More people showed up at the Saturday job fair for foreign workers in the CNMI who want to work in construction jobs on Guam than those who joined the Sept. 17 CUC rally. People continued to come and go as early as 12 noon even though the registration was set to start at 1 pm.
Engineers, architects, masons, carpenters, technicians, electricians -- you name it...they all went there to register.
There's no guarantee they will land a job on Guam, but they're trying their luck.
Organizers of the job fair -- the United Workers Movement NMI -- will turn over their database and workers' biodata to the Guam Contractors Association.
They said the big crowd only shows times are hard here that skilled and highly qualified guest workers opt to go to Guam where wages are higher and more opportunities abound. Can't blame them.
While many of the workers who lined up are paid minimum wage here, there are those who have high salaries here but still wanted to try going to Guam.
We won't know the number of job seekers until the organizers complete registration until the end of this month.
