The Port of Los Angeles views workforce development as a priority––a skilled and productive workforce is critical to maintaining the Port’s position as an economic engine for the region, as well as assuring its overall competitiveness in the international trade arena. The Port continues to assess how it can continue to increase its workforce development role in the goods movement sector across Southern California.
Workforce Development Goals
The Port of Los Angeles seeks to use its role as an economic engine to drive the goods movement sector to serve as a path for economic mobility. To accomplish this goal, the goods movement sector needs to create more goods jobs through more career path opportunities.
By working with unions, employers, academic institutions, and community based organizations, the Port aims to create initiatives that support workers and position employers for success in the ever-changing goods movement industry.
The Port also recognizes these initiatives are coming at a time when the sector is transitioning to zero-emission technologies and seeks a worker-centered transition specifically for this sector.