Effective immediately, CVS retail stores are no longer in-network with Cigna for vaccine administration (including Covid-19 vaccines and boosters). This means that if you have any type of a vaccine at a CVS retail store, you will have a higher copayment. As confusing as it may sound, CVS MinuteClinics and CVS…
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The following news item was issued Jan. 23 by the office of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-New Jersey). It's available on the senator's website HERE. Menendez and Booker Announce Nearly $11.3 Million in Federal Transportation Grants for Two NJ Ferry Services FTA funding will support upgrades to Monmouth County’s Belford…
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The U.S. Coast Guard's National Maritime Center issued the following news item on Jan. 23. National Maritime Center Now Accepting Electronically Signed Documents In keeping with our goal to continuously improve our services to mariners, the National Maritime Center (NMC) will now accept electronic signatures (e-sign) on all CG-719 series…
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The Department of Defense has issued the following news item (available on the DOD website HERE). The USNS Earl Warren's crew will include members of the SIU Government Services Division. The Navy will christen John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, the future USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), during a 10 a.m. PDT…
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The AFL-CIO, to which the SIU is affiliated, has issued the following news item: Union Membership Grows by 273,000 Despite Illegal Corporate Union-Busting (Washington, D.C., Jan. 19, 2023)—Today’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report shows that union membership grew by 273,000 in 2022 even as giant corporations such as…
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The following news release was issued jointly by Philly Shipyard and TOTE Services on January 18. National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV)Program Achieves Milestone with Steel Cutting of Fourth ShipNSMV IV to be delivered to Texas A&M Maritime Academy in 2025 TOTE Services, LLC, (TOTE Services), Philly Shipyard, Inc., (Philly Shipyard)…
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Fifteen Cuban Nationals today are safe, thanks to the efforts of SIU crew members and officers aboard the Sealift Inc.-operated and union-contracted Sagamore. Watch standers aboard the vessel caught glimpses of the 15 individuals during the afternoon hours of Jan. 3, while transiting the western reaches of the Straits of…
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Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on the Supreme Court case Glacier Northwest Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters: The right to strike is on trial today at the U.S. Supreme Court. For nearly a century, federal law has protected workers’ right to strike in order to improve their wages,…
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Recent criticism of NY Waterway SIU crew members by a different union is grossly inaccurate and reflects a regrettable lack of gratitude. SIU-crewed NY Waterway ferries have a decades-long record of safe operations as well as more than 100 rescues, large and small. Those rescues include the evacuation of more…
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The U.S. Military Sealift Command recently issued the following news release. The crew of the USNS John Lewis includes members of the SIU Government Services Division. USNS John Lewis Answers Call For Help At Sea Story by Sarah Burford Military Sealift Command Pacific The crew of Military Sealift Command’s fleet…