LCLAA Stands in Solidarity with Machinists

Media Statement
29 June 2020

Washington D.C.- For over a week Machinist Union Local S6 members who work at the Bath Iron Works’ shipyard have been demanding a fair and dignified contract. The Machinists Union Local S6, represents 4,300 of the company’s 6,700 employees at the yard. Among the pending issues in the negotiations are the company’s continued hiring of subcontractors as well as its intention to make changes to seniority privileges.

Shipyard operations and the construction of destroyers for the U.S. Navy had already been subject to disruptions due to COVID-19. Now workers are fighting for their rights to a contract capable of reflecting their value to our nation.

LCLAA stands in solidarity with the Machinist Union Local 6, whose fight for a fair contract should encourage BIW to go back to the negotiating table and to do what is right for their employees, their communities, and for working families.

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The Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) is the leading national organization for Latino(a) workers and their families. LCLAA was born in 1973 out of the need to educate, organize and mobilize Latinos in the labor movement and has expanded its influence to organize Latinos in an effort to impact workers’ rights and their influence in the political process. LCLAA represents the interest of more than 2 million Latino workers in the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), The Change to Win Federation, independent unions and all their affiliate unions. Visit LCLAA on the web at www.lclaa.org, on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.