Five unions have urged Congress to reject a Bush administration proposal that would eliminate a substantial amount of food-aid shipments from the U.S. under the PL 480 Title II Food for Peace program.
American Maritime Officers June 5 joined other major U.S. seagoing unions, maritime training academies and the Maritime Administration in signing an accord implementing a universal set of training standards for U.S. mariners to qualify for work aboard liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers.
American Bureau of Shipping Consulting (ABS Consulting) in June certified the LNG Tankship Liquefied Gases course at RTM STAR Center as meeting all requirements of the Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators competency standards for LNG shipping for all officer ratings.
The wage-protection benefit under the American Maritime Officers Coast Guard Legal Aid Program has been expanded to include deep-sea members.
When I pledged in January to open American Maritime Officers to greater and more meaningful participation by seagoing AMO members, I did not draw a discouraging line at the quarterly meetings of the AMO national executive board -- which is why three AMO members who hold no official positions in our union were on hand when the board gathered in Philadelphia the week of June 25.
I would like to thank National President Tom Bethel and the National Executive Board of American Maritime Officers for the invitation to attend the National Executive Board Meetings in Philadelphia in June 2007.
The initial enrollment in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program will be delayed until fall of this year, according to remarks from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials cited in media reports last month.
