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February 2, 2018USA Maritime has joined with a large and diverse group of organizations urging the United States Department of Agriculture to support funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition program and the Food for Progress program. ...
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October 25, 2017More than a month after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, the situation remains dire. Forty percent of the island is without running water. Many roads and bridges are impassable. The electric grid is largely offline. The people of Puerto...
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October 13, 2017Since Hurricane Maria swept across Puerto Rico, wiping out most of the island’s infrastructure and causing immense human suffering, many have cited the Jones Act as an impediment to getting needed supplies to the island. For some, criticism of...
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October 12, 2017Most of us have been outraged—but not surprised—by the tidal wave of lies about the Jones Act that have circulated in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Opponents of the act have seized on the suffering of Puerto Ricans and...
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October 12, 2017Thank you, Chairman Hunter, Ranking Member Garamendi and members of the subcommittee for allowing me to testify today. My name is Brian Schoeneman, legislative director for the Seafarers International Union. I am here today on behalf of sea-going maritime...
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October 6, 2017Washington, DC — Larry I. Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), issues this statement in response to legislation (S.1894) introduced by Sen. McCain to permanently repeal the Jones Act as it relates to Puerto Rico: “The...
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September 28, 2017The men and women of the United States Merchant Marine stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Puerto Rico, and our members who live and work here. Between our organizations and our affiliates, we represent the mariners...
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August 17, 2017The American maritime industry contributes nearly 500,000 jobs, $29 billion in labor income, and $92.5 billion in US economic output. (PDF)
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August 17, 2017On behalf of the undersigned American maritime labor organizations, we are submitting these comments in response to the Maritime Workforce Working Group request for public input on the status of the U.S. merchant mariner workforce. Collectively, our unions represent...
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July 13, 2017When I and other American Maritime Officers officials and representatives visited government-owned Ready Reserve Force ships in the Northeast and on the West Coast recently, we heard much from many of the officers aboard about troubling conditions on these...
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