New Bill Aims to Secure Grant Funding for Maritime Training
and technical colleges providing training for the next generation of workers in this industry to avoid a future workforce shortage.”“The Maritime Center of Excellence at San Jacinto College is a state-of-the-art facility and program. I am truly proud to represent such an establishment in Southeast Texas and sponsor legislation that will help provide opportunities to our nation’s maritime workforce, while strengthening America’s trade and national security in the process,” said Congressman Babin.“Maritime workers help power our economy, particularly the local economies
US Oilfield Jobs Cull Gains Pace, More Pain Ahead
When Ian Sandlin was laid off last week after 13 months working on oil rigs in southeast Texas, he was surprised to have lasted that long. "I knew it was coming," he said. "I wasn't the first to be let go." The 27-year-old Houston native is among thousands of workers caught in an accelerating cull of oil field jobs across the once booming U.S. oil industry. Sandlin has since found other off-field work, but his hours and pay have been cut in half and it was not clear how long it would last. Interviews with more than a dozen oil workers and job recruiters
