Agribiz prefers cheap, easily exploitable labor. Workers in parts of the Central Valley get as little as $2-$3/hr for crop picking. (See: The American Way of Eating, by Tracie McMillan. As part of her research McMillan--who speaks some Spanish--picked crops with migrant workers.
Even if American Consumers had to pay for it, the cost of r…
Agribiz prefers cheap, easily exploitable labor. Workers in parts of the Central Valley get as little as $2-$3/hr for crop picking. (See: The American Way of Eating, by Tracie McMillan. As part of her research McMillan--who speaks some Spanish--picked crops with migrant workers.
And it could be accomplished by a tax on such employers used to pass on benefits to their labor force .... and also enable the government to know who is breaking laws by attracting and hiring those who are here illgally in the first place.
Agribiz prefers cheap, easily exploitable labor. Workers in parts of the Central Valley get as little as $2-$3/hr for crop picking. (See: The American Way of Eating, by Tracie McMillan. As part of her research McMillan--who speaks some Spanish--picked crops with migrant workers.
Even if American Consumers had to pay for it, the cost of raising wages for picking crops by 40% would add only $25/year to consumers' food bills. https://www.epi.org/blog/how-much-would-it-cost-consumers-to-give-farmworkers-a-significant-raise-a-40-increase-in-pay-would-cost-just-25-per-household/
Thanks David, that is a very handy detail to have. Please raise my food bills.
And it could be accomplished by a tax on such employers used to pass on benefits to their labor force .... and also enable the government to know who is breaking laws by attracting and hiring those who are here illgally in the first place.