US Tanker Firms Fight NLRB Ruling on Deck Officers’ Bargaining Rights

Overseas Shipholding Group (OSG) and its affiliate Alaska Tanker Company (ATC) have filed appeals against a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that orders them to recognise the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) as the bargaining representative for more than 125 licensed deck officers. The dispute hinges on a critical legal question: whether Chief Mates should be classified as supervisors under federal labour law, excluding them from collective bargaining units. The appeal, lodged with the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, challenges the NLRB’s…

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