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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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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for November 7, 2019

In this issue//MSP FY ’20 Funding Intact in House, Senate Bills//Chao, Mathur, Others Honored at AOTOS//GREEN LAKE Receives Trio of Awards//Jay Corcoran, Steve Werse Receive Tribute//Mariners Needed for CG Exam Working Group//WWII Arctic Run Mariners Sought for Anniversary Celebration Next Year//Veterans Day Closings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 31, 2019

In this issue//Jones Act Under Attack: Customs Proposal Gives Opening to Foreign-Flag Offshore Vessels//Ex-Im Bank Re-Charter Bill Moves to Full House//Tentative Agreements End Chicago Teacher Strike//CMA Evacuates Following Fire//UAW Contract Update with GM, Ford//Bill to Make Full Use of HMTF Passes in House//TTD Unions Fight for Transportation Investment//Daylight Saving Time Ends This Weekend//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 24, 2019

In this issue//Upcoming Maritime-Related Bills//Ex-Im Bank Re-charter Bill To Be Marked Up//Energizing America Bill Could Help Expand U.S.-Flag Fleet//GREEN LAKE Set to Receive Gallant Ship Award, AOTOS Honor//WSF Hybrid Electric Propulsion Conversion News//Chicago School System Employees Keep Up the Fight//Reminder – Temporary New Hours at JAX Hall//NVIC Changes Announced//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 17, 2019

In this issue//Maritime Champion Elijah Cummings has Died//UAW Members to Vote on Tentative Agreement//Chicago Teachers are On Strike//Senate WWII Gold Medal Bill Needs Support//Applicant Letters Have Mailed, They Detail Requirements for Membership//Great Lakes Trade is Bustling//Piracy Fall-off Over Last Year’s Levels//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 10, 2019

In this issue//CMES Releases 2020 Course Schedule//Good & Welfare Fund is the Winner in Raffle//Setting the Course to Low Carbon Shipping//WSF Implements Whale Alert App//Unemployment is Down, Wages & Job Growth Slows//MSC Courses at CMES//LWOP Disrupts Govt. Fleet DCO Schedule//Union-Made Halloween Treats//Monday Closings//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for October 3, 2019

In this issue//WSF Members Approve More Equitable Dues Structure//MLA Backs UAW in ‘Critical Struggle’//MarAd Calls Activation a Success, Agency is Working on “Lessons Learned”//M.E.B.A. Works with ITF on Behalf of Global Seafarers//Scalia Takes over at DOL//Alaska Governor Expands Attacks against Unions//You May be an Applicant if… -- Submit Documentation to Make Membership//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for September 26, 2019

In this issue//MP&P (Hapag) Bringing in New U.S.-Flag Vessel//Last Days to Vote on WSF Referendum//Pasha Reopener Talks//MLA Unions Meet at M.E.B.A. HQ//Anti-Union Executive Orders will Go Back into Effect//JAX Hall to Extend Hours on Trial Basis//CG Issues NVIC Revisions on MMC STCW Endorsements//MarAd Advisory on GPS Interference//Mine Countermeasures on MSC Vessel//NCL Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic//G&W Raffle Draws Close//

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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for September 19, 2019

In this issue//Large-Scale Turbo Activation//WWII Mariner Gold Medal Bill Passed by the House//UAW Looking for a Fair Shake//WSF Members Should Vote in Ongoing Referendum//Funding for New Soo Lock Approved in Senate//Central Gulf Rebrands as Waterman Transport//MMCs Destroyed by Dorian will be Re-Issued//MarAd Cargo Preference Training Courses//Applicants Seeking Membership Should Forward Documentation//

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