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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 2, 2017

In this issue//Maersk Talks Continue, Contracts Extended//TTD Letter to Senate Clears up Jones Act “Confusion”//Democrats Issue Labor Policy Platform//ETC LNG Reunion at SUNY//Vacation Benefits – 2017 Year-End Closing//USNS COMFORT Returns to Dock in San Juan//Additional CMES Online Qualified Assessor Course Added//

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NMC: Release of Homeport 2.0

NMC has a new user interface for application and credential information...

M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 26, 2017

In this issue//No Jones Act Sabotage in Relief Bill//Update on Puerto Rico Relief//TTD: Scapegoating the Jones Act Won’t Help P.R.//CMES Qualified Assessor Course//Top AFL-CIO Officers Re-Elected//MSC’s USNS WOODY WILLIAMS Christened//Rep. Garamendi Meets with MarAd//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 19, 2017

In this issue//MarAd Leader Battling for U.S. Merchant Marine//HORIZON SPIRIT Deployed for Puerto Rico Relief//Shot in the Arm for Good & Welfare Fund//Vacation Reminder: Check Return-to-Work Date//Payment Portal Reminder//Piracy Incidents Dipped this Year//Fight for the Jones Act!

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 12, 2017

In this issue//Fight for the Jones Act//TTD Jones Act Statement//CMES 2018 Course Schedule Released//Labor 411 Halloween List//Marine Officer Advertising//

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Join the Fight for the Jones Act!

Repeal of the Jones Act would decimate our U.S. Merchant Marine, relinquish U.S. jobs, force our nation to rely on other countries to carry our sensitive military equipment and flood U.S. inner waterways with foreign mariners...

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 5, 2017

In this issue//Jones Act Lies Refuted at Subcommittee Hearing//Join the Fight for the Jones Act//Columbus Day Closings//Patriot Needs 1st A/Es//COMFORT Arrives in Puerto Rico//Maersk Talks Continue//Last Chance for G&W Raffle Tickets//NMC Needs Deck Officer//CMES 2017 Course Schedule Released//Coast Guard Issues EL FARO Findings//Liberty Arbitration Final Award//Continued Picketing of Liberty over PEACE Violation//

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Uninformed Opinions Aired about Jones Act

Well-intended but ill-informed Jones Act opinions were bandied about this week as the national media’s focus shifted to the plight of Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for September 28, 2017

In this issue//Uninformed Media Jones Act Frenzy//USNS COMFORT to Assist P.R. Relief Efforts//SPEARHEAD Aids St. Martin//Union Plus Assistance for those Affected by Hurricanes// Security at Sea Spotlighted in MarAd Conference//Tankerman Class Added to CMES Schedule//

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Maritime Labor Alliance Sets the Record Straight on Jones Act

The six-union Maritime Labor Alliance issued a statement emphasizing that the Jones Act has nothing to do with hampering relief efforts in Hurricane-torn Puerto Rico...

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