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Newport News Shipbuilding’s shipyard is the state’s biggest industrial employer, with more than 20,000 workers. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries
Mar 8, 2022

Newport News Shipbuilding, steelworkers union ratify new labor contract

Members of United Steelworkers on Tuesday ratified a new, five-year labor contract with Newport News Shipbuilding. United Steelworkers Local 8888 represents more than 10,000 shipbuilders at the Newport News shipyard, the country’s only manufacturer of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Terms of the new contract will remain in place until Feb. 7, 2027, and include wage increases, […]

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