Shipyard at Pearl Harbor skirts feds’ hiring freeze
STAR-ADVERTISER / 2009
The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard expects to hire 500 employees this year.
Public Navy shipyards, including the Pearl Harbor Navy Shipyard, will be exempt from President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze.
The Department of Defense clarification comes in response to calls from sthe senators to establish the exemption.
The freeze announced last week prevented shipyards across the country from hiring engineers, acquisition workforce personnel, trade mechanics, radiological and emergency personnel, regulatory compliance and other support workers.
Trump’s office said the freeze will slow the dramatic expansion of the federal workforce.
U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said Thursday in a news release that the Department of Defense announced new guidance for exempting public shipyards across the country.
“The new exemption guidance is an important first step to ensure that the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and shipyards across the country will be able to hire the people they need to support the Navy and keep our country safe,” Schatz said.
Schatz and U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) last week joined a bipartisan group including six other senators in asking Secretary of Defense James Mattis to exempt civilian employees of Department of Navy shipyards.
The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is one of the largest employers in Hawaii and is anticipating hiring more than 500 workers this year.
The guidance does not address concerns that the hiring freeze also hampers hiring at Hawaii’s Department of Veterans Affairs offices.
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Whew, no fun sitting on the ‘bull’s eye’.
I guess our irrelevant Congressional delegation should have got the facts before they began crying.
They’ll just find some other reason to cry.
That’s called putting the pressure on donny. I’d be concern if he didn’t tweet it.
“The Department of Defense clarification comes in response to calls from sthe senators to establish the exemption.”
Don’t bother @papio5. Folks like @palani and @soundofreason are charter members of the willfully ign0rant coalition.
Meaning their were lots of crying, whining, full diaper and leaking state senators.
Every shipyard was well aware Trump would impose a hiring freeze, had plenty of time to set up contingency plans, hire in advance.
The fact they all did little to nothing speaks volumes about their utterly “Weak Link” management bureaucrats.
The only crying I hear is the noise coming out of Trump’s rear end every time he tries to pull a fact out of his behind.
Krusha:
Brah!. If I said something like what you just said. The Moderation Team would be all over my “behind”!With such Vulgarity too!
Amazing how some get a………Free Pass. Huh SA!
Because you are so full of kaka.
See, told you so… just another Trump bashing scare story… but our congressional delegation are still at it… did you notice the last sentence in the story…?
Well surprise, surprise, that won’t fly either… remember how President Trump said he would help the veterans? You liberals never give up do you?
Help the veterans? The freeze is actually affecting the VA.
…same story, different year.
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“Scahtz and Hirono ,last week joined a bipartisan group,including six other senators asking to be exempt”.
Are these guys SERIOUS?OMG! After all the Mud Slinging,Trash Mouthing, Staying Home ,opposing and obstructing everything President Trump does?
Now only when they want something ,they expect him to Play Nice with them? Are you kidding me ? Is there any decency left in these people?
You know the saying what goes around ,comes around. Their negative actions will in fact hurt the Naval Shipyard employees,by being defiant with all president Trump’s executive orders. RIGHT? But when that happens? They will continue Blaming President Trump for their own failures.They did it with Bush.This is what they do Best! They Blame others.
I hope President Trump remembers them as……..such Hypocrites, and not an once of integrity . IMUA!
The PH Unions won this round……..long live the Unions!