Federal Employees Membership Group
MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE MM&P FEDERAL EMPLOYEES MEMBERSHIP GROUP – POSTED 4-15-2025
EO 14251, signed by President Trump on March 27, 2025, attempts to eliminate CBAs with our federal employers.
We currently have CBAs in effect and employers are obligated by law to honor them.
However, MM&P members working with our federal employers are no longer having union dues deducted from their paychecks.
Like any business, it takes funds to run the Union.
CIVMARS have always had 100 percent backing from MM&P HQ officials. However, without dues, our Union cannot continue to fight for you.
Therefore, FEMG members should consider paying dues independently and directly to MM&P to remain in good standing with the Union.
FEMG dues can be paid through one of the following options:
— Contact MM&P Accounts Receivable at 410-691-8143 to pay over the phone using a credit card.
— Log in to the Members’ Only section of the Union’s website, www.bridgedeck.org, to pay by credit card.
For assistance logging in to the website, contact the IT Department: IT@bridgedeck.org.
— Mail a check to: MM&P, Attn: Accounts Receivable, 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
If you have any questions, please contact membership@bridgedeck.org.
MM&P can only continue to fight for your rights by challenging imprudent changes to your working conditions, resolving pay discrepancies, informally mediating workplace conflicts, representing individual members on undeserved punitive disciplinary actions, representing members during inquiries and investigations, etc., with your support in paying dues.
MM&P intends to challenge these actions since CIVMARS do not perform counter-intelligence or investigative work as their primary function.
We need every one of us in the fight because when we fight, we win!
Randi Ciszewski, MM&P Government Fleet Representative
MM&P Federal Employee members and MM&P’s U.S. Navy Civil Service Pilot members are represented in negotiations and day-to-day affairs by:
Ms. Randi Ciszewski
Phone: 732-527-0828
Cell: 202-679-7594
Email: rciszewski@bridgedeck.org
The Federal Employees Membership Group Vice President is:
Capt. David W. Narby
Email: dnarby@bridgedeck.org
Most MM&P members working aboard ships in the government fleet belong to the union’s Federal Employees Membership Group. But members of other MM&P membership groups also work aboard ships in the government fleet. Regardless of MM&P membership group affiliation, all who work aboard government vessels are included in specific bargaining units and represented under the negotiated contracts.
While Federal law requires that all bargaining unit employees be represented under a negotiated contract whether or not they are union members, non-union employees may only claim explicit contract representation, which is, in some cases, limited. Dues-paying members of the organization, on the other hand, enjoy the full backing of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots.
More information can be found on the Prospective Applicants page of our website.
Licensed Masters, Mates & Pilots employed by the U.S. government constitute the Federal Employees Membership Group under contracts and agreements between MM&P and the following U.S. government agencies under Title 5, USC, Chapter 7100:
Department of the Navy
Military Sealift Command (MSC)
All Masters and Licensed Deck Officers employed by MSC comprise a bargaining unit under a contract negotiated in 1987 and renewed annually through an “evergreen” (automatic renewal) clause.
Chief of Naval Operations
All Civil Service Pilots employed by CNO at worldwide naval facilities comprise a bargaining unit under a three-year contract negotiated in 1995, which renews annually through an evergreen clause.
Department of the Army
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)
All Masters and Licensed Deck Officers employed by the Corps aboard floating plant (dredges, tugboats, etc.) in all Corps Districts comprise a bargaining unit under contract negotiated in 1983 and 1984 and renewed annually through an evergreen clause.
Department of Commerce
National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
All Masters and Licensed Deck Officers employed by NOAA aboard its survey vessels comprise a bargaining unit under a contract negotiated in 1972 and renewed annually through an evergreen clause.
Federally Mandated Information for all Bargaining Unit Members