Volume LXXXIII No. 10 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Tuesday, October 20, 2020 Relief Deal Stalls APL and SUP Reach New Before Election Two-Year Agreement President Trump, returning to for Americans struggling amid the White House from treatment the pandemic. The SUP Negotiating Com- interspersed with Work Rules with industry to support the mittee, together with the MFOW meeting, and each Union meet- Maritime Security Program and for COVID-19 infection, abrupt- Mr. Trump took to Twitter and the SIU, as the combined ing separately on them in differ- the importance of a long-term ly withdrew from negotiations to try to walk back his own de- SIU-Pacific District, reached a ent locations. investment in the workforce. related to the next economic re- cision to kill the negotiations, deal for a new two-year agree- The Unions demanded recog- The Company argued that the lief package. The order to his ne- suggesting that he might support ment on September 28, 2020 nition of their already strenuous uncertainty of the pandemic gotiators gave specific direction narrower stimulus measures. at SUP Headquarters in San and dangerous work made es- and the economic outlook far to wait until after the pending Such bare-bones measures Nov. 3rd election. Francisco. pecially difficult during the -in exceeded the foreseen benefits. have failed in the past and both Working within a COVID creased risk and hardship of the Citing increased operating costs Meanwhile, the House of Republicans and Democrats in compressed bargaining sched- pandemic. They cited Company due to the pandemic and within Representatives advance under Congress have resisted them. ule, the Committee began ne- profitability, improved margins, the context of the reductions Speaker of the House Rep. Nan- If that holds then there will be gotiating with management on and favorable trends in shipping forced by its parent company cy Pelosi a 2 trillion dollar plus no stimulus checks, no unem- September 21st on the General related to e-commerce and other CMA-CGM’s global reorgani- package that met predictable ployment benefits, no help for Rules that apply to all three economic conditions. They cit- zation, APL resisted the Unions resistance in the Senate. the state and local governments, unions. These sessions were ed their effective collaboration continued on page 8 As a result millions of Amer- or the airline industry, and po- icans have no hope of receiving tentially the Maritime Security additional unemployment ben- Program. efits. It also runs counter to the On the weekend of Octo- IMO and CMA-CGM Hit advice of Federal Reserve Chair- ber 17, Senate Majority Leader man Jerome Powell, who on the said there would soon be a same day — on October 6 — said Republican bill of $500 billion by Hacker Attacks that without more funding the to address what he called the The latest maritime cyber spreading.” They said that the primary cause was an increase economy will be in deep trouble. small business protections, but attack came this time against CMA CGM Group, excluding in malware, ransomware, and Financial markets tanked. Democrats were expected to APL’s parent the shipping giant CEVA Logistics, was dealing phishing emails attempting Trump and Republican senators block the measure. CMA CGM. The Company with a cyber-attack. to exploit the COVID-19 pan- renewed their push for a last Speaker Pelosi said the White suspended external access to its Ransomware and other forms demic. They forecast that there minute confirmation of Supreme House has watered down lan- IT applications as it sought to of cyberattacks have been on would be more than 500 major Court nominee Amy Coney guage Democrats have been address a cyber-attack impacting the rise in 2020 with the mari- cybersecurity breaches, with Barrett, even as some vulnerable pushing to create a national plan peripheral servers. time industry being one of the substantially more going unre- Republicans were alarmed at for Covid-19 testing and contact The attack began on the ship- latest targets for hackers. Cy- ported, during 2020. what one of them, Senator Susan tracing, not to mention rejecting ping line’s servers in Asia. The bersecurity consultancy Naval The cyber-attacks have cut Collins of Maine, called a “huge much of the language already company later posted on Twitter, Dome reported a 400 percent across all sectors of the maritime mistake.” Democrats seized on agreed to. “As soon as the security breach increase in attempted hacks industry in the past few years. In the president’s move to accuse “They took out 55% of the was detected, external access against the maritime industry August, Carnival Corporation Mr. Trump of callous disregard language that we had there for to applications was interrupted between February and June reported that for the second testing and tracing,” Pelosi said, to prevent the malware from 2020. They reported that the continued on page 2 and noted that they are “seeking clarity” on the details of the Military Study Reveals Low COVID language. Unrenewed unemployment Transmission Risk in Airplanes benefits as well as a failure to A new U.S. military led study which spearheaded the study. dustry partners included Boeing provide tax breaks for small shows a low risk for passengers The favorable results are at- and United Airlines.; the study businesses among many other traveling aboard large commer- tributable to a combination of was funded by TRANSCOM, government programs, could cial aircraft to contract an air- the airframes’ high air exchange according to Army Lt Col Ellis hit the economy at exactly the borne virus such as COVID-19 rates, coupled with the high ef- Gales, spokesman for the com- wrong time, during a period of — and it doesn’t matter where ficiency particulate air (HEPA) mand. historic employment vulnera- they sit on the airplane. filtration recirculation systems, “All areas on both aircraft bility and just as the third wave Researchers concluded that and the downward airflow ven- proved to be extremely effec- of the pandemic breaks. Absent because of sophisticated air tilation design which results in tive in dispersing and filtering a breakthrough, Congress is particle filtration and ventilation rapid dilution and purging of the out the aerosol particles,” said likely to await the election systems on board the Boeing disseminated aerosol particles,” Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Pope, results. 767-300 and 777-200 aircraft Vice Adm. Dee L. Mewbourne, TRANSCOM Operations di- -- the planes tested for the study deputy commander of U.S. rectorate liaison for the airflow -- airborne particles within the Transportation Command, said. particle test. “So specifically, can Periodicals’ postage paid at San Francisco, CA (USPS 675-180) CA (USPS Francisco, San at paid postage Periodicals’ 2020 Election cabin have a very short lifespan, DARPA teamed up with bio- I tell you to sit in seat XYZ? No; Official Labor according to defense officials defense company Zeteo Tech, they all performed very well.” Endorsements, with U.S. Transportation Com- scientific research company S3i During the tests, analysts re- pages 4-5 mand, the Defense Advanced and the University of Nebraska’s leased two types of aerosols that Research Project Agency (DAR- National Strategic Research In- had specific DNA signatures. PA) and Air Mobility Command, stitute (NSRI) for the trials. In- continued on page 7 New APL and Revised Watson Wage Tables on Page 11 Page 2 WEST COAST SAILORS Tuesday, October 20, 2020 SUP Honor Roll Voluntary contributions from the membership to the following funds: Membership and Ratings Committee Dues-Paying Political Fund The Committee met on the October 1, 2020 and found the following members Pensioners David Mercer ..........................$200 eligible for advancement in seniority and rating stamps in the various departments. Diane Ferrari ...................BK#2251 Roy Tufono ...............................$50 Name and Membership Number Seatime Rating Seniority Hannu Kurppa ................ BK#3162 Ariel Odion ...............................$30 James King BK#3187 6 yrs. A.B. A Gunnar Lundeberg ..........BK#4090 Brendan Bohannon ..................$50 Scott Hudson Bk#S889 6 yrs. A.B. A Duane Nash .....................BK#2437 Bruce Thompson .................... $100 Jack Forde Bk#2261 6 yrs. A.B. A Vince O’Halloran ............BK#2463 (In Memory of Stanley Branch) George Babbin B-19666 1 yr A.B. B. John Perez ........................ BK#3810 Gabriel Moreno, Jr ................... $10 Efrain Vega C-2839 30 Days O.S. C Alex Romo .......................BK#3093 Archie Bickford ...................... $100 Felix Sandoval C-2840 30 Days A.B. C Kai E. Sorensen ...................... $100 James Savage ....................BK#7488 Ratings: Bosun Stamp ($50) In Memory of Kaj E. Kristensen David Shands ...................BK#7483 Michael Ruan Bk#3207 ($50) In Memory of Holger Jorgensen Arthur Thanash ...............BK#3249 John Pancho, Jr. BK#3882 Louie Urbano ............................$50 Mark Hurley ....................BK#5870 Jennifer Corner BK#4816 Walter Price .....................BK#3870 Haiden Isberto ..........................$50 Membership and Ratings Committee: Robert L. Reed, Bk#3203; Jacob Nark- Grant Wegger ..................BK#3637 Valeriy Goncharov ...................$50 iewicz, Bk#C2799; Antony Wylie., Bk#19570 Knut Rasmussen… .......... BK#3175 Benjamin Linn ....................... $100 Donald Cushing… ..........BK#4777 Christopher Go ....................... $100 Alexander Earle… ...........BK#1885 Hillard Lai ...............................