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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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Warren Leback, Former Maritime Administrator, 1924-2019

Capt. Warren Leback, who spent over 65 years in the maritime industry and had strong ties to the M.E.B.A., recently sailed into the sunset at the age of 95.

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Coast Guard Proceedings - Profile of M.E.B.A. Chief Engineer Lindsay Smith

The new issue of Coast Guard Proceedings, highlighting the role of women in our industry, has a profile of M.E.B.A.'s Lindsay Smith, Chief Engineer on the NCL cruise ship PRIDE OF AMERICA...

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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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MLA Solidarity with Striking ATU Garage Workers

The five-union Maritime Labor Alliance issued a letter voicing solidarity with an ATU Local looking for a fair shake.

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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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Maritime Labor Alliance Blasts Efforts to Scuttle Alaska Ferry System

The five-union Maritime Labor Alliance has issued criticism of efforts to undermine the Alaska Marine Highway System - a ferry fleet depended upon by State residents.

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