10th worker at BIW tests positive for coronavirus

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Published
September 15, 2020

10th worker at BIW tests positive for coronavirus

In total, seven BIW employees and three vendors have tested positive for coronavirus since March, according to BIW spokesman David Hench.
Published
September 10, 2020

Some Bath eateries rebounding after end of Bath shipyard strike

Angela Smith, co-owner of Midcoast Pizza and More, estimated Bath Iron Works employees make up about 60% of her customer base. Because of this, the nine-week strike at the shipyard brought an 80% drop in lunch orders and a 50% drop in overall business.
Published
August 30, 2020

Strike, pandemic further delay production at Bath shipyard

The USS Daniel Inouye, christened last summer, likely will be completed this winter, according to Bath Iron Works spokesman David Hench. It was originally scheduled to be delivered to the Navy about one year ago.
Published
August 27, 2020

BIW delays mandatory mask policy to October, gets mixed reaction from workers

According to the company’s health and safety policy, “Face coverings are required now for all salaried, Local S6 and [Independent Guards Association] employees, and will be phased in fully on October 5, 2020.”
Published
August 24, 2020

Union members eager to return to work with end of 9-week shipyard strike

The contentious strike of BIW’s largest union ended Sunday after union members overwhelmingly approved a new 3-year contract with the shipyard, allowing members to return to work Monday.
Published
August 23, 2020

BIW union accepts contract, ending 9-week strike

The 4,300 members of Local S6 will return to work Monday.
Published
August 21, 2020

Striking workers at Bath Iron Works begin voting on contract

Striking production workers have started voting on a proposed 3-year contract at Bath Iron Works.
Published
August 20, 2020

Strike at BIW could end Monday, pending contract vote results

If a majority of Local S6 union members vote this weekend to accept a new contract with Bath Iron Works, the 4,300 union members will return to work on Monday.
Published
August 19, 2020

Striking BIW union halts picketing in advance of contract vote

Union members will vote on the new contract online and via telephone starting Friday and closing at noon Sunday. If union members approve the new contract, the strike will officially end.
Published
August 16, 2020

Shipyard workers to begin voting this week on labor pact

Bath Iron Works employees, who've maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic, are going to have the final say this week on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works