Page 11 - Port of Baltimore - Issue 4 - 2022
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 SPOTTED AT THE PORT!
Maryland Port Administration Executive Director William P. Doyle ran into District 6 State Senator Johnny Ray Salling at the Port recently. Senator Salling, whose district includes the Port, was working as a roll-on/roll-off high and heavy cargo temp for Wallenius Wilhelmsen. Pictured left to right: Jessie Rainier (Wallenius Wilhelmsen), Senator Salling, Executive Director Doyle and Mike Hohman (Wallenius Wilhelmsen). Great to see the senator!
     be overstated. The trucking industry provides family- sustaining wages and benefits, the chance to work
your own hours, and steady employment. With labor shortages in the trucking industry, there is no better time than now to integrate veterans into trucking jobs.”
TFM already has successes to report: in only five months, hundreds of veterans, transitioning service members and their immediate family members have earned trucking certificates and are serving their country once again.
“Most people didn’t give much thought to the supply chain until their normal lives were disrupted by the pandemic,” said Murphy. “But now, these concerns have become real kitchen-table issues for the first time in recent memory. One area that has seen marked improvement, however, is in supply chain employment. Many veterans are to thank for this progress.” 􏰀
The trucking industry
provides family-sustaining wages and benefits, the chance to work your own hours, and steady employment. With labor shortages in the trucking industry, there is no better time than now to integrate veterans into trucking jobs.”
— William P. Doyle, Executive Director, MPA
 The task force welcomes the participation of employers in the trucking sector! If you would like to participate as a formal partner with TFM, visit our website www.taskforcemovement.org/trucking and register your company.
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