News & Announcements
Fall 2021 Master, Mate & Pilot Magazine Online
The Fall 2021 edition of our magazine The Master, Mate & Pilot is available online. Click here. The Master, Mate & Pilot is published by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P). The articles in the magazine are copyrighted by MM&P. For reprint permission, contact the MM&P Communications Office: communications@bridgedeck.org.
MM&P Member Radio Interview
Thanks to the watchful eye of our friends at MITAGS, we noticed one of our members, Second Mate Madeleine Wolczko, recently sat down for a conversation with Captain Wubbold from Voice of Vashon’s From the Captain’s Chair. (Vashon Island’s own public radio and tv station.) Well done, Madeleine! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sXIsouLi-E&t=519s
Approval of Labor Unions Highest Since ’65!
APPROVAL OF LABOR UNIONS AT HIGHEST POINT SINCE 1965! STORY HIGHLIGHTS: 68% approve of labor unions, highest since 1965 90% of Democrats, 47% of Republicans approve of unions, Labor union membership remains steady at 9% of U.S. adults. Link to the report, click here.
Happy Labor Day from MM&P
For those of you who will start your weekend early, we send you wishes for a safe weekend ahead. Many thanks for a great working photo from our maritime labor union members: Grand River Navigation crew, taken earlier in 2021.
TTD Video with MM&P Members
From the Transportation Trades Department (TTD), a video that includes MM&P members: The U.S. Department of Transportation and transportation labor unions are teaming up to recognize and thank frontline workers for their service and sacrifice. America’s transportation workforce: Essential before. Essential during. Essential always. https://youtu.be/KDyZz9Mimsk
AFL-CIO ELECTS PRESIDENT & SECRETARY TREASURER
AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTS LIZ SHULER AS PRESIDENT, FRED REDMOND AS SECRETARY-TREASURER The AFL-CIO Executive Council voted Friday to elect Liz Shuler as president. Shuler is the first woman in the federation’s history to hold the top office. United Steelworkers International Vice President Fred Redmond was elected to succeed Shuler as secretary-treasurer. He is the […]