
Last week MDN brought you the news that Energy Transfer's $3.7 billion, 711-mile Rover Pipeline needs up to 15,000 workers to build it. They currently have ~4,500 workers. And they want to complete the first stage of the pipeline by July (see
Help Wanted: 15,000 Workers Needed for Rover Pipeline, STAT!). MDN's story went viral. It has, so far, been read over 17,000 times on the MDN website--an all-time high for a story less than a week old. The headline and blurb we posted on Facebook has been seen by nearly 72,000 people! The result was that we were flooded with this simple question:
Where do I sign up to work on the pipeline? The answer, unfortunately, is not straightforward. We reached out to Energy Transfer multiple times and got less-than-satisfactory answers. Energy Transfer's answer to the question is this: If you are a contractor or want to try your hand at becoming a contractor, you can try applying via Rover's contractor online application process (
here). However, most people are not interested in that route. They just want to sign up and begin working. For those folks, Rover responded, "Rover is committed to utilizing Union labor 100% for this project. Laborers looking for work, can contact their local union halls." No help with identifying those local union halls. It is a sort of "you're on your own" kind of response. Which strikes us as odd. Does Energy Transfer really want to complete this project on time? Could they at least provide a list of the "local union halls" for folks to contact? Apparently not. So we will...
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