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GREAT LAKES REGION – JOB OPPORTUNITIES
JOB POSTING: GREAT LAKES REGION There are jobs for licensed and unlicensed personnel at Grand River Navigation and jobs for licensed officers at Key Lakes. If you are interested, please contact MM&P Vice President Great Lakes & Gulf Region Vice President Tom Bell, tbell@bridgedeck.org, or (216) 776-1667.
Wheelhouse Weekly, September 6, 2022
Volume 28… Number 36, Sept. 6, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: Insurer Issues New Warning About Risks of Shipping Lithium-Ion Batteries Gallup Poll: Pro-Union Support Highest Since 1965 Also: Adm. Al Herberger, a Champion of the U.S.-Flag Fleet, Dies at 91 Suez Canal Briefly Blocked After Singapore-Flag Tanker Grounds Judge Dismisses Indictment of Dive […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, August 30, 2022
Volume 28… Number 35, Aug. 30, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: New Study Shows Jones Act Provides Substantial Benefits to Puerto Rico Dock Workers’ Unions Stand United Behind the ILWU Labor Department Opens New Resource Center To Promote Unions Military Sealift Command Inactivates Fleet Ocean Tug USNS APACHE Swedish Ferry Safely in Port After […]
Alaska AFL-CIO President Joelle Hall & MM&P
MM&P Vice President-Pacific Ports J. Lars Turner said, “We have an important alliance with the Alaska AFL-CIO that helps protect our work with the Alaska Marine Highway System, Matson, Dunlap towing and DeForge Maritime towing.” MM&P’s Mike Murray, left, is pictured with Joelle Hall, President of Alaska AFL-CIO, and J. Lars Turner.
Wheelhouse Weekly, August 23, 2022
Volume 28… Number 34, Aug. 23, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: See How the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Is Benefiting Your State Court in Dubai Fines Seafarers Over Container Explosion Longshore Workers Strike at UK’s Biggest Port Vendor Touts New Tool for Fighting Container Fires Your Feedback Needed for a Survey on Workloads and Hours […]
Wheelhouse Weekly, August 16, 2022
Volume 28… Number 33, Aug. 16, 2022 STORIES COVERED In This Issue: “Inflation Reduction Act a Momentous Victory for Working Families,” AFL-CIO Says Mariners Can Now Renew Their TWIC Cards Online USCG Recognizes Crew of CGA CGM HERODOTE for Rescue of Fishermen Off Japan Women Make Up Less Than 2 Percent of Seafaring Workforce, IMO […]