The Bath shipyard that builds warships for the Navy is taking in recent community college graduates.
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Our Engineers and Designers are embarked on a mission that matters: designing the world’s most advanced and capable ships
As the premier designer, builder and life-cycle manager of surface combatants for the U.S. Navy, BIW offers its employees tremendous variety and frequent opportunities for advancement.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine
Bath Iron Works lays keel for its newest Navy destroyer
Bath Iron Works has started building its next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, laying out the keel for the new ship this week.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Bath Iron Works, union clear key hurdle in contract talks
Bath Iron Works and Machinists Union Local S6 reached a tentative agreement on subcontracting, which the union went on strike over in 2020.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Top Democratic lawmakers threaten to roll back BIW’s $45 million tax break
House Speaker Sara Gideon and Senate President Troy Jackson suggest BIW it is not meeting job creation and wage requirements in a 2018 law, allegations that the shipyard disputes.
Posted inLetters, sj-web
BIW doesn't need tax credit
Maine’s Legislature is considering renewal of a tax credit for Bath Iron Works in return for BIW expanding operations and maintaining at least 5,000 employees. But the U.S. government pays BIW’s parent company, General Dynamics, handsomely. General Dynamics would be double-dipping. And I, paying both Maine and federal taxes, would be handing out money in […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
BIW doesn't need a tax break
I can see the need for a tax break for a company that hires thousands of local workers, is not yet established and is therefore struggling to make a profit and needs a tax break to survive. But Bath Iron Works, whose parent company is General Dynamics, has steady, lucrative work in the military armament […]
Posted inOp-Eds, sj-web
Corporate welfare for General Dynamics
Maine politicians and officials should be working to protect and promote the interests and rights of its citizens. However, as a recent trial and pending legislation in Maine have clearly shown, some of these politicians and officials seem far more interested in advancing the wealth and power of an already extremely wealthy and powerful corporation. […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Tax break for Bath Iron Works
I wonder how people would feel if the wealthiest person in their town wanted to be singled out for a reduction in their property taxes? Someone who makes more in one day than they make in an entire year? Well, General Dynamics, the owner of Bath Iron Works, is asking Maine taxpayers to do essentially […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Malcolm E. Davenport Sr.
PORTLAND — Malcolm E. Davenport Sr., 78, a resident of Fayette, passed away Monday, Oct. 23, at Maine Medical Center in Portland, surrounded by his loving family. He was born June 18, 1939, in Wilton, the son of Malcolm H. Davenport and Helen (Cox) Davenport. He was a 1958 graduate of Jay High School. He proudly […]