THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, November 21, 1994 TAG: 9411190346
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY PAGE: 10 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Long : 124 lines
1977
JUNE Submarine Baton Rouge completed.
SEPT. Cruiser Texas completed.
OCT. Aircraft carrier Carl Vinson completed.
DEC. Submarine Memphis completed.
1978
JAN. Yard workers reject independent union, Peninsula
Shipbuilders Association, and vote in the United Steel Workers of
America.
MAY LNG carrier El Paso Southern delivered.
JUNE Submarine Cincinnati completed.
AUG. Cruiser Mississippi completed.
OCT. National Labor Relations Board investigates and then
certifies results of election.
DEC. Submarine Birmingham completed.
LNG carrier El Paso Arzew delivered.
1979
JAN. Shipyard refuses to recognize new union. About 5,000
workers begin violent strike.
MARCH Supertanker Atlantic delivered.
APRIL Union cancels strike.
JUNE LNG carrier El Paso Howard Boyd delivered.
DEC. Supertanker Pacific delivered.
1980
MARCH Union members approve 42-month contract with 25 percent
raise, increased medical and pension benefits.
OCT. Cruiser Arkansas completed.
1981
MARCH Submarine Atlanta completed.
APRIL Submarine San Francisco completed.
1982
SEPT. Submarine Houston completed.
1983
MAY Submarine Norfolk completed.
NOV. Union members approve 42-month contract with 25 percent
raise.
Submarine Buffalo completed.
1984
MAY Submarine Salt Lake City completed.
NOV. Submarine Olympia completed.
1986
JAN. Shipyard employment nears 30,000.
SEPT. Submarine Chicago completed.
OCT. Aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt completed.
1987
JUNE Union members approve 46-month contract with 3 percent
raise, $1,800 cash bonus; contract increases worker pay out for
health care.
SEPT. Submarine Key West completed.
1988
JUNE Shipyard awarded contracts for aircraft carriers John C.
Stennis, United States; submarines Toledo, Tucson.
JULY Submarine Oklahoma City completed.
1989
JUNE Submarine Newport News completed.
NOV. Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln completed.
1990
APRIL Submarine Albany completed.
1991
APRIL Union members approve 46-month contract with 14 percent in
raises, $1,000 cash bonus; contract increases worker pay out for
health care.
SEPT. Union Pacific railroad executive Mike Walsh becomes
Tenneco chairman.
DEC. Shipyard projects order backlog at $6.6 billion.
1992
JAN. W.R. Pat Phillips replaces Edward Campbell as shipyard
president.
MAY International Paper executive Dana Mead becomes Tenneco
president.
DEC. Shipyard projects order backlog of $4.7 billion.
1993
JAN. Shipyard employment falls to 21,000.
AUG. Submarine Toledo christened.
NOV. Aircraft carrier John C. Stennis christened.
DEC. Shipyard operating income of $225 million on revenue of
$1.9 billion.
Shipyard projects order backlog of $3.7 billion.
1994
FEB. Mike Walsh resigns as Tenneco chief executive, cites brain
cancer. Dana Mead named chief executive.
MARCH Submarine Tucson christened.
APRIL Thomas Crudup elected Steelworkers union president by
26-vote margin.
Shipyard says employment will fall to 14,000 to 15,000.
JUNE Congress approves $3.6 billion for aircraft carrier
CVN-76.
SEPT. Shipyard completes $1.8 billion overhaul of aircraft
carrier Enterprise.
W.R. Pat Phillips named shipyard chairman; William P. Fricks
named president.
OCT. Shipyard awarded $152 million contract for two Greek
tankers.
KEYWORDS: SHIPYARD SALARIES UNION by CNB