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Table of Contents & Pilot Is the Official Voice of Vol Vol. 57, No.3 Fall 2021 Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots The Master, Mate Table of Contents & Pilot is the official voice of Vol. 57, No. 3 Fall 2021 the International Organization of Masters, Mates & From the President 1 Pilots. The passing of longtime AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka brings © 2021 IOMMP. into sharp focus the importance of labor movement values such The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN as solidarity and mutual respect, in particular as we chart our way 0025-5033) is published quarterly forward out of the Covid-19 pandemic. by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. MM&P News Briefs 3 Headquarters: 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD Liz Shuler elected first woman to head the AFL-CIO, USW 21090-1953. International Vice President Fred Redmond elected secretary- Phone: (410) 850-8700 treasurer; USNS Patuxent saves 15 in Gulf of Aden; new MM&P affiliate E-mail: [email protected] wins majority of votes in bid to represent tug workers in seven Internet: www.bridgedeck.org Mexican ports; greetings from our members aboard President FD Periodicals Postage Paid at Roosevelt, at Circle Line and at Windserve; crew of Miss Freedom Elkridge, MD and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send rescues jet skier; unions rally in defense of Oakland’s Howard Terminal. address changes to The Master, Mate & Pilot, 700 Maritime Resolutions Honoring Richard L. Trumka 11 Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum Two resolutions honoring the late AFL-CIO president have been Heights, MD 21090-1953 posted in every MM&P hiring hall. Don Marcus Chairman, Editorial Board MM&P Health & Benefit Plans 13 Lisa Rosenthal Five scholarship winners for the current year approved; eligible Communications Director dependent children of eligible Offshore members and co-pay INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS pensioners in good standing are reminded to request an application Don Marcus, President for the scholarship program. Don Josberger, Secretary-Treasurer News From MITAGS 18 VICE PRESIDENTS Business Development Director Bob Becker retires; virtual Azipod Thomas Bell, Great Lakes & Gulf training for Mercy Ships captains “a big success.” Jeremy Hope, Offshore Gulf & Government Contracts Beck Notice 19 Thomas Larkin, Offshore Atlantic Pensioners 20 George A. Quick, Pilots Michael Riordan, Atlantic Maritime MM&P Directory 2 1 Randall H. Rockwood, Cross’d the Final Bar 24 Federal Employees Timothy Saffle, Pacific Maritime Region Thank You Contributors to the MM&P PCF! 26 Lars Turner, Offshore Pacific Vol. 57, No.3 Fall 2021 About the Cover Connect With Us! Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Richard Trumka was a champion Bridgedeck.org for all American workers, and in particular for the members of [email protected] MM&P. He will never be forgotten. Facebook.com/IOMMP Resolutions passed by the MM&P General Executive Board in his honor YouTube: MastersMatesPilots are on pages 11 and 12. Instagram: bridgedeck Twitter: @MMP_Union FROM THE PRESIDENT Labor’s Loss Union Sisters & Brothers, Normalcy does not want to return to our world. The the world. They can be found resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic, tragedy and on pages 11 and 12. Please read national humiliation in Afghanistan, social strife in them. In addition to being posted America and the ongoing transformation of our climate in all our hiring halls and offices, must cause all of us to wonder about the future. What kind these documents will be given to of world will our children inherit? Richard’s widow, to AFL-CIO During periods of uncertainty in our nation’s history, the President Liz Schuler and to labor movement has always been a tangible force. A force Cecil Roberts, President of Richard’s beloved United Mine giving working people hope for a better tomorrow and Workers of America (UMWA). a compass pointing to True North. The labor movement We have lost a great friend, brother and leader. A man and America’s working people have lost a champion. struck down at the pinnacle of his achievements at a time The passing of Richard L. Trumka, well before his time, when labor is on the upsurge and the stars are aligning for and when the fortunes of labor seem to be resurgent, is unions in Congress and in the White House. His death is devastating. His powerful and eloquent voice will not be a tragic loss for all of us. We know that the torch will be replaced. His many contributions will not be forgotten. picked up and carried steadfastly by incoming President For MM&P in particular, the death of Richard Trumka Liz Shuler, the first female president of the AFL-CIO. is a heartbreaking loss. His resolute sense of justice and President Shuler will carry on Richard’s work and get the his personal integrity were instrumental in the recognition job done. We also know that the labor movement is larger of our AFL-CIO charter and the confirmation of our than any one leader—no matter how effective, no matter independent status as an AFL-CIO affiliate. Every member how strong his or her voice. It is a movement of everyday of our venerable union owes him a debt of gratitude. Our working people looking out for each other, helping each organization’s standing in the labor movement is a long other, and respecting each other. and proud one. From our founding in New York Harbor The topic of death has made far too many unwelcome in 1887, to our joining the AFL in 1916, to the countless appearances in my recent editorials. The loss of four sacrifices of our members at sea during two deadly world MM&P members to COVID-19, three accidental wars, to the everyday labors of MM&P professional shipboard deaths and one shipboard suicide within the mariners and to our own member, Lane Kirkland, serving last two years point to the adversities inherent in our as President of the AFL-CIO from 1979 to 1995, we have profession as well as to the hardships of the present time. earned our admission into the pantheon of American The recent establishment of a mental health committee Labor. Richard Trumka understood this, and he acted on by Vice President Jeremy Hope and the support he this knowledge when he recognized our charter. Many has received from our membership, other officials and others in his position would not have done the same. representatives is significant. Thank you to all who are Two resolutions were passed at our most recent General participating in this important effort. Executive Board meeting to honor Richard Trumka’s service to the working people of America and, in fact, continued on page 2 www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 1 President’s Message continued In every issue of our magazine, we carry notices of the experts—yes, medical experts, not internet charlatans— passing of our brothers and sisters. Each one of these recommend. Those who do not believe the medical experts members contributed in some way to our Union. Some and, consequently, appear to be more concerned about their changed the lives of shipmates forever and will never be self-determined personal right to die of COVID-19 and forgotten by those individuals. All of us have read about infect others in the process must not endanger the rest of our a lost Union brother or sister who personally touched us membership. and changed our lives in some way. The longer one is in The COVID-19 pandemic and maintaining health and MM&P, the more there are and the greater the sense of good safety aboard the vessels that our members work on and fortune one has for being in our Union—a brotherhood and live on has been MM&P’s central theme for the last 18 sisterhood where bonds of common shipboard experience, months. While as individuals some may reject the experts at friendship, and the gift of passing on the traditions and skills the FDA, the CDC, the U.S. Public Health Service, Johns of our profession count for so much. Hopkins University, and the worldwide professional medical I will mention two brothers who meant a great deal to me establishment, MM&P as an organization will abide by the going back to my first days working ashore for our Union. determinations of the experts and the dictates of common They were true comrades and fine human beings who sense. MM&P fully and unapologetically supports U.S. cared for their shipmates and their Union, and protected government and company mandates regarding preventing the the interests of their employers. One, Scott Abrams, was spread of COVID-19. mentioned in the Spring 2021 issue of our magazine. My administration does not take the position that Captain Abrams was a true gentleman of the old school, vaccinations and respecting the health and safety of our a supreme and kindly master mariner, and a mentor to shipmates, our Union brothers and sisters, our Union staff countless others beside me. As Captain Kip Carlson recounts and the public at large is an infringement on one’s personal on page 25 of this issue, Scott was given a mariner’s send-off liberty. recently in the waters off Oahu by a group of his shipmates With that said, be assured that MM&P has and will and Union brothers and sisters: people who, like myself, will continue to bargain with our employers over exactly how forever be touched by his warm support and friendship. these mandates are implemented aboard MM&P-contracted Another outstanding Union brother recently lost to our vessels. MM&P will ensure that our collective bargaining membership was Andy Hetz.
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