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Electric Boat And UAW Union Avoid Strike In Tentative Agreement

Monday, May 19th, 2025

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Electric Boat And UAW Union Avoid Strike In Tentative Agreement

The Ocean Transport Barge Holland arriving at General Dynamics’ Electric Boat facility in Groton, Conn in late 2021. (Photo: General Dynamics Electric Boat)

General Dynamics Electric Boat [GD] and the Marine Draftsmen’s Association (MDA) UAW Local 571 union reached a tentative agreement Sunday night, avoiding a strike by the 2,500 draftsmen, designers and other technical workers that would have started at midnight on May 19. First announced to union members in a Facebook video minutes after concluding the agreement, UAW Region 9 director Brandon Mancilla said the agreement “forced the company to put some real money on the table...[and it includes] unprecedented wage…

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