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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (Bath Iron Works) Newsletter for Sunday April 05, 2020 ( 2 items )  

Rep. Pingree: Gov. Mills, Maine Congressional Delegation Renew Call for Defense Department to Protect Workers' Health at BIW
WASHINGTON, April 4 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills and Maine's Congressional Delegation renewed their call for the Department of Defense to take action to protect the health of shipyard employees in response to a second diagnosis of a BIW employee with COVID-19: "We have repeatedly and clearly expressed to the Defense Department our concern for the health and safety of the hardworking men and women at Bath Iron Works and the stability   more

Rep. Pingree: Maine Delegation Calls on the Navy to Extend COVID-19 Worker Protection Guidelines to Private Shipyards Like BIW
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: The Maine Delegation wrote to Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly, urging him to take actions necessary to allow large private shipyards like Bath Iron Works to follow the same guidance the Navy has issued to public shipyards to protect vulnerable workers and families from COVID-19. In their letter, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingreeand Jared Golden emphasized t  more