Required and career-enhancing training costs nothing out of pocket if you are a union member!
Oh, well, it was over 40 years ago. . . .
CMTI in Hayes VA offers the revaluation for $350 vs MAMA in Norfolk charging $500 for the same class.
And you donāt have to worry about the CG giving your CMTI certificate the extra scrutiny that Iām sure the MAMA ones are getting now.
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come on bayrunner tell the story on that please
Depends on the union and the contract. Attending union schools for free is a great benefit for many, but not all.
I hear that in some cases, the union has let tugboat companies sleaze out of paying into the fund for training and the employees/union members must pay if they want to attend their own union school!
Also, some unions donāt offer needed courses often enough or that fit the marinerās schedule. Iāve met plenty of union members attend private schools on their own dime that were complaining bitterly about this.