RESTON, Va., Aug. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics
announced today that the negotiating teams from Bath Iron Works and
the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
(IAM) Local S6 reached agreement last night on mutually acceptable
terms to end the ongoing strike by shipyard workers in Bath, Maine. Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service deputy director Rich
Giacolone and IAM International President Robert Martinez helped to facilitate the
tentative agreement.
"We are pleased to have reached agreement with our union
partners and look forward to getting back to the job of building
ships for the U.S. Navy," said Phebe
Novakovic, chairman and chief executive officer. "We greatly
appreciate the assistance of Director of Trade and Manufacturing
Policy Peter Navarro and AFL-CIO
Metal Trades Department President Jimmy
Hart for their help in bringing the parties together."
About 4,300 members of the Local S6 have been on strike since
June 22. The agreement is subject to
ratification vote by the union's members.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is a global aerospace and
defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and
services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and
munitions; IT services; C4ISR solutions; and shipbuilding and ship
repair. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide
and generated $39.4 billion in
revenue in 2019.
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