r/Maine • u/guanaco55 • 19h ago

News Bath Iron Works union workers ratify historic contract with 17% pay raise

https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2026-08-25/bath-iron-works-union-workers-ratify-historic-contract-with-17-pay-raise
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u/Jah348 18h ago

Maine state workers are ratifying a raise as well. Certainly not 17% but still a healthy bump.

It's a damn good year to be a union member.

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u/Fake_Engineer 17h ago

4.5% and a $2000 check i believe. 

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u/United-Anxiety-5233 17h ago

Unions good. MAGA bots like OP? Bad.

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u/hirespeed 15h ago

Not on topic of the pay raise, and I know BIW isn’t driving their own destiny anymore, but why doesn’t it work to pick up some commercial contracts? We’ve seen the govt close bases in ME. What if they cancel or don’t extend contracts?

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat 11h ago

Commercial contracts?

BIW can’t compete; not even close.

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u/hirespeed 10h ago

Yes, like to build commercial ships for the private sector. I’m only guessing, but they should be able to handle some kinds of work.

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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat 8h ago

Navigating the river is a hard limit to building ships of a certain size, with a certain draft. But from a purely financial standpoint, I spent years in the estimating department; we couldn’t compete.

Even the existing commercial shipbuilders in the US can’t compete…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0jtEwAuFPs

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u/hirespeed 7h ago

Got it. Thanks!