I just returned from the meetings in DC to finalize the Ships for America Act
AMO and SIU had teams of people there working hard to make sure your best interestest are represented in the Bill.
Meanwhile alledgedly both the MM&P and MEBA presidents were on another IMO United Nations vacation, this time in Marrakesh
They didn’t even send their VP’s or deputies.
THE best opportunity to get more jobs, higher pay, tax breaks and benefits in my lifetime and zero participation
Infuriating
Not only the bill but the Navy is working hard to keep MSC manned so they don’t have to lay up 17 ships. I can’t report details but questions kept coming up about brining in foreign labor. AMO President Willie Barrere was working tirelessly in side meetings to find alternative solutions.
Why are MEBA and MM&P members paying for builings and campuses in and near DC if their leadership doesn’t want to attend critical meetings in DC.