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Charles F. Krugh of Gulfstream Aerospace takes over at the Bath-based shipbuilder.

Charles F. Krugh of Gulfstream Aerospace takes over at the Bath-based shipbuilder.

Bath Iron Works' current zero-tobacco policy forces employees to leave company property to smoke.

Bath wanted the refreshed logo to echo the city's flag so the two could be used in tandem.

Workers say one of the biggest barriers is that open jobs don't match their skillsets. Now, some businesses are working to train applicants in-house in hopes of filling open positions.

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday, travelled to Bath, Maine, May 10 to visit Bath Iron Works with Sen. Susan Collins and Sen. Angus King.,

BIW allowing close contacts of COVID-infected co-workers to remain on the job – with precautions With more workers receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, the shipyard is reversing a policy that previously required employees to quarantine at home until they tested negative for the disease. Share Bath Iron Works will allow close contacts of employees who test positive for COVID-19 to remain at work, with additional safety precautions, as long as they don’t develop symptoms. Kathleen O’Brien / ...

Wed, 04/28/2021 - 8:45am The line at Bath Iron Works’ annual picnic at Thomas Point Beach when I was growing up was long, but part of the tradition, with people holding big empty cardboard boxes and returning to their families with the barbecue chicken and chips. And 40 years ago, when we were at Disney World, unless it was raining, lines were just part of the experience of being in a famous place built for memory-making fun. For me, sometime later, due to growing up, lines became ...

Chaos, cash and COVID-19: How the defense industry survived — and thrived — during the pandemic By: Aaron Mehta and Valerie Insinna March 15 Photo credit: Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps Photo credit: Sgt. Wesley Timm/U.S. Marine Corps WASHINGTON — U.S. Air Force leaders faced a dilemma. The service needed a key raw material from Italy for one of its critical nuclear modernization programs. But in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as industrial facilities shut down a...

“It’s time we blow the whistle on the anti-union corporations that hire lawyers and spend big $$ to intimidate their employees for trying to form a union,” Local S6 leaders wrote Wednesday.