How to Apply for one of the 15K Jobs Building the Rover Pipeline
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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