News & Announcements

Wheelhouse Weekly, June 18, 2024
Volume 30… Number 25, June 18, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Houthis Escalate Attacks on Merchant Ships in the Red Sea AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler: “Heat Events Are a Labor Rights Issue” Captain of Panama-Flag Tanker Faces Prison in Oil Dumping Case Illinois State Legislature Approves Bill Banning Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings PLUS: WSF 2025 […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, June 11, 2024
Volume 30… Number 24, June 11, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Memorial to the American Merchant Marine Unveiled in Normandy Baltimore Shipping Channel Reopens to Full Operation Two Cargo Ships Catch Fire in Gulf of Aden After Missile Strikes NLRB Under Biden “Consistently Supports the Right to Form Unions” NTSB Urges Coast Guard to […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, June 4, 2024
Volume 30… Number 23, June 4, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Maritime Labor, Contracted Companies, Fight Army Proposal to Decommission Prepositioned Supply Ships MM&P Pacific Ports Coast Agent Visits Crew of APL Newbuild JOHN QUINCY ADAMS MSC Takes Delivery of Newest Fleet Replenishment Oiler Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Seek to Turn Maritime Revitalization Plan […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, May 28, 2024
Volume 30… Number 22, May 28, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Update on MM&P Tanker Organizing Campaign: OSG Licensed Deck Officers To Vote in Representation Election New York Can’t Slash Retiree Health Care Benefits, Appeals Court Rules Full Reopening of Baltimore Channel Pushed Forward to June 7 Atlantic Hurricane Season To Set New Records […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, May 21, 2024
Volume 30… Number 21, May 21, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Transportation Labor Demands Stronger Global Safety Standards for Cargo Ships MV DALI Refloated Unions Show Support for Crew Plus: Get a Free Copy of PowerShips Magazine! Mark Your Calendar: Offshore Membership Meeting in Norfolk Union Hall on May 22 Atlantic Maritime Group Quarterly […]

Wheelhouse Weekly, May 14, 2024
Volume 30… Number 20, May 14, 2024 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Release Plan To Revitalize Maritime Sector U.S.-Flag Maritime Industry Honors Congressman Sam Graves Living Conditions Aboard Liberia-Flag Bulker “Unbearable,” Unions Say Sad News: MM&P Mourns Captain Mike Murray: Friend, Mentor and Union Brother Bridge Update: Unified Command Prepares To […]