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DEC 28, 2007
Jobs
for members on HAYES & WATERS...300 members urge Customs to keep
PVSA strong...Going to great lengths, we meter out a nautical mile
of news as long as your arm. Keep your distance from hard-to-fathom
newsletters that you shouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole! We cut
them down to size, never give an inch and deliver the whole nine
yards. The maritime ruler, the Telex Times is beyond measure!
DEC 21, 2007
P.A.F.
successes on Hill...Good news for Short Sea Shipping...Bad news for
Tonnage Tax haters...New jobs for members...All tied up with a
nautical bow, big news comes in a small package as we remove the red
tape and take the wraps off another issue. Give us a fair shake and
tear open our latest blue ribbon edition - it's the maritime
thoughts that count! God's gift to newsletter-lovers, we present the
Telex Times -- It's just what you always wanted!
DEC 14, 2007
Help
keep PVSA strong...Short Sea Shipping on Great Lakes... Latest TWIC
Center openings...Ah so! Wok this way as we take you down to
Chinatown and orient you with a gung-ho, imperial edition. Don't get
Shanghai'd by lead-tainted, commie-leaning publications that make
Chop Suey out of the news! We send them back to mama-san with a
Great Wall of MSG-free industry items up the yin-yang. 1.3 billion
people can't be wrong! Confucius say: an ancient Chinese secret -
the Szechuan-style Telex Times is a maritime dynasty!
DEC 07, 2007
Don
Keefe is the next M.E.B.A. President...Tallying Committee completes
report...Update from Aker...We get vertical and assume a straight-up
maritime stance in an erect, well-heeled issue with perfect posture.
Don't get off on the wrong foot and fall for trade publications that
bring you to your knees! Stay on your toes, hold your ground and
snap to attention with an upright edition that'll help you get your
sea legs. The Telex Times is still standing!!
NOV 30, 2007
Election tallying is Monday!...New Marine Officer...Important news
from Plans Office...M.E.B.A. holiday party lowdown...Getting off the
ground, we assist your ascension to maritime knowledge as we float
out a lofty edition that'll have you walking on air. Never letting
you down, we gain altitude and elevate above flat-footed industry
weeklies that make you suspend your disbelief. We have liftoff!
Always on the up and up, you'll get a rise out of the Telex Times!
NOV 23, 2007
Latest
TWIC center schedule...Special meetings Monday...One week to vote in
election...Guilty parties being rooted out in Oakland suit...Feast
your eyes on a plump new issue stuffed with all the maritime
trimmings and nautical giblets. We carve up fowl, bird-brained
newsletters that leave a bad taste in your mouth and ruffle their
feathers. They just don't fly! Get on the gravy train and gobble up
a self-basting, butterball-sized edition served up on a silver
platter. The oven-ready Telex Times is talking turkey!
NOV 16, 2007
Marty
Phillips honored...TWIC enrollments...Special meetings to elect
Tallying Committee...Lump sum factors released, et cetera...E
Pluribus Unum! In an ad hoc, magnum opus edition for Latin lovers,
the de facto maritime emeritus presents a bona fide, pro-bono
memorandum. Ixnay on persona-non-grata industry weeklies where the
status quo is literary rigor mortis ad nauseam. Carpe diem and come
to terra firma with the Magna Carta of newsletters that you can
enjoy verbatim. Veni Vidi Vici -- the Telex Times - it came, it saw,
it conquered!
NOV 09, 2007
TWIC
update...T-AKE progress...AOTOS award...We put on our boogie shoes,
get our groove on and keep you on your toes with a promenade of
industry articles in a maritime hoedown. The jig is up for
out-of-step competitors with two left feet that give you the same
old song and dance. We hold sway over them, throw them into a spin
and have them shaking in their shoes. Grab a partner and take a
twirl with the Telex Times - we've got all the right moves!
NOV 02, 2007
M.E.B.A. members get MSC honors...Upswing in piracy incidents...
BRUCE HEEZEN back from Vietnam...With another edition laid to rest,
we work the graveyard shift and dig up the dirt to unearth a body of
maritime work. Don't be caught dead with warmed-over newsletters
that'll bury you under with stiff and lifeless industry items. We
put another nail in their coffin and revive you with a spirited
issue that brings the latest news to life. Make no bones about it,
the die-hard Telex Times is alive and kicking!
OCT 26, 2007
T-AGS
jobs...Port engineer position...Mariner workforce hearing... TWIC
news...On an Arctic news expedition, we break the ice and bundle up
with a northbound, deep-freeze edition. Don't get snowed under by
frigid weekly newsletters that leave you out in the cold. They're
our polar opposites! Chill out as we go to the end of the earth to
plant our maritime flag in a smooth sledding issue of glacial
proportions. The Telex Times is on top of the world!
OCT 19, 2007
Aker
chugging along on newbuilds...Referendum passes...AOTOS mariner
awards announced...AMO to rerun election...On the strength of a
steel grip, phonebook-ripping edition, we do the heavy lifting in a
high-intensity news workout. Kicking sand in the face of wimpy,
97-pound weakling labor newsletters, we raise the bar with a
herculean industry superset that bulks you up to maximum maritime
muscularity. More power to you - the Telex Times is coming on
strong!
OCT 12, 2007
Constitutional committee report accepted by members...Ocean Ranger
program trial successful...Duplicate ballots available... Referendum
Tallying committee elected...In a punishing, over-the-knee edition
we lash out with a hard hitting, open-handed issue that'll smack
some maritime sense into you. We take pain-in-the-butt industry
weeklies to the woodshed, teach them a lesson and make them our
whipping boys. Never missing a beat, get ready for our
brand-spanking-new Telex Times - you're gonna get it now!
OCT 05, 2007
Constitutional Committee completes report...DRBA mechanics/welders
contract ratified...Tallying committee elections...Delaware Pilots
approve new contract...TWIC enrollment set to begin...Kindling your
interest, we go out on a limb and branch off with a spruced-up Union
log. Don't bark up the wrong tree with wooden industry weeklies. We
snap them like twigs, prune back the maritime foliage and make a
switch as we whittle away another issue. The Telex Times has more
news than you can shake a stick at!
SEP 28, 2007
M.E.B.A. crews up another MSC ship...Horizon eyes short sea shipping
service...Amended TWIC rule...Blackout! Are you groping along
powerlessly for illuminating industry items? Don't blow a fuse over
dim-bulb newsletters that keep you in the dark! Working the nautical
circuit, we switch on the maritime current to reflect a full
spectrum of brilliant news flashes. Always a bright idea, the
100-megawatt Telex Times will help you see the light!
SEP 21, 2007
M.E.B.A. on EMORY LAND...One more week for LMSR résumés...Coast
Guard Commandant addresses D.C. Prop Club...Read and learn,
Grasshopper! In a black-belt, Shaolin death-match edition, we
unleash our literary fists of fury to bring you a board-breaking
issue with plenty of punch. Chop Chop! The competition bows to the
Grandmaster of newsletters as we tiger-leap into action, put our
best foot forward and go right to your head. Hee-yah! Your maritime
Sensei, you'll get a kick out of the Telex Times!
SEP 14, 2007
MSP
fully funded...LMSR resumes needed...M.E.B.A. officers begin crewing
LNG vessels...AMHS negotiators back at work...The leader of the
pack, we throw you a bone in a fetching, four-legged edition that
retrieves the maritime pick of the litter. Don't get hounded by sick
puppy, fleabag newsletters with more bark than bite. Treat them
like a fire hydrant! We collar them and unleash a husky,
tail-wagging issue for our rabid readers that'll leave you panting
for more. Man's best friend, the purebred Telex Times is the top
dog!
SEP 07, 2007
Ballots mail out...Ocean Ranger pilot program begins...Good progress
on maritime security...In a hot-melt adhesive edition, we stick to
the point and hold fast with the quick-setting news of the week.
Don't get stuck with non-binding newsletters that can't hold it
together. We give them a pasting and cement our reputation with an
issue that you'll get attached to. Your all-purpose maritime bonding
agent, the Telex Times will keep you glued to your seat!
AUG 31, 2007
LNG
contract signed…Work for active and retired members on T-AGS
ships…Election issue sent to halls…Ballots mail out
tomorrow…T.G.I.F.! We raise your industry I.Q. and I.D. an A-O.K.
A.P.B. for V.I.P.s. You don’t have to be a PH.D or have E.S.P. to
O.D. on our F.Y.I. from A.M. to P.M. K.O. those S.O.B. newsletters
that go M.I.A on the latest Q&A. You can use them for T.P.! C.Y.A.
with the latest maritime P.R. -- the B.M.O.C., A.K.A. the Telex
Times -- get it A.S.A.P!
AUG 24, 2007
Port
engineer job...Contact the Constitutional Committee...Horizon Lines
news...In a top-flight issue we soar above the competition and prey
upon a maritime nest-egg of eagle-eyed industry items. Clipping the
wings of fledgling, fly-by-night newsletters, we ruffle their
feathers and give them the bird! Swooping down on another edition,
we go in for the kill and sink our talons into the news that grabs
you and won't let you go. You'll get carried away by the Telex
Times!
AUG 17, 2007
Ocean
Ranger jobs...Drillship work...Day engineer jobs on C-10s... OSG
newbuild update...Pushing the envelope, we parcel out our certified
stamp of approval on an oversized shipment of priority maritime
news. Don't go postal over fourth-class competitors that "mail it
in." They're nothing to write home about! Schedule a pickup for the
express news 'letter' that delivers - the postage-paid Telex Times
is the whole package!
AUG 10, 2007
Constitutional Committee will examine resolutions...CMES course
schedule released...Credentials Committee report shored up...Going
solar, we forecast blue skies, stay on the bright side and beam down
a glowing edition that radiates energy. Take a rain check from
overcast, gloomy newsletters that spatter you with a torrential news
downpour that just doesn't hold water. We steal their thunder,
lighten things up and tan their hides with a clear, illuminating
issue that catches the latest maritime rays. The sun always shines
on the Telex Times!
AUG 03, 2007
H.R.
23 passes House...M.E.B.A. testimony at marine safety
hearing...Latest T-AKE delivered...This ain't no fish story! You'll
fall for our latest big-mouthed edition hook, line and sinker as we
rise to the bait and go trolling for the latest maritime keepers.
Cast out small-fry, crappie newsletters that are green around the
gills and reel in whoppers -- they bite! Holy Mackerel! It's no
fluke...the Telex Times is a real catch!
JUL 27, 2007
Maersk
swaps three older ships out...WWII Mariner bill moving?.... News
from the Hill...Roadwork in Seattle...ILWU workers get
deal...Breaking away, we shift into a higher gear as we peddle the
latest issue in our weekly news cycle. Dont fly over the handlebars
and get huffy with off-pace, juiced-up newsletters that pull your
chain. We put the brakes on them and set the wheels in motion, as we
race ahead with a yellow-jersey edition. Come pop a wheelie with the
ten-speed Telex Times its a Tour-de-Force!
JUL 20, 2007
"WWII
Mariner Thank You" bill comes out of committee...Members bound for
China urged to get visas...M.E.B.A. views represented at TWIC
hearing...At the top of our lungs, we put an exclamation point on a
full-mouthed, rebel yell edition and jack up the volume with the
high-decibel news of the week. Turn a deaf ear to tongue-tied
newsletters that'll leave you speechless - they're nothing to shout
about! We make some maritime noise and whoop it up with a
howling-good issue that'll make you holler. Sound off in a voice
loud enough to wake the dead: The TELEX TIMES - It's a scream!
JUL 13, 2007
Credentials Committee report released...HORIZON FALCON in
rescue...CG Commandant addresses discussions on agency split... ATC
record safety continues...Watch your language! Using a little
English, we Thai up a linguistic edition that accents the latest
M.E.B.A. lingo. Don't play Russian roulette with gibberish-speaking,
Bohemian newsletters that just don't translate -- they're all Greek
to me! Pardon my French - the Telex Times is fluent in the maritime
mother-tongue!
JUL 06, 2007
Nomination Period ends -- candidates announced next week...Jobs with
APL...Former 333 members may have money coming... Employee Free
Choice Act news...We get our just desserts and treat you with a good
humor newsletter sprinkled with a swirl of news and a maritime
cherry on top. Don't go nuts over soft-serve, vanilla newsletters
that give you brain freeze - we give those dairy queens a real
licking! Giving you the scoop, we all scream for the tutti-frutti
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