NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) - A steelworkers’ union that represents nearly 10,000 workers at the Newport News shipyard has reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.
United Steelworkers Local 8888 said Sunday morning that the deal with Huntington Ingalls Industries - the parent company of Newport News Shipbuilding - will increase wages, improve pensions and contain health care costs.
The new deal, if approved by the rank-and-file, will last for more than four years. The current contract was set to expire at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.
The local represents 9,700 workers at the shipyard.
Newport News Shipbuilding, which builds aircraft carriers and submarines, employs about 20,000 people and is Virginia’s largest industrial employer.
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