Philadelphia will kick off America’s 250th birthday with a birthday bash for the Navy and the Marine Corps
When George Leone began thinking about America’s 250th birthday in 2026, the retired New Jersey Superior Court judge and ...
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Higher pay for shipyard workers critical for military shipbuilding revival, experts say
The resurrection of military shipbuilding in the U.S. will hinge on improving wages and benefits for workers at shipyards, ...
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Public shipyard employees exempt from federal layoffs as workforce cuts hit the Navy
Lawmakers have previously raised concerns over the impact of these layoffs on ship maintenance, with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) directly calling on the Navy and Office of ...
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Navy says shipyards are exempt from DOD’s probationary purge, though 10 workers were fired this week
At least 10 workers were fired from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine this week, a day after a top Navy admiral told ...
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First layoffs hit Portsmouth Naval Shipyard amid Trump administration job cuts
Six probationary civilian employees at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard were laid off Tuesday morning, according to a local union ...
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Pay ‘Number One Issue’ in Growing U.S. Shipbuilding Workforce, Panel Tells HASC
The pay differential for shipyard jobs used to be three to four times greater than other occupations, but now runs between 1.2 and 1.4 times higher, said Brett Seidle, the acting assistant Navy ...