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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for January 4, 2024

In this issue//NOLA’s Gifford Retiring; New Rep.-Dispatcher Sought//SIU’s Mike Sacco Sails into the Sunset//APL Announces Replacement Ships//Maritime Administrator Issues New Year Message to Mariners//Red Sea Attacks, Piracy Take a Toll on Mariners//Union Plus Scholarships//Membership Encouraged to Attend Upcoming Meetings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 28, 2023

In this issue//More New Work! Coastwise Riding Officers on Hapag-Crowley Vessels//ITF Inspectors Holding Unscrupulous Shipowners to Account//Apply for Union Plus Scholarships//Orsted Needs to Stop Union Busting//Austal will Build New MSC Medical Vessels//Keel-Laying for Texas A&M Maritime Training Ship//Federal Construction Project Rule is Good for Labor//Panama Canal to Slightly Ease Drought Restrictions//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 21, 2023

In this issue//Matson Ends Vaccination Requirement//ATC Vessels to Get Engine Upgrades//Coalition to Activate against Houthi Ship Attacks//Organizations Outspoken against “Immigration” Plan// Energizing American Shipbuilding Act Re-Introduced//USMMA Celebrating Female Cadets//AFL-CIO Comments on Workplace Deaths//CMES Course Openings, Classes Added//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 14, 2023

In this issue//New Work! M.E.B.A. Signs Up New Employer//Union Pushes Back on Call to Bring Foreign Mariners into U.S. Fleet//M.E.B.A. Part of ITF Dockers & Seafarers Conference//Space Available in CMES Course//CG NVDC Contact Info//Vacation Benefits – Year-End Closing//Microsoft Will Stay Neutral on Organizing Efforts//Last Round of M.E.B.A. Holiday Parties//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for December 7, 2023

In this issue// M.E.B.A. Honored at AOTOS Awards//Funding Grant for AMHS//Great Lakes Shipping Moving toward Winter Lay-up//Vacation Benefits – Year-End Closing//Red Sea Attacks Heighten Shipping Concerns//Shipping Giants Call for Speedier Green Fuel Timetable//Remaining M.E.B.A. Holiday Parties//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 30, 2023

In this issue//New M.E.B.A. Shoreside Employer//Senate Bill to Foster U.S. Offshore Wind Workforce//Mariner Unease in Red Sea Region//The Lowdown on the Throwdowns: M.E.B.A. Holiday Parties//UAW Targets Non-Union Automakers//Membership Encouraged to Attend Upcoming Meetings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 23, 2023

In this issue//Houthis Seize PCTC in Red Sea//MarAd Advisory Following Hijacking//Qualified Applicants Should Get in Their Docs//New SA-SH Policies//UAW Contracts Ratified//Vacation Benefits, Year-End Closing//Seafarers Survey Says Salaries Soaring//Thanksgiving Closings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 16, 2023

In this issue//M.E.B.A. Ships Honored for Environmental Safety//CG Cutter Begins Prep Work for Operation Deep Freeze//Cyber Attack Affecting WSF Appears Minor//Stopgap Bill will Keep Government Running//Reminder: Online Member Payment Portal//Houthi Leader Targets Israeli Ships//Applicants Should Forward Docs//Thanksgiving Closures//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 9, 2023

In this issue//CAPE ORLANDO Delayed by Protesters//SAG-AFTRA + Union Plus Assistance//Historic Honors for Merchant Marine on Veterans Day//Port Improvement Projects//Advanced IGF Code Endorsement//LWOP-Vacation Dues Lapses//Applicants Should Forward Docs//Halls & Offices Closed for Veterans Day (Observed)//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 2, 2023

In this issue//GREEN RIDGE Out - GREEN OCEAN In//NLRB Joint-Employer Rule is a Win//PASS Member Benefits from Union Plus//More Panama Canal Drought Restrictions//USNS ROBERT KENNEDY Christened, Launched//Vacation Benefits – 2023 Year-End Closing//Applicants Who Want Membership Should Send in their Docs//

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