UNIONS SLAM ESTABLISHMENT OF FLAG-OF-CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY IN US VIRGIN ISLANDS
A broad coalition of maritime and transportation unions has lined up in opposition to the establishment of a flag-of-convenience ship registry in the US Virgin Islands. FOC registries—also called “open registries”—allow shipowners to maximize their profitability by...
Wheelhouse Weekly, February 1, 2022
Volume 28… Number 5…February 1, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “An Affront to America’s Mariners”: Unions Slam Establishment of Flag-of-Convenience Ship Registry in US Virgin Islands Also in This Issue: New Safety Guidance Seeks To End Pilot Transfer Fatalities...
Dog Days of … Winter
Sent from MM&P’s past International Secretary-Treasurer Steven Werse, who let us know that MM&P gear is great for days when it’s just too cold to be outside. Probably not the original intention of owning the MM&P blanket, but who is going to...
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Click here to search for union made labels. Need to know what is union made while shopping for your Superbowl party? This site is for you! It even has both “Do Buy” and “Don’t Buy” sections and AFL-CIO approved boycotts of products and...