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.
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It’s over: BIW union accepts contract, ending 9-week strike
The 4,300 members of Local S6 will return to work Monday.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
BIW union accepts contract, ending 9-week strike
The 4,300 members of Local S6 will return to work Monday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
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.
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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
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Striking BIW workers confident new contract will pass
Seveveral members of BIW’s Local S6 union said they expect the new contract, announced late last week, will be approved when it comes to a vote next weekend.
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Ninth BIW worker tests positive for coronavirus
This marks the second contractor from BIW to test positive in as many weeks.
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Trump aide: White House ‘didn’t micromanage’ Bath shipyard negotiations
Peter Navarro, assistant to the President for trade and manufacturing, said Trump instructed him to contact professionals to help BIW and Local S6 reach an agreement to end the ongoing strike, “but all the hard work was done by the negotiators.”