NY & NJ Missing the Boat on Mariner Vaccinations -Union Boss
and that for most of the people who go to sea, the process can be described as “you’re on your own.” New York and New Jersey are two of the states where seafarers have not been prioritized, and few seafarers in those states have been inoculated against COVID-19, says Captain Don Marcus, the president of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P), the union which represents captains and deck officers on U.S.-flagged vessels.Mariners are “a special case that needs special attention”, Marcus wrote in a recent letter to Gov. Phil Murphy of
Maritime Labor Alliance Holds Leadership Summit
in the business and legislative environments and laid out plans to meet challenges ahead. Key among the decisions at Wednesday’s meeting, was the election of a slate of executive officers and the appointment of an Executive Director to coordinate alliance activities. IOMM&P President Don Marcus was reelected to serve as President of the alliance, MEBA Secretary-Treasurer Bill Van Loo was elected to serve as MLA Secretary-Treasurer, and Dr. Thomas J Mackell, Jr was appointed by the members of the alliance board to serve in the new position of Executive Director. “Tom brings
Captains' Union Blasts McCain’s Keystone Amendment
American Maritime Partnership. “In Washington sometimes up is down and offense is defense, but an amendment that seeks to eliminate highly-skilled steady middle-class jobs employing hundreds of thousands of our countrymen should never be called good for America,” said Captain Don Marcus, who serves as the President of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, a union representing sea captains and deck officers on U.S. flagged vessels. “This is beyond hypocrisy,” he added. McCain’s amendment seeks to repeal the build provisions of
MM&P Hopes to Pad Ranks with Brown Water Mariners
in the greater metropolitan New York area and who navigate large commercial vessels in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey every day, we haven’t had much of a presence aboard smaller vessels working the harbor and the coastal waters of the Northeast for many years,” said Captain Don Marcus, who serves as President of the Masters Mates & Pilots. bridgedeck.org
