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'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workers (www.rawstory.com)

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You think they're making minimum wage?

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[–] CalipherJones@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago*

There's literally a sub minimum wage in a lot of U.S states. 2.13$ an hour iirc?

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Probably not all of them. The ones I've had experience with were.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They mean that the workers are probably making less than Minimum Wage. There are exceptions to minimum wage for agricultural work. Minimum wage would have been an improvement.

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[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Nothing about my statement was an argument requiring input from tom clancy.

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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I think those exceptions are made (, in principle,) to to let farm workers get paid per unit. They pack a crate, they get $3. They can probably pack 10 crates an hour if they work their asses off.

But I'm sure it is exploited egregiously.

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