Your Shipmates Are Counting on You: Building a Respectful Maritime Workplace
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Resource Guide
The MM&P Women’s Caucus has published a resource guide to further its mission of effecting change to assure equal rights, respect and safety for all mariners and workers in the maritime industry.
The new guide, “Your Shipmates Are Counting on You: Building a Respectful Maritime Workplace,” includes links to organizations that offer help and support to those who have experienced bullying, harassment or discrimination, as well as advice on what actions to take in the event that you experience bullying or harassment, or witness others being bullied or harassed.
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The Directory on our Contact page has a list of our leadership, headquarters departments, and the representatives at all port offices. Find it here: MM&P Directory
I want to share news or information with MM&P, what should I do?
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I am new to the industry – do you have entry-level training programs?
Check out the tab on our site Prospective Applicants. Also, MITAGS has provided the following link for their Maritime Apprenticeship Program is designed for entry-level mariners who have limited-to-no maritime experience. View more information about the program here: https://maritimeapprenticeship.org.