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Who We Are
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 MDA-UAW
Local 571 has had a long history as a labor organization. It was
founded as the Marine Draftsmen's Association. Port of New
London, on December 18, 1939 as the collective bargaining agent for
the designers, draftsmen, technical aides and engineering support
clerical personnel at the Electric Boat Company in Groton,
Connecticut.
The
Electric Boat Company subsequently became the cornerstone of General
Dynamics Corporation with the advent of the nuclear submarine in the
early 1950s and has since been the Electric Boat Division of General
Dynamics Corporation.
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Our Officers |
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President |
Robert Canova |
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1st Vice-President |
William L. Giustini |
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2nd Vice-President |
Tracy A. Nickerson |
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Recording Secretary |
James M. Hanrahan |
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Financial Secretary |
Wayne J. Burgess |
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Treasurer |
William Louis |
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Year in Review - 2009
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The year 2009 starts with a move for some of our members,
Triennial elections and the Company moves to implement a new Tobacco
Free Policy. The Local had an apprenticeship class graduate and
another year of the school-to-career program. With opportunities for
more work coming to EB we look forward to the New Year with
optimism.
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Cooperative Program Allows Designers To
Complete Apprenticeships
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Electric Boat, the MDA-UAW and Three Rivers Community College
(TRCC) have established a partnership that enables designer
apprentices to earn associate’s degrees in engineering technology
while the company pays the cost.
The
five-year program includes more than 8,000 hours of on-the-job
training, more than 2,000 hours of design-specific
instruction and 720 hours of classroom training.
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Maine Maritime Academy
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This program has been replaced with the new Three Rivers
Community College program above but appears here for reference
 Electric
Boat and the MDA-UAW have reached an agreement with
Maine Maritime Academy
(MMA) to offer design apprentices
an Associates Degree program in Ship Systems Design Technology. The
program is being offered to current EB design apprentices who have
successfully completed the apprentice curriculum.
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 "Our
unions have fought for aid to education, for better housing, for
development of our national resources, and for saving the
family-sized farms. They have spoken, not for narrow
self-interest, but for the public interest and for the people."
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UAW
Contract at Electric Boat
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view the 2006-2010 contract.
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