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Workforce And Wage Increases Needed To Fix Shipbuilding Problems, Navy Official And Analysts Tell Lawmakers

Workforce And Wage Increases Needed To Fix Shipbuilding Problems, Navy Official And Analysts Tell Lawmakers
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. (Photo: HII)

The Navy’s top procurement official and several independent analysts told lawmakers Tuesday that boosting wages and working through labor shortages are the most important factors in fixing naval shipbuilding. “I am not an economist by training, but I work in an organization chock full of economists, and every time I have this conversation with people at my place, they say, Well, why don't we just pay these workers more? And I think that is ultimately going to be a key…

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