Posted:
January 28, 2010
American Maritime Officers this month secured a new three-year agreement covering six ships operated by Seabulk Tankers.
Rank-and-file AMO members serving on the negotiating committee were Rex Kelley, chief engineer of the Seabulk Trader, and Michael Kurr, master of the Seabulk America. Also serving on the committee with AMO National Executive Vice President Robert Kiefer and AMO Contract Analyst Chris Holmes were AMO National Secretary-Treasurer José Leonard (a former Seabulk captain), and AMO National Executive Board Members David Weathers (a former Seabulk chief engineer) and Charles Murdock. The committee met with Seabulk executives Jan. 12 and 13 in Dania Beach, Fla.
“The committee members are to be commended for securing an agreement with across-the-board wage increases in each year of the contract, as well as improvements in the travel per diem during crew changes,” Kiefer said. “These gains were made despite weak energy markets, a depressed economy and a sizable influx of new tonnage into the energy transportation trades.”
The agreement signed in January is retroactive to the expiration of the previous contract and includes all required increases in contributions to the AMO Plans and the necessary language for the AMO Pension Plan rehabilitation plan.
Across-the-board increases in new contract for Seabulk tankers
American Maritime Officers this month secured a new three-year agreement covering six ships operated by Seabulk Tankers.
Rank-and-file AMO members serving on the negotiating committee were Rex Kelley, chief engineer of the Seabulk Trader, and Michael Kurr, master of the Seabulk America. Also serving on the committee with AMO National Executive Vice President Robert Kiefer and AMO Contract Analyst Chris Holmes were AMO National Secretary-Treasurer José Leonard (a former Seabulk captain), and AMO National Executive Board Members David Weathers (a former Seabulk chief engineer) and Charles Murdock. The committee met with Seabulk executives Jan. 12 and 13 in Dania Beach, Fla.
“The committee members are to be commended for securing an agreement with across-the-board wage increases in each year of the contract, as well as improvements in the travel per diem during crew changes,” Kiefer said. “These gains were made despite weak energy markets, a depressed economy and a sizable influx of new tonnage into the energy transportation trades.”
The agreement signed in January is retroactive to the expiration of the previous contract and includes all required increases in contributions to the AMO Plans and the necessary language for the AMO Pension Plan rehabilitation plan.