Northrop changes shipyard workweek

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding said today that beginning May 31, all the company's Gulf Coast facilities will change their work schedule to a five-day, eight-hour workweek from a four-day, 10-hour workweek. The company had worked the four-day workweek since late 2004. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Gulf Coast facilities are in Gulfport and Pascagoula as well as Avondale and Tallulah, La. (Source: Sun Herald, 04/01/10)