Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
Saturday, February 7, 2026
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Shipyard bosses are forcing workers to choose between staying for Hegseth's speech and receiving overtime pay, or leaving at their normal shift change, with a worker stating "they issued a polling sheet this morning to see who would attend and, at least from my crew, there were no takers."
The speech, scheduled for Monday afternoon, is part of Hegseth's tour of the facility, where he will discuss the recently announced "Trump" class battleship, with a worker expressing dread about the impending headache of Hegseth's visit.
Devin Ragnar, spokesperson for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 6, confirmed that workers attending the speech past shift change would receive overtime pay, but declined to discuss the arrangement in detail, with a worker noting "this company doesn't pay out for anything they don't explicitly have to."
