2005 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 31 May 2005 16:18:42 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Massive union job losses at Portsmouth (ME) shipyard
 
While the impending closure of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard would slash the number of highly paid, unionized blue-collar jobs in the Maine-New Hampshire area, the problem is more general. Such Federal jobs are decreasing nationally.

While the shift of work in other industries - textiles, auto, etc. - from the Northeast to the South has often replaced union jobs with non-union work, Federal blue-collar work is generally unionized throughout the country.

Thus, the lost of union jobs in New England is due to reduced demand for ship construction and maintenance, not the "runaway" from union to non-union areas.

As I have written before, the direct impact on blue-collar workers is the most difficult consequence of base closure to overcome.

LS

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Base closure would make victims of unions


By Associated Press

Complete Maine News Index

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD - Union membership stands to take another major hit if the government succeeds in closing the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Unions could lose more than 4,000 members if the shipyard closes. Three major labor organizations covering 2,300 tradespeople, 1,400 engineers and technicians, and 500 secretaries, police officers and other employees would be affected. Average pay at Portsmouth is about $65,000 annually.


http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/05312005/maine/45063.htm



-- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org

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