The National Maritime Center has issued the following announcement. A PDF of the release is linked at the bottom. Reopening of REC Juneau and MU Ketchikan The National Maritime Center (NMC) is reopening Regional Examination Center (REC) Juneau and Monitoring Unit (MU) Ketchikan for limited examination services beginning Monday, August…
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The U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center has posted the following announcement. Eligible Seafarers are encouraged to participate. To access this information on the NMC website, click HERE and scroll down to the Announcements section. QMED Surveys The Coast Guard is seeking input from mariners who hold Qualified Member of…
Aug
06
The presidents of four maritime unions, including SIU President Michael Sacco, earlier this week endorsed U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). The text of their endorsement letter follows. Signing the document were Sacco, AMO President Paul Doell, MM&P President Don Marcus, and MEBA President Marshall Ainley. For a PDF copy, click…
Aug
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Statement by SIU President Michael Sacco At their core, there is nothing new about recent, erroneous attacks against America’s freight cabotage law, commonly known as the Jones Act. This century-old law has endured because it always has been – and still remains today – vital to United States national, economic…
Aug
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The Maritime Trades Department (MTD), to which the SIU is affiliated, has posted the following news item. It's available on the MTD website HERE. SIU President Michael Sacco also serves as president of the MTD. HAWAII PMC BLASTS LATEST ATTACK ON JONES ACT The Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO joins with…
Aug
04
A large merchant marine training facility located in beautiful Southern Maryland has an opening for an Unlimited Chief Engineer/Instructor. This is a full-time position with benefits; pay is based on experience. You must be willing to relocate to Southern Maryland for this position and are on-call twenty-four hours a day and…
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The presidents of three maritime unions, including SIU President Michael Sacco, recently sent the following communication to the commanding officer of the U.S. Military Sealift Command. For a PDF copy of the letter, click HERE. Dear Admiral Wettlaufer: We are writing to you today to communicate our ongoing and increasingly…
Aug
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Editor's note: The following message from SIU President Michael Sacco concerns the recent passing of a rank-and-file Seafarer. Dear SIU Brothers and Sisters: On behalf of the union’s executive board, I extend our deepest and most sincere sympathies to the family, friends and shipmates of our fallen brother, GUDE Michael…