The new contract holds “numerous improvements to wages and benefits over the life of the contract” for the union’s roughly 200 members, according to a statement from BIW.
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‘Lighting a fuse’: Amazon vote may spark more union efforts
What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama could have major implications not just for the country’s second-largest employer but the labor movement at large.
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What to know about the Amazon union vote
The count could take days or even longer depending on how many Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse workers cast a ballot.
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Supreme Court seems ready to rule against unions in farm case
Opponents say ruling for the businesses could threaten rules that allow government to access private property to conduct workplace health and safety inspections.
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Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.
By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
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Group lines up support for nurses’ union at Maine Medical Center
A letter backing the labor union effort for registered nurses at Maine’s largest hospital garnered at least 1,500 signatures, according to a pro-union group.
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Top Democrats rebuke Maine Med over nurses’ union drive
Legislative leaders accuse management of heavy-handed tactics, including threats to organizers’ jobs, but the Portland hospital denies it intimidated or mistreated any nurses.
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Maine Voices: I’m a longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center, and I don’t support a union
Why would we pay dues that would give us benefits we already have and make the patient a secondary consideration?
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Amazon faces biggest union push in its history
And it’s happening in the unlikeliest of places: Alabama, a state with laws that don’t favor unions.
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BIW union issues statement supporting Maine Med nurses’ unionization push
“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.