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3 years ago

Pam

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3 years ago

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3 years ago

Offered a job there and went into involuntary reti...

Offered a job there and went into involuntary retirement instead-have 12 years as a pipefitter shop 99 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard job series 4204 and I am a T-3 mechanic shop 99 temporary services working on Virginia and Los Angeles class nuclear fleet submarines providing over 75 services to the submarines from liquid Nitrogen to Fire Fighting support and equipment, tank air monitors MSA mine safety, and was Granted a 10 year Final Red Badge-so was good to go. I offer some insight into the open shop at the public yard in Kittery, PNS, run by Navy. The older retired mechanics and supervisors started their own company and together with companies like Aerotek, Sparwar, VT Milcom, L.C.E., among many more, recruit and provide Red Badge skilled people to complete work, mobile, and quite an honor to work with. They command $40.00 and hour for my services, and 60 hr. week, and I was firewatch, pipefitter, fiber optic cable helper, and so on. Being local the per diem and hotel funds, allocated, became the companies money. When I left my job my knowledge of my craft was greater than that of the supervisors promoted for other reasons, a fact my co-worker also shared with me. This was demonstrated in the pre job briefs-where I could ask a question and not get an answer, but some tasks did not have TGI written instruction-indeed shop 99 performed much work , needed and authorized, with out formal papers and set our own status. It is my sincere belief in the long run the BIW family would benefit from the model set by PNS. And I hope both the IAMAW Union and the BIW President read this. Thanks.

Bath Iron Works Corp.

Bath Iron Works Corp.

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