Newport News shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls reverses their position on the vaccine mandate and claims they misinterpreted the federal requirement. After further consultations with the federal government, the shipbuilder now says the vaccine mandate doesn’t apply. “This recent information is different from what we understood to be the government’s and the Navy’s intent,” the company said.
Huntington Ingalls previously said all of its 25,000 workers would need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a “condition of continued employment” due to the vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors. [Media Link] However, Newport News Shipbuilding President Jennifer Boykin said in a Facebook update Thursday that Huntington Ingalls clarified their Navy contracts “don’t include a vaccine mandate at this time.”
[Via Facebook] President and CEO Mike Petters issued a message to employees Nov. 16 indicating that the government’s Jan. 4, 2022, deadline for vaccination is suspended. The message also clarified that after considerable work with the Navy to meet the intent of the mandate, our Navy contracts with Newport News Shipbuilding do not include a vaccine mandate requirement at this time.
This is absolutely the hill to die in. At least you made that decision and in your own terms. Suffering a long illness or living a diminished life is not an option. God bless America and piss on all the projected, coerced or voluntary tyrants. LETS GO BRANDON
And all patriots world-wide! We’re all in this together!!!
Why can’t I upgrade you with a thumbs up?
“God bless America and piss on all the projected, coerced or voluntary tyrants. LETS GO BRANDON”
Yes Indeed, Mark C… Yes, Indeed………
CMS is trying to still push through their mandate, but it seems the courts are only now fighting it. I may get terminated in a couple of weeks from my job, but the TN governor signed legislation a few weeks ago that will allow anyone that gets terminated for not taking the shot to draw unemployment. I’m not gonna lie Bill Lee has impressed me more than I expected during this whole mess. I wasn’t too worried anyways, a friend of mine somewhere else said I was pretty much assured a job if I get “laid off”.
But I did tell a few of my coworkers that have been C&As and nurses for years that if they do get laid off, they can probably wait a few months, then they’ll probably be getting begged and pleaded to come back due to work load and no replacement workers (they can’t keep hardly any new people out there anyways). I told when that happed just name your terms and how much they get paid if they don’t like it hang up on them. We have the leverage now and these “geniuses” gave it to us.
Imagine a long work history of playing the game, providing solid work product, following the rules, all that high road stuff.
Resisting the mandates changed all that. Going on the record as being a non-conformist to the company and government line. Now one is marked as a potential or real resistor to the program. IMO, these overreaching and nebulous mandates have been an excellent way for the Communists to mark and investigate patriots, the overwhelming majority of the resistance.
God bless those who can put aside employer overreach and hostility and make it business, not personal.
Invading someone’s health and privacy under color a law, moreso if specious and erroneous law, to me, is personal, and I never forget nor forgive those humans who make such choices. They are forever the enemy.
Do they care? No. My job is to learn to care exactly the same about their lives as they care about mine. None. One day at a time, getting there.
I want them to KNOW WHO I AM. I dare them.
I’m done in February. Danaher is requiring it and I am not taking it. Funny that last week they sent us an email offering a $1000 sweepstakes for those who submit their injection certificate. That tells me that most employees are not complying lol! I hope Danaher and all of the companies which they own, including the one that I current work for fail. They have been dishonest from day one on this.
Good for you!
lol yeah told hubby the same thing. if they furlough you, you can name your price.
Keep in mind Unions represent < 10% of the US Work Force. It is not numbers but strategic selection that is key to understanding the impact of Unions and power they wield.
The number one job of today’s Unions is to launder money sent to politicians. That is their #1 lever.
A close second is that The Unions have subverted extremely key Industries and Segments of the US Labor force that can SELECTIVELY shut down; parts of the the economy, the military supply chain, national communications and government with a strike.
People do not realize that significant portions of the largest defense contractors; Boeing-MacDonald, Lockheed, Raytheon-UT, Northrop, L3, General Dynamics, and United Defense ARE UNIONIZED from the shop floor to the engineering teams. Add to this the buy American Laws the DoD must follow and it can be seen how the defense industry can bring the DoD to its knees if they were so inclined.
While appluad this victory…stay vigilant that this is just not some Union Exemption being negotiated.
Think about it and I know you know this. I am posting for the youngsters. I was in a union as a young man and decided not to continue. I did not want to be the SAME as the others. I wanted to be paid on MY production, not the group production; which was always far less in the union. I left, started my own operation, and am retired now at 60.
My strategy was simple. Work twice the hours as your neighbors, save the cash, never borrow, only invest in yourself, no partners. I was a working man just smart enough to take advantage of the opportunities I saw in America. Young people, I encourage you to believe in yourself and relish the lessons you will learn about yourself when you are at your lowest. Bottom line, I did it, I know you can too!
General Dynamics Mission Systems in Scottsdale, AZ is a non union shop. Thank God for Religious Exemption
The Communist/Fascist/Totalitarians from now on are going to be experiencing one defeat at a time. Also, there will be jail time for many of them in the future.
I HOPEFULLY and PRAY!
Has to be more than jail. They can never be allowed power again.
Dirt nap.
What is deserved, seldom occurs. Scum will be Scum, and, it seems, do not receive their “just desserts”.
I hope you’re right!!
There’s a raft of vaccines out there.
When I was hired by California in 1999 they only required a TB TEST!
Since when has any vaccines been required outside of the military?
Makes ya wonder how badly the workforce was decimated by the company’s original position.
Notice that a new and even scarier COVID variant is lurking. These tyrants of the left are so predictable.
here’s Sundance’s post on that yesterday, in case anyone didn’t see it
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/11/24/viral-goalposts-shifting-scientists-facing-scrutiny-about-vaccinations-not-stopping-virus-announce-discovery-of-new-vaccine-resistant-strain-of-virus/
What is scary about the original Covid? It has a >98% recovery rate for anyone under age 80.
I’ll be happy when the whole country shuts down until they stop forcing our soldiers to get this poison!
I hope NONE of them come back. It’ll be hard to build ships if they’re bankrupt. It’s the thought that counts.
And, there it is…
This is just a temporary fix until they feel confident to bring back the mandate.
I knew if I looked on the CTH site, I would find something resembling good news this Thanksgiving morning. I pray Raytheon is reconsidering their position, as well. Lets go Brandon!
Yes indeed. I live in this community of Proud shipbuilders and when this mandate was first announced I told everyone these folks will not comply. And I was right. These folks are my neighbors, friends and relatives and the shipyard is surrounded by strong patriotic red , God centeredcommunities and home to the greatest shipbuilders in the world. They have a strong union and stronger resolve. I am proud to live here and amongst them. I raise my glass to these folks. And may all of the glory be to God.
It’s Got to be this way or ships (Military) do not get built, Repaired!!!! Newport News Knows this fact and also understands the Officials in Washington DC do not understand even the most simple Logic !!!
Given that this shipyard is sole source on nuclear aircraft carrier construction and complex (nuclear refueling) overhaul and one of 2 sources on Virginia-class submarines, you’d think somebody in DC might understand that.
I worked at the yard when I was an apprentice in 1981 at the tender age of 19. After reading these articles about the yard I thought, “if these men were like back in the day, there was no way they were bending a knee.” I am happy that the men showed the upper management cowards that this tyranny will not stand!
Money is the end all be all. It needs to be weaponized to crush Communism.
So, what about the employees that got the jab to keep their jobs? Are they going to be compensated? Especially now that it is OBVIOUS the jab is not safe and effective!
Biden was hoping for this … an excuse to cancel existing contracts with U.S. companies and award new contracts to Chinese companies.
The gist of this is that the shipbuilder can find nothing in their contracts with the Gooberment that require anyone in the company to comply with any Gooberment employee mandates relating to medical emergencies.
Election Fraud put Joe Biden in the White House.
Joe Biden is not your Medical Doctor.
The experimental Covid vaccine will kill many people.
Do a Pre-planning funeral and cemetery arrangements
before taking the experimental Covid vaccine.
People who have taken the experimental Covid vaccine
are now in Panic Mode.
Jenny and Mikey need to resign….
This is news i.e. that a US ship building industry even exists. There’s no doubt foreign counties cannot be expected to build our nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers but haven’t US companies all but exported our once mammoth ship building industry? The fact that our skilled trades people have all been displaced, replaced by a service economy consisting of top heavy government bureaucracies, makes imposing such things as vaccine mandates much easier for the fascists i.e.’Too bad if you don’t like it. There’s plenty more where you came from’. But they can’t say that to the dwindling number of skilled tradesmen who are essential in certain industries. Those industries come to a halt without them.
As someone here already noted: Funny how these working class hardhats figured out all by themselves that the vaccine is both unnecessary and dangerous, and they will not have it forced upon them. Period!
what lying sacks of crap. they didnt misinterpret anything. they are just gonna lose too many workers in order to fulfull their contractual obligations. hubby is a contractor. same at his work. everyone who applied for an accomodation got it. they can’t afford to lose an entire section of people cuz they wont be able to fulfill their contractual obligations to the military and cannot get replacements that are qualified enough to replace these greybeards. they were already told by the military after all this ccpwho crap that they were still required to fulfill. i kept telling hubby to tell those he works with to HOLD THE LINE cuz the company was stuck and would absolutely give an accomodation. all who have applied have gotten it so far. oh they make you wait so you think they are reading your request, but it is a slam dunk right now.
Huntington Ingalls didn’t misunderstand anything. They saw they were going to have a huge labor issue and shat themselves, called the Navy bosses and they all caved.
Nurses were tricked into the vaccines last January. Say no to the Boosters. Vaccines only spread the virus that lives in the nares after vaccination. Read the FDA study and fight back!
Hooray to all who were not coerced by the Illegal Mandate.