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BIW to start early negotiations with union

BATH (AP) — With labor tensions high and criticism over constructions delays, Bath Iron Works is getting off to an early start on negotiating a new contract with the largest union at the shipyard. The Navy shipbuilder told Machinists Union Local S6 that it wants to negotiate contract changes by year’s end, instead of waiting […]

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Pentagon agency casts doubts on BIW projections

The Pentagon agency that oversees contracts says it can’t rely on cost and schedule projections from General Dynamics Corp.’s warship unit in a $22 billion program to build three Zumwalt-class destroyers. The Defense Contract Management Agency wrote in an assessment that it “has no confidence in” the data because the unit, Bath Iron Works, hasn’t […]

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