Striking production workers have started voting on a proposed 3-year contract at Bath Iron Works.
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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.
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Bath, Brunswick to offer absentee ballot drop box for November election
Drop boxes may allay concerns over delivery of absentee ballots as the US Postal Service struggles to keep up amid operations changes and a shortage of funding.
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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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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 negotiations between Bath shipyard management, striking union
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.”
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Union negotiators, BIW agree on contract proposal after seven weeks on strike
Union members will vote on the new contract proposal via telephone Aug. 21-23, according to the union. If approved, the contract would last until Aug. 20, 2023.
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BIW, union negotiation makes steady progress in seventh week of strike
Bath Iron Works and its largest union had reached an agreement on eight contract articles as of Thursday, including one of the “main issues” of the ongoing strike.