New union conflict erupts at Bath Iron Works
Source: Bangor Daily News
By Beth Brogan
BATH, Maine — A second union at Bath Iron Works has become embroiled in a reportedly hostile dispute with company president Fred Harris about a proposal to contract out work instead of filling vacant union jobs to address a backlog of work, even as the shipyard’s largest union continues arbitration about the same issue.
One day before officials from Local S6 of the machinists union return to arbitration about a controversial proposal to cross-train employees, the president of Local S7 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Dan Loudermilk, said he was called to a private meeting with Harris on Thursday morning that ended with Loudermilk refusing to shake Harris’ hand.
Loudermilk said the meeting deteriorated into name-calling on both sides, and he said Harris “threatened to shut down the union.”
“It’s a hollow threat,” Loudermilk said. “But it just goes to the nature of Fred and his bullying.”
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Troy R. Bennett | BDN
Bath Iron Works' largest crane towers over the shipyard in Bath.
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