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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for August 3, 2017

In this issue//Study Committee Plots Demise of Jones Act//Buzby Confirmed for MarAd Post//Additional Matson Ship for New Service//Expected ILWU Extension Approval//WSF Members to Elect New Rep.//NTSB – Lessons Learned from Accidents//Rank & File Input Needed for Maersk Talks//G&W Raffle//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for July 27, 2017

In this issue//Buzby Nomination Hearing for MarAd Post//OSG Tanker Crew Rescues Five//Cyber Security Wrap-Up//Coast Guard Reminder on Credential Renewal//MSC Vessels Wrap Up Skin-to-Skin Ops//OCEAN GIANT is On Top of the World//Annual Container Loss Rate Levels Off//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for July 20, 2017

In this issue//McCain Jones Act Bill//Full MSP Funding in House//CG Working Groups to Consider Chopping Regs//Willis to Head Up TTD//IMB Piracy Report//Harry Bridges’s Struggle Put to Paper//UN Calls for Release of Labor Brother//Impending NLRB Power Shift//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for July 13, 2017

In this issue//M.E.B.A. Answers the Call in Simulated Breakout//Easy Way to Support Maritime Legislation//Rank & File Input for Upcoming Maersk Talks//CMES Hosting Cadets at Three-Week Summer Internship Program//Get Your Security Clearance for MSC-Contracted Vessels//MSC Deploys Expeditionary Sea Base//Internet Access at Sea Still Limited//Port Trucker Exploitation//MarAd Wants Comment for Report on Mariner Pool//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for July 6, 2017

In this issue//Cyber Attack Damage Lingers//Executive Order Would Have Helped U.S. Shipping//NTSB Wants Better Mariner Weather Info//USS Promoted at Prop Club//Anti-Worker Practices in Fast Food Industry//G&W Raffle//Include Docs When Filing for Vacation Pay//

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M.E.B.A. Reopener Deal with Interlake

M.E.B.A. concluded re-opener negotiations with Interlake Steamship this week following a final bargaining session on Tuesday at M.E.B.A. HQ.

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M.E.B.A.-Crewed Ship Harassed by Russians

It was recently learned that the Russian military harassed a U.S.-flag, M.E.B.A.-crewed Pure Car/Truck Carrier in the lead-up to an annual international exercise in Baltic waters...

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MLA Unions Converge at M.E.B.A. HQ

M.E.B.A. played host this week to a meeting of the Maritime Labor Alliance as leaders of the six-unions that make up the MLA converged for the second time this year...

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for June 29, 2017

In this issue//Office Closings Next Week//MLA Meeting at HQ//Re-Opener Agreement with Interlake//BST Refresher Space//GREEN RIDGE Harassed//P.A.F. Contributions – New Addition to Vacation Claims//Massive Cyberattack Hits APM Terminals, Maersk//Quest for ‘Energy Dominance’//Air Traffic Control Privatization//

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Rear Adm. Buzby to Be Tapped as Next Maritime Administrator

The former Commander of the Military Sealift Command, Rear Admiral Mark Buzby, will be nominated to head up the Maritime Administration.