Hi Members with AMHS health coverage, open enrollment has been extended. If you haven’t yet made your choices, please do so. If you make no choices, you will default to the plan you had previously.

AK Division of Retirement and Benefits

Please see the attached flyer for the ILWU caucus event.  All IBU members are invited to attend.  If you have no plans on Tuesday, October 8th, now you do.  The event will be at the Hangar Ballroom from 1800-2100.

After many requests from the employer we were able to get an updated wage scale for January 2024 and July 2024.  Please use the link below or go to lists to see the updated wages scales.

2024 Wage Scales

Members,

It is with a heavy heart that we notify you of Rebecca Weisenburger’s passing. We know that she was an important person to many of us out on the vessels.

A celebration of life will be held on Sunday September 15, 2024 in Petersburg, See details in her obituatiary here –> Rebecca Weisenburger Obituary 

Members, our offices will be closed this Monday September 2nd, in observation of Labor Day.

Some changes to be aware of: years ago, the State of Alaska went through litigation regarding how they calculate the 12 & 18 weeks, respectively, that FMLA/AFLA (Family Medical Leave Act/Alaska Family Leave Act) affords to eligible workers.

The decision was that they could NOT count the weeks that you were scheduled off. So for example: a 2×2 schedule in a month, they would only calculate 2 weeks for that month.

That case was appealed and the decision was reversed.
The Department of Labor did not continue to pursue the case and the timeline to do so has passed.

This means that when you use FMLA/AFLA or if it is conditionally invoked for you, the time will run continuously.

If anyone has any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to either one of us below:

Earling Walli – ibualaska@ibu.org / 907-790-9644 / 907-209-8772(mobile)

Krissel Calibo – ibuketchikan@ibu.org / 907-225-6360 / 907-821-4530(mobile)

AMHS/IBU Members –

The unfit for duty form and Vacation/LWOP form have been revised and updated.

New LOA posted for Juneteenth Holiday under the LOAs section 

Members,

The nomination period for Negotiation Committee has been extended to the end of the day on August 30, 2024. You can use the nomination form (click here) or simply write an email to both ibualaska@ibu.org and ibuketchikan@ibu.org notifying us of your nominee pick.

Members,

Please see the most current USCG Announcements. These can also be found on their website at: National Maritime Center (CG-NMC) Home Page (uscg.mil) and scrolling to the bottom of the page.

Medical Certificate Application Backlog

Updated Merchant Mariner Credentials 

First Aid/CPR Documentation

It is with a heavy heart that I pass along that Pete Lapinski retired AMHS employee and long time Patrolman for the Inlandboatmen’s Union of the Pacific,  Alaska passed away on July 2nd in Idaho. There will be a celebration of life in Ketchikan next 4th of July 2025. You can send cards and correspondence to Marcia Smith Lapinski and family 10593 N Palisades Way Boise ID 83714. In lieu of flowers Pete loved to support the Idaho Humane Society. Please share some stories and pictures of Pete with your shipmates and family, he literally helped hundreds of our union brothers and sisters over his years with the IBU. Pete will be missed by many. This post was approved by his wife Marcia.  Namaste !!!!

From our past Regional Director, Ricky Deising  to our rank and file membership of the IBUP.

Our thoughts go out to Pete’s family for their loss.  Pete would always pick up the phone and answer any questions I had about past and current issues I would have with our employers.  He was font on knowledge when it came to the Contracts in our Alaska Region.

In Solidarity,

Earling Walli