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Ferry security workers walk off in pay spat |
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Friday, 28 September 2007 09:24 |
By Rhiannon Meyers
The Daily News
Published September 28, 2007GALVESTON
— Frustrated about not being paid, ferry security employees walked off
the job early Thursday morning, forcing the Texas Department of
Transportation to search for new companies to screen vehicles.
For
more than a year, the state has paid Seawolf Marine Patrol between
$69,000 and $73,000 a month to randomly check vehicles in line to board
the ferry that travels between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.
No one will say what the screeners are looking for.
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Hiding from Child Support, this aint no Submarine Fool! |
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 08:30 |
I thought maybe someone would notice I was missing, and maybe come bail a brother out, but that didnt happen. Boat people can be so cold. I got this ex that had the dogs out for my ass, trying to get this so-called 'child support'. Far as I can see, it wasnt supporting nothing but her sorry new boyfriends couch habbit. I dont think she could put her hands on my (our) boy if she bet her life on it. Hell, I aint seen him either, but I aint the one that went to the judge like I been tucking him in every night. You know, long after the Fathers day cards quit coming, that check still got to find its way over to where you used to live. So, I thought I could buy some time by cashing out my check from time to time over at the beer store, and paying for shit with cash and money orders. I got me a p.o. box, and switched jobs so smooth It took my shadow a minute to find my ass!! I just wanted to put a few dollars together to take care of some things, and try to get a ahead. I figured I would kick back in when the boy called me needing money, not her. Let me tell you something, she called the law on me and it didnt take them two days to pick me up. Said they had talked to my sister and she told them where my boat was. I lost the job, the money, and my sister for a minute- I aint hating on her for needing the money I owed her too, but she could have warned me. You cant make money to pay anybody sitting in jail. Now I feel like, its better to just keep chopping away steady at it, than to try to bust a few moves to get ahead. My old lady said if I had sent her twenty bucks a couple times a week, she would have probably let me slide, instead of trying to hide on the boat. Its a Tug Boat, not a damn submarine, and if they want you, they gonna get you. I heard they calling me 'Red October'on my old boat. Aint that a bitch. |
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ER Urgent Care Wins Crew Health Care Contract For Crews |
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Wednesday, 25 July 2007 09:30 |
ER Urgent Care is proud to announce that it has finalized agreements with Maritime Consultants International. MCI is an organization that is responsible for the medical care of crew members of both cargo and cruise lines that use South Florida ports. South Florida contains two of the busiest ports in the world. Port Everglades is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and moves over 23 tons of cargo annually and is one of the nation's major petroleum storage and distribution hubs. 5,300 ships enter the port annually. Port of Miami is the largest container port in Florida located on 518 acres and is visited by over 4,000 cargo and cruise ships yearly. ERUC will now provide the after hours care for these crew members arriving in both Port of Miami as well as Port Everglades. Transportation will be provided for the crew members directly to ER Urgent Care Centers, seven days a week. Maritime Intl. is contracted with most major cargo carriers and virtually all cruise lines that enter these ports.'
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Tuesday, 03 July 2007 09:35 |
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Is the TWIC card gonna be another way to add a few more bucks to our day rates when they deny some of the not so lucky?
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