
General Dynamics [GD] and the union representing the company’s employees at Bath Iron Works last Saturday said they have reached a tentative agreement for a new collective bargaining agreement, although a nearly two-month old strike of around 4,3000 employees at the Maine-based shipyard won’t end until union members vote to approve the deal later this month. Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local Lodge S6 (LS6) are scheduled to vote between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23…