“It’s time we blow the whistle on the anti-union corporations that hire lawyers and spend big $$ to intimidate their employees for trying to form a union,” Local S6 leaders wrote Wednesday.
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BIW rigger still in critical condition after injury involving crane
Union continues fundraising push to help worker and family.
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BIW wants workers vaccinated sooner, but won’t make vaccinations mandatory
Bath Iron Works argued its workers should be included with the over 200,000 Mainers in the 1B and 1C vaccination groups.
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BIW employee critically injured on the job, union says
The mechanic was injured at the shipyard Saturday morning, but the company and union declined to say how the injury occurred.
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BIW gets another destroyer project after Congress overrides Trump’s defense bill veto
Bath Iron Works will move ahead on another destroyer after the Senate’s override of President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act.
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Trump capsizes two bills with BIW perks
President Trump rejected two major bills that authorize COVID-19 relief and defense funding, before leaving to spend the holiday weekend at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
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Bath shipyard continues reporting new COVID-19 cases
Bath Iron Works has reported new cases nearly every day for the past five weeks. As of Wednesday, 57 workers have tested positive so far this month, according to the company’s website.
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Trump vetoes defense bill that has BIW benefits, setting up possible override vote
The president has called for the bill to include limits on social media companies he claims are biased against him – and to strip out language that allows for the renaming of military bases that honor Confederate leaders.
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Bath-built destroyer returns from trials after enduring winter storm at sea
A Bath Iron Works spokesman said the ship performed “remarkable well in tough conditions.”
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First BIW-built destroyer in 2 years heads to sea for testing
BATH — The future USS Daniel Inouye, Bath Iron Works’ 37th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, left the Bath shipyard Wednesday and cruised down the Kennebec River for its first at-sea trials. More than 100 people gathered around Fort Popham, perched at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg. Spectators waved at the $4 billion warship […]