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M.E.B.A. Telex Times for August 10, 2017

In this issue//Buzby Sworn In//Final Voyage: Mike Blevins//Suisun Bay Rustbuckets Removed//Coast Guard Studies 3-D Printing//NOAA Calls for Busy Hurricane Season//ILWU Contract Officially Ratified//Patriot-Managed LMSRs Part of Navy Exercise//Fumes Injure 13 in Long Beach Leak//

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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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