News & Announcements
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 22, 2025
Volume 31… Number 16, April 22, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Shipping Industry Recognizes Seafarers as “Key Workers” Nautilus Federation Study Explores Recruitment and Retention Problems in Maritime UN Warns of Growing Risks of Jamming and Spoofing MSC Ships Will Be Outfitted With Security Cameras as Sexual Assault Deterrent USACE Partners With Kings Point […]
Nautilus Federation Publication
Please click here to access the pdf Recruitment and Retention of Seafarers, March 2025, provided by the Nautilus Federation.
FEMG & Trump’s EO 14251
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 […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 15, 2025
Volume 31… Number 15, April 15, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Message to All Members of the MM&P Federal Employees Membership Group US-Flag Fleet Goes to Capitol Hill to Advocate for American Ships and Crews Executive Order Aims to Boost Shipbuilding and Increase Demand for US Vessels US Secretary of Transportation Vows to Help […]
Executive Order to Restore American Maritime Dominance
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Contact: pressoffice@dot.gov U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Applauds President Trump’s Plan to Restore American Maritime Dominance USDOT Will Help Lead the President’s Vision to Reinvigorate U.S. Shipbuilding and Revitalize the Merchant Marine Academy WASHINGTON, D.C. – Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today applauded President Trump’s Executive Order […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, April 8, 2025
Volume 31… Number 14, April 9, 2025 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “ATC and OTC Must Come to the Table and Bargain a Fair Contract”: Strong Support From Labor Organizations for MM&P Members at Saltchuk Impact on Shipping of Sweeping New Tariffs Remains Unclear DC Circuit Court Rules NLRB Board Member Must Be Reinstated Pending […]