BIW to lay off up to 250
Bath Iron Works plans to lay off up to 250 designers this month, the fourth major round of cuts this year.
The shipyard on Friday notified the Bath Marine Draftsmen's Association of the layoffs, effective June 24, the result of a slowdown of design work on the first of three ships in the new DDG 1000 destroyer class, according to The Associated Press. Spokesman Jim DeMartini told The AP the layoffs are needed to balance its work force with available workload. BIW is slated to build all three ships in the DDG 1000 class.
In January, BIW laid off about 130 designer and engineers from the DDG 1000 destroyer program. In February, it laid off 130 tradespeople working on the DDG 51 destroyer program, then two weeks later cut another 84 people from that program as work to build the last DDG 51 destroyer ended. That ship was christened in May. The shipyard has more than 5,000 employees.
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