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NMA fields a significant number of complaints on employment issues from our mariners in as fair a manner as possible. When a mariner gets a "raw deal" we do what little we can to get to the bottom of the problem. However, we are not and never have been a labor union. The vast majority of our "lower-level" mariners work as "employees at will."
This means that they do not have a labor contract negotiated through collective bargaining that controls their conditions of employment and provides the machinery to resolve their grievances.
Without such a contract, most of our mariners can be terminated at any time, for any reason whether fair or not. There is little recourse for most of our mariners unless such termination is clearly illegal – and only then with the help of an attorney.
We post this list as an aid to our mariners to avoid some of the pitfalls when dealing with unscrupulous companies. Mariners must make their own decisions about who to work for. As a service to the dues-paying members of GCMA (only), we can inform you of some of the specific incidents that led us to "Brown List" a company on the list below. You read and then you decide whether you want to seek employment with a "Brown List" company. We reference certain specific GCMA publications that may or may not appear on our internet website.
[Key: N/L refers to our Newsletter; R# refers to a numbered NMA Report; NLRB refers to the National Labor Relations Board.]
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Abdon Callais Offshore N/L #222 pgs.19-23
American River Transportation Co. (ARTCO) R# 391, R# 350, IOMM&P v. ARTCO, NLRB Case# 14-CA-257 (2001) GCMA File A-882, N/L# 7, pgs.7,8 pgs.1-3
American Commercial Barge Lines (ACBL): N/L# 9, pg. 20, N/L#16, pgs. 12,13
BJ Services, Inc.
Coastal Towing, LLC & TLC Marine Service R# 369
Delta Towing R# 370, N/L# 7. p. 3; N/L# 9, p.3
ENSCO N/L# 8, p.1
5 B's Towing N/L#40
Frazier Towing N/L# 9, pg.15-19,; N/L# 10, pg.13,; R#333,rev1
Global Industries Offshore N/L# 22, pgs. 14,24,26
Gulf Pride Marine Service, Inc R# 320, rev. 2 etc.
Guidry Brothers/Harvey Gulf Marine N/L# 5, pg. 5, N/L# 7, pg.3.,
Hornbeck Offshore Services
L&M Botruc Rentals R# 311; N/L# 19, p.1, File M-216
Maryland Marine N/L# 22, pg. 15
Martin Gas Marine
Stapp Towing N/L# 18, pgs. 1-5
Steel City Marine Transportation, Inc.
Tidewater Marine R# 333, Case 1
Trico N/L# 5, p. 1; N/L#7, p.3,8,;N/L# 9, p.3
Versatility Marine
Western Kentucky Navigation Co. (WKN) |
