Are The Shipyard Workers Being Paid?

There is a piece about the current President at Newport News shipyard bemoaning the cut in the allowed expenditures. The Hill has a description. But a question when I saw the crowd. It appeared that hundreds if not thousands stopped work on "vital" ship work to stand idle as stage props. Were they still on the clock, and if so how much money was wasted there? If we had say 1,000 for 4 hours at a fully loaded salary of say $100 per hour, then that is $400,000 just standing around! What if there were more?

You see, this just makes no sense. It is not a real cut, it is a cut from an increase. The increase was more than the cut! Why all the fighting, why not negotiate. One would like to see Grammar School Report Cards, "Works Well With Others". D!