MEBA brother tells me that APL is going AMO with their new US flag ships. Leaving the MMP to wither away once their APL ships phase out in a few years. Rumor is MEBA is going to side with AMO and pretty much turn MMP into a Maersk/Matson containership union. There will be hardly any jobs left at MMP with LMSRs gone and Express ships. I guess the hope is MEBA is brought along on the new APL ships and eventually the two unions merge. I think it is time for all 3 to come together and form one union. It would be better for the mariner for sure.
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The above post seems to assume MMP will lose their jurisdiction case with the AFL-CIO. As mentioned in the other thread,AMO has tried this before with APL ships and lost.
What is different this time around that would make us believe the outcome will be in AMO’s favor?
I am very curious about this as well. What is different about things this time around that would make MMP lose their case? Is there something I’m missing here?
Nah MMP has too much baggage. Best bet is for AMO and MEBA to merge and have MMP wither away.
Maersk has MEBA top bottom ships (deck and engine) hopefully any new tonnage is brought under that subsidiary.
Not totally versed in the history but I believe APL was bringing in a replacement ship for an MSP slotted vessel and attempted to replace MMP with AMO. So it was technically a ship MMP was already on. I’m not sure how MMP APL relationship is set up though.
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This is what happened, and MEBA was backing the claim bc they were in the same situation. The APL Guam was the ship and they went with AMO top to bottom which pissed off two unions instead of one
Yeah but it wasn’t new tonnage. Just the same ship essentially. Replacement tonnage.
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So would MEBA have the engine side on the new ships?
So when are these ships supposedly coming to the US flagged fleet?