BIW
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PublishedDecember 16, 2020
First BIW-built destroyer in 2 years heads to sea for testing
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PublishedDecember 13, 2020
Number of COVID-19 cases have jumped at Bath shipyard
The company has announced new COVID-19 cases nearly every day since Monday, Nov. 16. Since then, 66 workers have tested positive for COVID-19.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2020
House approves defense bill with BIW provision despite Trump’s veto threats
The $741 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which includes an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer project for BIW, passed the lower chamber with a veto-proof majority.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2020
Trump threatens to veto defense bill BIW would benefit from
The Defense Authorization Act approves two new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the Navy, one of which will be built at Bath Iron Works in coming years.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2020
Bath shipyard making progress on production delays
Bath Iron Works' Joint Schedule Recovery Committee formed in the wake of a nine-week strike this summer with the goal of recovering from significant production delays, exacerbated by the strike and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2020
BIW begins work on latest destroyer
The ship, named for a Navy master chief hospital corpsman, will be the 43rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built by the shipyard.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
COVID-19 cases mount at Bath shipyard
BIW, a subsidiary of aerospace and defense company General Dynamics, reported 37 workers have tested positive since March. Of those, 17 are considered “active cases,” meaning the employees haven’t yet returned to work, said BIW spokesman David Hench.
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PublishedNovember 22, 2020
BIW reports 5 new COVID-19 cases, making 10 cases last week
Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, announced the Maine CDC opened an outbreak investigation at the shipyard on Friday in response to the company's 10 new cases this week.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2020
WWII-era BIW women workers among those honored with Congressional Gold Medal Act
The Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act honors women who worked for the war effort during World War II, including nearly 2,000 women who built warships at Bath Iron Works.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2020
Maine Voices: Job-based health insurance no longer meets needs of employers, workers
Publicly funded, privately provided universal care would free businesses, nonprofits, municipalities and government agencies to focus on more important matters.
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