Bath Iron Works
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PublishedMay 6, 2021
BIW allowing close contacts of COVID-infected co-workers to remain on the job – with precautions
With more workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, the shipyard is reversing a policy that previously required employees to quarantine at home until they tested negative for the disease.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Collins, King propose $25 billion funding bill for shipyards
Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery and would both be eligible for part of the $25 billion funding through the SHIPYARD Act.
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PublishedApril 13, 2021
Bath shipyard continues to report COVID-19 cases, encourages employees to get vaccinated
Bath Iron Works is on track to surpass the 37 new cases of COVID-19 that was reported last month.
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PublishedApril 11, 2021
Bath takes control of parking lot used by shipyard, with eventual plans to turn it into a park
South End residents want the Castine Avenue parking lot to become a park, but BIW workers say that wouldn't solve the neighborhood's traffic problem.
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PublishedApril 6, 2021
Navy secretary, Maine delegates visit BIW, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Sens. Susan Collins, Angus King, and Rep. Chellie Pingree toured BIW after participating in a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.
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PublishedApril 5, 2021
Bath shipyard signs new contract with Local S7 union
The new contract holds “numerous improvements to wages and benefits over the life of the contract” for the union’s roughly 200 members, according to a statement from BIW.
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PublishedMarch 30, 2021
Bath shipyard looks for a new shipbuilding contract while awaiting the Navy’s next ship
Although the shipyard has 12 ships to build in the next six years, it's hoping to win a new shipbuilding contract to stay busy before the Navy's next type of vessel is ready for construction.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Drive-thru hiring bolsters BIW employment amid pandemic
Bath Iron Works has hired 444 tradespeople through drive-thru events so far this year, according to Director of Human Resources Services Allyson Coombs.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2021
Though well-used, Bath’s pandemic community center won’t stick around
Although the indoor park has been a "smashing success," organizers have no interest in continuing it into the summer.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2021
Maine lawmakers ask defense department for bigger shipbuilding budget
Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China's growing fleet.
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