The Great Lakes Maritime Task Force named Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) Legislator of the Year for 2007.
The House of Representatives in April approved the Water Resources Development Act of 2007--legislation containing key provisions for Great Lakes shipping--by a vote of 394 to 25.
The AFL-CIO May 3 imposed sanctions on the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association for refusing to withdraw its claim of representing seven mariners aboard the Interlake tug-barge Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder.
The AFL-CIO scheduled a hearing May 30 to address the charge that MEBA violated Article XX of the AFL-CIO Constitution by manning the Great Lakes vessel M/V Stewart J. Cort, which is operated by Interlake Leasing III, Inc., for Mittal Steel USA.
