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Thu Oct 24, 2019, 02:01 AM Oct 2019

Bath Iron Works union hopes to sink subcontracting plan that company says it needs

Bath Iron Works intends to hire subcontractors to help finish a backlog of military work, a move the shipyard’s largest union has pledged to fight.

The shipyard is in the midst of a massive, years-long push to hire thousands of new permanent employees to replace retiring workers.

In the meantime, BIW needs to temporarily subcontract workers to complete existing tasks and increase the chance of getting new ship contracts, according to the company, a subsidiary of General Dynamics.

“Subcontracting will not negatively impact our employees, nor will it take the place of hiring,” the company said in a statement. The company has the flexibility to hire temporary workers in its collective bargaining agreement with international machinists’ union Local S6, it said.

Read more: https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/10/23/biw-union-pushes-back-against-subcontracting-plan/
(Lewiston Sun Journal)

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