Proposal would maintain monthly Alaska Marine Highway System runs JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives earlier this week included an amendment in House Bill 2001 that seeks to prevent coastal communities from going without Alaska Marine Highway System service this winter. Several communities face that troubling prospect under a recently proposed winter schedule […]
JUNEAU – Four-hundred public ferry workers who operate Alaska’s Marine Highway System are providing a “behind-the-scenes” look at the events which led up to a strike that began Wednesday afternoon, July 24. The strike is ongoing, although union officials have made it clear they are ready to talk when a settlement is within reach. […]
Legislation enables state to receive $1 billion in federal funding, restores UA scholarships JUNEAU – The Alaska House of Representatives on Monday will hold a third and final vote on legislation funding the capital budget, which would enable the state to receive $1 billion in federal funding for highway and construction projects. The vote […]
Serious legal and financial consequences for shutting down ferry system based on an illegal contract offer (Anchorage) – Alaska Department of Administration Commissioner Kelly Tshibaka is calling on the Inlandboatman’s Union (IBU) to end its strike, return to the negotiating table, and remove the portions of its contract offer that the State believes are […]