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Crew of MV GREEN LAKE Saves Seven Vol. 55, No.1 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO Jan. | Feb. 2019 Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Crew of MV GREEN LAKE Saves Seven MV Cape Hudson Deploys in Support of MSC Exercise MV Ocean Giant on Supply Mission to Antarctica Panama Canal Authority Puts Profits Before People Holiday Party Photos The Master, Mate & Pilot is the Table of Contents official voice of the International Vol. 55, No. 1 January | February 2019 Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (International From the President 1 Marine Division of the ILA), State of the Union: MM&P has the resources necessary to sustain AFL-CIO. © 2019 IOMMP. our role in labor and industry. We will not falter in fulfilling our The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN mission either now or in the future. 0025-5033) is published bimonthly by the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. MM&P News Briefs 2 Headquarters: 700 Maritime Blvd., MV Green Lake saves seven in car carrier fire; Sigrid Dunlap joins Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-1953. Dunlap Towing fleet; second man killed in Panama Canal’s new Phone: (410) 850-8700 locks; MM&P members march with striking Los Angeles teachers; E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.bridgedeck.org Captain Richard Phillips–Lane Kirkland Trust announces first Periodicals Postage Paid at scholarship recipients and names new executive director; Elkridge, MD and additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send MV Cape Hudson deploys in support of training exercise; address changes to The Master, MV Ocean Giant at McMurdo Station. Mate & Pilot, 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B, Linthicum MM&P Health & Benefit Plans 13 Heights, MD 21090-1953 Don Marcus Board of Trustees implements plan to help contain prescription Chairman, Editorial Board drug costs. Lisa Rosenthal Communications Director News From MITAGS–PMI 15 INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS Don Marcus, President TST employees complete Coast Guard VTS training course. Steven Werse, Secretary-Treasurer Pensioners 16 VICE PRESIDENTS Thomas Bell, Great Lakes & Gulf Stephen H. Doherty, Atlantic Maritime MM&P Directory 17 Don Josberger, Offshore Atlantic Klaus Luhta, Offshore Gulf & Holiday Photos 20 Government Affairs George A. Quick, Pilots Randall H. Rockwood, Federal Cross’d the Final Bar 29 Employees Timothy Saffle, Pacific Maritime Region Thank You Contributors to the MM&P PCF! 32 Lars Turner, Offshore Pacific The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO Vol. 55, No.1 Jan. | Feb. 2019 Connect With Us! About the Cover [email protected] Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots Shaver Transportation’s new Bridgedeck.org ocean-going tug Samantha S will be used for domestic tanker Facebook.com/IOMMP escort on the Columbia River. Members of the MM&P United YouTube: MastersMatesPilots Inland Group-Pacific Maritime Instagram: bridgedeck Crew of MV GREEN LAKE Saves Seven Region operate all the tugs in MV Cape Hudson Deploys in Support of MSC Exercise Shaver’s fleet MV Ocean Giant on Supply Mission to Antarctica Twitter: @MMP_Union Panama Canal Authority Puts Profits Before People Holiday Party Photos FROM THE PRESIDENT State of the Union Union Sisters and Brothers, 2019 marks the 132nd year since our Union’s founding convention on January 17, 1887. Our membership of professional mariners is as talented and accomplished as ever. Our organization has the resources to sustain our role in labor and industry. We will not falter in fulfilling our mission either now or in the future. The uncertainties that lie ahead—be they the result the invaluable economic and military asset that is the of technology, globalization, world politics or our American Merchant Marine. dysfunctional national government—are child’s play In the meantime, the ships, tugs, ferries and vessels compared to the challenges that faced our MM&P of all types that we operate continue safely along their predecessors in the depths of the Great Depression or routes. Our members perform their duties responsibly and aboard ship during the North Atlantic convoys. Much is with skill around the clock. Their families prosper from beyond our ability to control, but when we have the ability the fair wages, excellent health care and job security that to act, we will act and do so effectively: whether aboard the membership in Masters, Mates & Pilots entails. vessels we work or in broader public forums. To keep things this way, battles will continue to be In Congress, MM&P officials will soon be joining fought. Masters, Mates & Pilots takes pride in maintaining others in our industry to advocate for funding, preserving cooperative relationships with our employers, but precious and extending the maritime legislation that sustains the little has been handed to us in our 132 years of existence. If U.S. Merchant Marine. The annual “Congressional Sail- a battle is upon us, and more than one is raging today, we In,” organized by our own Jim Patti, President of our will not hesitate to bring all of our resources to bear. Washington, D.C., legislative office MIRAID, will soon MM&P was there in 1934 during the Big Strike on the be upon us. This Sail-In will be our first comprehensive West Coast that built maritime labor. We were there in the opportunity to connect with the new Congress. 1946 strike wave that first brought our hiring halls into We will need traction with Congress, as the signals we our union. We were there in 1972 when a strike helped receive from President Trump’s administration continue bring about our first national master collective bargaining to be mixed. If America is to continue to have a presence, agreement. While the landscape in labor, in law and in let alone become “great again” at sea, the very strong public perception has changed, our will and our ability team headed by the vastly experienced Elaine Chao at to protect our future have not. MM&P will be front and the Department of Transportation and the incomparable center for the long haul. Admiral Mark Buzby at MARAD will need the support of We will not hesitate to confront McAllister Towing, the Chief Executive. a company that has spent ten times as much on legal Today, there is a well-documented shortage of 1800 U.S. expenses in a failed effort to undermine our members in mariners necessary to support the basic logistical needs San Juan Harbor than it would have taken to negotiate a of our country’s military. The Maritime Security Program reasonable renewal contract. We will do everything in our remains in need of authorized realistic funding for the power to hold The Pasha Group accountable, a company years 2022-2025, the Cargo Preference Program awaits that appears to be of a mind to shop the labor market appropriate direction and support from the Executive and ignore their contractual obligations aboard their Branch to achieve the full enforcement as provided under replacement vessels. We will take a bite and we won’t let go, the law; and the persistent and relentless untruths about if that is what it takes to protect our members’ livelihoods. the value of the Jones Act that have crept into the public Which all brings to mind the recent and sad loss of an consciousness must be corrected. outstanding labor leader, social activist and humanitarian, This year’s Congressional Sail-In will be as important David Arian, Former President of the International as ever. New relationships must be formed on both sides of the political aisle to educate our leaders about continued on page 2 www.bridgedeck.org - The Master, Mate & Pilot 1 NEWS BRIEFS President’s Message continued from page 1 Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) as well as three- and admirers from all walks of life. The service was a moving time President of their largest local, Local 13 in Los Angeles. testament to his life, which was dedicated to working Dave was a leader who put people of any color, gender collectively to improve the lives of others. or persuasion first. After his retirement, to pass on the As a new year begins for Masters, Mates & Pilots, let our knowledge of labor history and to advance the cause of watchwords be: hold fast and dreadnaught. workers’ rights, he founded the Harry Bridges Institute. Dave was a stalwart friend to MM&P. He will be greatly missed. Fraternally, His memorial service, conducted at the beautiful new ILWU Local 13 hiring hall in Wilmington, CA, brought together Don Marcus hundreds of union members, friends, activists, politicians MM&P President Crew of MV Green Lake Saves Seven in Fire Aboard Sincerity Ace The officers and crew of the MV Green Lake saved seven members of the crew of the Sincerity Ace, a car carrier which had caught fire in extreme weather conditions some 1,800 nm from Oahu. The Green Lake was the first vessel to respond to a Coast Guard alert that went out in the pre-dawn hours of Dec. 31: the master of the Sincerity Ace, a 2009-built car carrier sailing from Yokohama to Oahu, had reported a serious vessel fire, ongoing firefighting efforts and the intent to abandon ship. The crew had been able to launch one life raft and four of the 21 mariners on board were said to have abandoned ship with lifejackets, but the Coast Guard could not confirm whether they had reached the life raft upon entering the water or not. The officers and crew of the MV Green Lake–later joined by more “good Samaritans” aboard three other merchant ships, and the crews of a Coast Guard Hercules HC130 aircraft and a Navy 7th Fleet P-8 Poseidon–spent the next 18 hours battling high winds and rough seas in a search for the missing mariners.
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