Brownsville Marine Products LLC has awarded a contract to General Industries Inc. of Charleroi to build a 44,100-square-foot pre- engineered building in Brownsville, the contractor said on Thursday. The expansion, to be completed in March, will create 50 jobs in early 2012, adding to the work force of 300.
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Oshkosh Truck Corp. a contract worth up to $740 million for a fleet of armored combat trucks that could be used in Afghanistan and Iraq. It's the second-largest Marine Corps contract for Oshkosh Truck, which already has more than 6,000 vehicles in the Middle East carrying troops and delivering supplies. The largest contract was $1.2 billion awarded in 1998.
The Maryland Port Administration has asked for permission to extend its contract with the operator of Seagirt Marine Terminal by up to a year while officials say they continue to work on a long- term deal to bring in a private company to run the facility. The Board of Public Works is scheduled Wednesday to review a six- month, $20 million extension with Ports America Baltimore Inc., the company that has run Seagirt since it opened in 1990. That deal, from November through next April, extends a one-year, $41.6 million contract approved last year.
By RICK BARRETT Fond du Lac -- To some they are heroes, three union workers at Mercury Marine Inc. whose desperate petition drive gave their colleagues one last chance to accept contract concessions and save their jobs.
The enhancements include a new communications suite, improved work stations, and better command systems, according to Lockheed.
By RICK BARRETT A second vote on a labor contract at Mercury Marine Inc. came to an abrupt halt Monday afternoon when union officials said there was no longer anything to vote on.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A congressional briefing that focused on rooting out waste from military service contracts today honed in on the Marines' Regional Garrison Food Service arrangement that, instead of saving taxpayers the promised 20% cost savings when it was signed eight years ago, has led to hundreds of millions in overruns. A briefing held earlier this week by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Under Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter called for reining in the Defense budget and focused on weapons systems, whereas today's briefing highlighted the importance of service contracts--which now make up more than half of the Department of Defense budget--to keep costs down. The performance on the Marines contract "raises serious questions," said Rep. Robert Andr...
By RICK BARRETT A second vote on a labor contract at Mercury Marine Inc. came to an abrupt halt Monday afternoon when union officials said there was no longer anything to vote on.
WAUSAU - The union at an eastern Wisconsin boat engine maker approved a sweeping package of wage and benefit concessions Friday that the company said it needed to keep 850 manufacturing jobs from moving to Oklahoma. Russ Krings, district representative for International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local 1947, at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac announced the results following two days of secret ballots. The exact vote was not disclosed.
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