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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for January 16, 2020

In this issue//AMHS Study Warns against privatization//Meeting with Rep. Luria//M.E.B.A. Heading toward the South Pole//NMC Exam Process Updates//Piracy is Down but Kidnappings are Up//Inclement Weather Sapped WSF Ridership Last Year//Union Plus Scholarships//MLK Day Closings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for January 9, 2020

In this issue//Alert to U.S.-Flag Shipping near Iran Continues//Oakland Alliance Concerns over Proposed Baseball Stadium//Watson-Class LMSR Bidding Underway//Restoration of AMHS Funding Urged//Federal Grant to Assist WSF Ferry Conversion//Coast Guard Reminder to Terminals over Seafarer Access// Nautilus Hails New Dockers Clause//Lake Carriers Pleased over Soo Lock Funding//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for January 2, 2020

In this issue//TRANSCOM Report Shows Need for RRF Recapitalization//Matson’s LURLINE Goes into Service Next Week//New Plan to Keep JOHN W. BROWN in Baltimore// MarAd Advisory for Mariners Near Yemen//Coast Guard Minimum Drug Testing Rate//Make Sure Your Email Address is On File//Apply for Union Plus Scholarships//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 26, 2019

In this issue//OSG Announces Purchase of ATC//Senate Passes WWII Mariner Gold Medal Bill; One More House Vote is Necessary//MAERSK KINLOSS Rescues Iranian Mariners//Rep. Ed Case Introduces Anti-Jones Act Bills//Fresh Piracy Warnings Following Attacks//Shipping Industry Proposes $5 Billion R&D Board to Address Emission Cuts//Important M.E.B.A. Documents are Online//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 19, 2019

In this issue//Shutdown Averted, MSP, Ex-Im Bank Re-Upped//TTD Hails Transportation Funding//USNS PUERTO RICO Joins MSC EPF Fleet//NASSCO Begins Work on Oiler Honoring Harvey Milk//NLRB Continues Assault on Workers, New Rule Delays Representation Elections//Coast Guard Extends Q.A. Requirements//CMES Adds New Course Dates//Apply for Union Plus Scholarships//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 12, 2019

In this issue//Re-Authorization of MSP Poised for Passage//Short Sea Shipping Bill Introduced//MAERSK COLUMBUS Assists Search & Rescue Efforts in Med//AFL-CIO Hails NAFTA Successor Agreement//LCA Airs Concerns about Icebreaking Capabilities//Extended Hours Continue at JAX Hall//USNS SALVOR Rescues Beached Passenger Vessel//Solidarity Nets New T.A.s Following Strikes//IMO Commits to Further Action on Gender Equality//Apply for Vacation & Port-Relief Benefits//Union Plus Store//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 5, 2019

In this issue//Help Drum Up Senate Co-Sponsors for WWII Mariner Gold Medal Bill//STCW Survey Needs M.E.B.A. Input//Fisheries Industry Doesn’t Like Proposed Jones Act Modification//New Website Urges Restoration Of AMHS Funding//Former MarAd Boss Warren Leback Sails into the Sunset//M.E.B.A. Chief Profiled in CG Proceedings Magazine//End of Fairly Active Hurricane Season//USNS MERCY Trains for Next Mission//Cavalcade of Awards Continues for GREEN LAKE//Make It a Union Holiday Season//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 28, 2019

In this issue//Foremast Erected at 4MF Memorial Park//Stopgap Spending Bill Keeps Government Open//ITF Seafarers Section Meeting//AMC’s Caponiti to Be Honored as “Friend of Seafarers”//Preparations Intensify for Jan. 1 Sulfur Cap//Reminder for Govt. Fleet Members about LWOP Effect on DCO//Applicants & Members in Dues Arrears to be Dropped Next Week//Upcoming M.E.B.A. Holiday Parties//Apply for Vacation & Port-Relief Benefits//Note on Thanksgiving Closings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 21, 2019

In this issue//Continued Talks for 1st Contract with Hornblower//Qualified Applicants Seeking Membership will Wait Six More Months if Documentation is Not Forwarded//Applicants & Members in Dues Arrears Need to Take Quick Action//First of Three Staten Island Ferry Newbuilds is Launched//MLA Solidarity with Striking ATU Workers//USNS COMFORT Returns from 5-Month Medical Mission//Veterans Affairs Extends Anti-Union Overreach//The Lowdown on the Throwdowns: Upcoming M.E.B.A. Holiday Parties//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 14, 2019

In this issue//Update on Liberty Talks//RIO GRANDE EXPRESS Enters Service//MLA Blasts Efforts to Scuttle Alaska Ferry Service//House Expected to Vote on Ex-Im Bank Re-Charter//12th MSC EPF Christened at Austal//Immediate Action Urged on Piracy in Gulf of Guinea//Seafarer Loneliness Highlighted//Senate Bill Plans for Arctic Shipping Opportunities//Have a Union-Made Thanksgiving//

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