Senators and union leaders say Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's thousands of workers should be exempt from Trump administration's job cuts.

The Department of Defense isn't immune to those concerns, and leaders at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are appealing to the administration to spare them.

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers taking buyouts made public as yard implements a pause in hiring. Here's what union leaders say.

The Pentagon's announcement last week that it plans to lay off 5,400 probationary employees across the country put workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on edge.

Make no mistake, our Navy and our national security will be hurt by the President's actions,” NH Sen. Maggie Hassan said.

Federal workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, are bracing for potential mass layoffs, union leaders told NBC affiliate NEWS CENTER Maine on Thursday. Alana Schaeffer, president of the Metal Trades Council Union,