Port of Houston is growing and needs skilled labor !

[Jack Lance]

Originally Posted by AlfredB1979

If it was only that simple--like getting into a plant when you don't have connections or boobs. It takes quite a while to "make it" as a longshoreman. I was looking into that earlier this year. You call in to the union hall and bide your time getting up the list. Maybe they need you, maybe they don't. You don't get paid for showing up and getting sent right home.

The stepmom was jocking me to get one of these mythically abundant high-paying forklift operator jobs at the port. As if you just elbow one of the vets out of the way and take his seat. Sure.

Here is a quote from the article posted in the OP, "Many industries are struggling to hire enough truckers, technicians and others in skilled trades."

Perhaps there are other job openings beside forklift operator or longshoreman available at the Port of Houston. Maybe a commercial drivers license would be the key to getting one of those abundant jobs or perhaps a certification of something like welding or a Electrician.