BIW
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PublishedMarch 17, 2020
Union leaders step up the call for BIW to close to protect workers from virus
Matt Schlobohm, executive director of Maine AFL-CIO, said BIW's 8,000 workers from all 16 counties come into contact with upwards of 100,000 people when they leave the shipyard's gates, meaning if coronavirus reaches BIW, it could speed the spread of the disease across the state.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Facing virus, BIW union demands shipyard give employees paid leave
Bath Iron Works, one of Maine’s largest employers, announced it will allow employees to take unpaid leave for two weeks without losing their job, but the union is pushing back.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2020
Sen. Collins presses Navy leaders on proposed reduction of Bath-built ships
Sen. Collins said the cut is goes against the 355-ship Navy fleet goal, which the Trump administration backed and Congress made law through the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2020
It is uncertain whether Bath Iron Works would halt production in face of COVID-19
BIW brought an undisclosed number of employees in Yokosuka, Japan home who were assigned to help repair and update destroyers at the naval base. The employees must spend two weeks in quarantine before returning to work.
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PublishedMarch 5, 2020
BIW begins work on latest destroyer
The ship is named for Louis H. Wilson Jr., a US Marine Corps captain who earned the Medal of Honor for his heroics at the Battle of Guam in 1944.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2020
BIW could hear decision on Navy frigate contract sooner than expected
Bath Iron Works is one of four shipyards vying for the contract, along with Austal USA of Alabama, Huntington Ingalls of Mississippi and Fincantieri Marinette Marine of Wisconsin.
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PublishedFebruary 9, 2020
Navy requests Bath-built destroyer replace submarine in 2021 budget
The destroyer, which Bath Iron Works can compete to build, would inch the Navy closer to the Trump Administration’s 355-ship naval fleet goal, which Congress made law in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2020
Bath-built USS Fitzgerald repaired and undergoing tests after fatal collision
Mississippi-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, Bath Iron Works' competitor, was awarded $523 million to repair and modernize the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after it collided with a container ship off the coast of Japan in 2017.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
BIW battling bed bugs
A union representative said the shipyard has taken steps to isolate and control the pest problem.
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PublishedJanuary 26, 2020
Bath Iron Works battling bedbugs
A union representative says the shipyard has taken steps to isolate and control the pest problem.
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