RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workerswww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square309linkfedilinkarrow-up11.06Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.05Karrow-down1external-link'They quit after a few hours': Farmers admit they can't find American workerswww.rawstory.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Leopards Ate My Face@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square309linkfedilink
minus-squareRegrettable_incident@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·6 days agoI’ve done a lot of seasonal field scale farm work, mostly in Europe - it can be extremely hard work. Couldn’t do it now, you have to be pretty fit.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoWhich probably means that it would have to pay significantly above minimum wage. But, farmers were getting that labour for below minimum wage because they had the luck to be able to use workers who had no other options.
I’ve done a lot of seasonal field scale farm work, mostly in Europe - it can be extremely hard work. Couldn’t do it now, you have to be pretty fit.
Which probably means that it would have to pay significantly above minimum wage. But, farmers were getting that labour for below minimum wage because they had the luck to be able to use workers who had no other options.