BIW wants workers vaccinated sooner, but won’t make vaccinations mandatory
Bath Iron Works argued its workers should be included with the over 200,000 Mainers in the 1B and 1C vaccination groups.
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BATH Bath Iron Works, one of the state’s largest employers, wants COVID-19 vaccines available for its over 6,000 employees, but won’t mandate vaccinations. Meanwhile, some employees said they were hesitant about it.
According to the company’s website, “BIW is partnering with our local health systems to make the two-part vaccine available to each of us as soon as possible.”
The company argued its workers should be included with the over 200,000 Mainers in the 1B and 1C vaccination groups, as outlined by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC’s 1B vaccination group includes people 70 and older, frontline workers and first responders like police officers, grocery store employees, teachers and public transportation workers. People in the 1B group are e