. 28 Asked to Respond to a Brief Survey NMC Extension Policy Update: Extension of Merchant Mariner Credentials […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 26, 2026
Volume 32… Number 21, May 26, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Congressmen Larsen and Carbajal Demand Answers From White House on Jones Act Waiver Rep. Norcross Secures Votes Necessary to Bring Faster Labor Contracts Act to Floor National Maritime Day Commemoration Held in Washington, DC One Year On, Crewmembers of Liberia-Flag Ship That Sank […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 19, 2026
Volume 32… Number 20, May 19, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: More Than 100 Maritime Leaders Urge Congress to Let Jones Act Waiver Expire MARAD Honors Officers of the American Merchant Marine Veterans Association SOCP Releases SASH Desk Reference Guide for Maritime Personnel US Files Criminal Charges in Francis Scott Key Bridge Case Middle […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, May 12, 2026
Volume 32… Number 19, May 12, 2026 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: US Fleet Honors Rep. Salud Carbajal With Salute To Congress Award Jones Act Waiver Causing “Massive Uncertainty” Among Cadets Stalemate in the Persian Gulf Continues: US Pauses Military Escorts of Merchant Ships; Iran Seeks to Formalize Strait of Hormuz Tolls Crew of USS […]