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WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula: "Striking Workers Vote To Accept New Contract With Northrop Grumman
Union members at Northrop Grumman have voted to accept a new contract with the company. The vote was 60 percent to 40 percent to go back to work."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Home

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Home: "
Thousands of striking workers at Northrop Grumman could be back on the job this week. Wednesday, all 14 unions will vote on a new three year contract with the shipbuilder. The terms of the new contract were negotiated Tuesday as company officials and union leaders met with a federal mediator. Union leaders told WLOX they were pleased with the negotiations and will recommend their members vote in favor of the new contract."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Northrop Grumman Contract Highlights

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Northrop Grumman Contract Highlights

Ingalls Contract Agreement Reached
Northrop Grumman and union leaders have reached a new contract agreement after a few hours of negotiations Tuesday morning. Under the proposed contract, wages would increase $1.68 in the first year, and 55 cents in second and third years. For family health insurance, the coverage is similar to the last contract. Union leaders told WLOX they were pleased with the negotiations and said they did the best they could.

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula: "Still No Contract For Striking Ingalls Workers
Union officials and Northrop Grumman leaders met with a federal mediator for several hours Monday afternoon. But that meeting wrapped up without a contract agreement. Both sides will be back at the negotiating table Tuesday"

The Sun Herald | 04/02/2007 | Unions go back to the table

The Sun Herald | 04/02/2007 | Unions go back to the table: "PASCAGOULA - Northrop Grumman and representatives from the unions at its Ingalls shipyard have been called back to the bargaining table by the federal mediator assigned to the negotiations.

They are to meet today, and Northrop Grumman is expected to present a new contract proposal in an effort to get thousands of striking crafts workers off the picket lines and back to shipbuilding."

Strikers' health insurance expires Saturday

Strikers' health insurance expires Saturday: "PASCAGOULA -- Although Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and union officials are expected to meet again soon, workers who continue to strike are worried about their health insurance expiring Saturday."

Still No Contract Proposed To Northrop Grumman Union Workers
At Tuesday's Northrop Grumman and union leaders meeting, there was no new money talk and no new contract, only the promise of more meetings in the future. After three hours of talking, union leaders and company officials had little to say except they discussed a variety of non-economic issues important to the membership. But for the men and women on the picket line the last 20 days, it's all about economic issues.

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula: "Shipyard Talks Resume Tuesday
Northrop Grumman contract talks are back on. Union leaders in Pascagoula tell WLOX News they will sit down with Northrop Grumman officials Tuesday afternoon. Union officials won't share details, or even say if there is a new proposal from the company. Tuesday's meeting will begin at 3pm, and a federal mediator will be there."

Health insurance concerns top conversation on picket line

Health insurance concerns top conversation on picket line: "PASCAGOULA -- Although some have argued that Northrop Grumman's offer for workers in the apprenticeship programs is a good deal, Valery Mitchell has a different opinion.

'It ain't good yet,' said Mitchell of Gautier, who joined about a dozen other pipe welders and pipefitters on the picket line Sunday outside the company's Ship Systems Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula."

Gee! Spring has an effect on me, I just want to sleep. Earlier today I went down to the West Bank to see if strikers were there ... only a few. It is very quiet around town. Of course, as always, there is traffic on highway 90. I still wonder where they could be going. I was hoping that the strike would end today but that didn't happen. They are striking because they want more pay and better health care but for two weeks now they have lost money and at the end of the month their health care will run out. To me, it's like a "tug of war" between Northrop Grumman and the union leaders. Both sides saying, "You need me".


On this outing I also took a picture of a couple of houses.


What have I been doing? I have been raking and bagging leaves for weeks now. The very cold winter had the live oak I have in the front yard shed every leaf that was on the tree. I thought that it was dead but it is sprouting new leaves. So lately, a dead tree that was a threat to my house was taken down and my beautiful oak came back to life. In my Katrina world, to have those two things occur, all that I can say is "My Cup Runneth Over".

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Ingalls Labor Talks Over For The Day

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Ingalls Labor Talks Over For The Day: "Talks between Northrop Grumman and the unions are over for the day, with very little movement towards a compromise agreement. Mike Crowley, representing the Metal Trades Union told WLOX News, 'we met with the company and identified our issues, little progress was made."

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SunHerald.com : Biloxi and Gulfport News, Casinos, Jobs, Real Estate, Sports and Cars: "Shipyard president: 'We did not clearly understand the issues'
Teel will visit picket lines soon
By KAREN NELSON, Karennelson2@aol.com
Philip Teel is president of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, a company in the news recently in South Mississippi because of a strike by workers at its Pascagoula shipyard."

Meeting Set For Union Leaders To Determine What Their Members Want
Monday morning, leaders from all 15 unions at Pascagoula's Northrop Grumman shipyard will sit down to determine exactly what their members want. Union leaders say their top three priorities are higher wages, lower healthcare, and expanding coverage to include dental and vision. Bill Glenn from Northrop Grumman told WLOX that union leaders and company officials will meet with a federal mediator on Wednesday.

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SunHerald.com : Biloxi and Gulfport News, Casinos, Jobs, Real Estate, Sports and Cars: "MEDIATOR TO GET COMPANY, UNION BACK TO TABLE
Goal is to 'keep us talking'
By MICHAEL NEWSOM and MARY PEREZ, SUN HERALD
Northrop Grumman and striking unions will meet Wednesday with a federal mediator assigned to the case in an effort to end the strike, officials confirmed Saturday."

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: News & Video

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: News & Video: "WLOX News This Week Interview With Philip Teel, President Of Northrop Grumman Ship Systems"


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WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Union Workers Across the Coast Unite For Higher Wages

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Union Workers Across the Coast Unite For Higher Wages: "As the morning wind whips signs on the picket line, union brothers at Northrop Grumman are still standing firm. On Day nine of the strike, Ingalls workers were joined by fellow union members from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi yards."

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SunHerald.com : Biloxi and Gulfport News, Casinos, Jobs, Real Estate, Sports and Cars: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN
Northrop Grumman calls contract fair
Northrop Grumman officials said Thursday they have sent a letter to union representatives asking that striking workers spell out what they want before talks would resume.
( By MARGARET BAKER, margaretbaker1@aol.com, 03/16/2007 03:01 AM CDT)"

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula

WLOX-TV - The News for South Mississippi: Your Hometown News - Pascagoula: "Patrice Clark Reports On Day 7 Of Shipyard Strike
It's day seven of the union strike at Northrop Grumman's Ingalls Shipyard, and the company is offering workers more details about the proposed contract. Officials say they want to answer some of the questions posed by workers. WLOX News has also learned that the Metal Trades Union has started surveying members about contract terms and how long they're willing to stay on the picket line"

Strike at Big Shipyard Is Yet Another Effect of Katrina - New York Times

Strike at Big Shipyard Is Yet Another Effect of Katrina - New York Times: "On Thursday, nearly 7,000 workers went on strike at the Ingalls shipyard, owned by Northrop Grumman, which builds ships for the Navy. On the picket line Monday, strikers said they were demanding better wages and benefits to make up for sharp post-Katrina increases in the price of everything from milk to gas to rent, which they said are bringing family finances to the breaking point."