Work at a Virginia shipyard is all in the family
DAVE RESS, Daily Press
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) Olivia Neville still remembers the time her father, Richard, was in the kitchen wrestling with the lid of a spice container when:
“All of a sudden, he said, ‘I’ve got an idea for work,’ and picked up the phone to call it in,” she said.
While the Newport News Shipbuilding engineer can’t always talk much about what he does although the family enjoys tales of trips to the Bahamas and Alaska to work on ships Olivia says it’s hard to miss his enthusiasm for what he does.
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Scholarship Fund has helped three from Newport News Shipbuilding test engineer Richard Neville's family go to college now the latest, Olivia, is returning the favor by joining the yard.
Fully vaccinated Newport News Shipbuilding employees no longer required to wear masks
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and last updated 2021-05-17 04:55:17-04
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Shipbuilding will no longer require fully vaccinated employees to wear masks.
According to NNS President Jennifer Boykin, fully vaccinated employees can still wear masks if they choose to. Unvaccinated employees and those still going through the vaccination process are required to wear masks, and are subject to discipline up to and including termination if found to be unvaccinated and not wearing a mask.
Boykin said unvaccinated people can only remove their masks when social distancing is available, when requested by security for identity verification, when wearing NNS-approved respirators to work and when performing hot work.
Boykin has been at the helm of state’s largest industrial employer since 2017, when she was promoted to serve as the company’s first female president, overseeing 25,000 employees in the development of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines.