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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for January 23, 2020

In this issue//NMS Back on Track after Years of Delay//Tug Captains say they are Being Targeted by Canal Authority//Yet Another Piracy Alert//BLS Report on Union Membership, But There’s More to the Story Says AFL-CIO//IMO: “Relatively Smooth” Transition to New Sulfur Limit//Update Your Contact Info with HQ//Payment Portal for Dues, PAF, G&W//Bring Shot Records Onboard//

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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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Operation Deep Freeze 2019: M.E.B.A. Goes to the End of the Eart

The Waterman-managed OCEAN GIANT sailed into the South Pole's McMurdo Sound in February 2019 for the annual resupply mission...

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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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Letter to MLB: Oakland Alliance Airs Concerns About Proposed Stadium

Oakland area transport unions and businesses are opposing an effort to build a new 35,000 seat Oakland A’s ballpark along with a hotel and housing developments in the old Charles Howard Terminal. The East Oakland Stadium Alliance penned this letter to Major League Baseball to air some of their concerns.

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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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OSG to Purchase ATC & Time Charter Vessels

Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. will purchase and take over Alaska Tanker Company, including three ATC Jones Act tankers currently in operation.

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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