NTSB report report implicates bank effect

NTSB reports on $1.5 million bulker strike on GoM platform

The National Transportation Safety Board says that “poor bridge resource management and a charting error” led to a Hong Kong-flagged 52,382 dwt bulk carrier striking an oil and gas production platform in

Bath Iron Works union members back at work

Members of IAM Local S6 are back at work at shipbuilder GD Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, after voting 87% to ratify a three-year collective bargaining agreement. Union members started back at

BIW and union negotiators reach agreement on terms to end strike

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 Friday night on mutually acceptable terms

Bath Iron Works files NLRB complaint against striking union

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) says that it today filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the IAM Local S6 union for violating the National Labor Relations Act

Bath Iron Works’ largest union is now on strike

As widely expected, members of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works’ largest union, IAM Local S6, are now on strike. Members of the local voted to strike after a “last, best and final” offer

BIW set for strike?

The only members of shipbuilder Bath Iron Works’ largest union anywhere near the Bath, Me,, shipyard on Monday could well be those standing outside it on picket duty. More than 4,300 IAM

Progress in talks aimed at ending U.S. port dispute

OCTOBER 24, 2012 — There looks to be some positive progress in talks aimed at resolving a labor dispute that could close 14 ports on the U.S.East and Gulf coasts. Federal Mediation