Originally posted by lazs2
look at tomatoe harvesting... they used to have 40 mexicans riding on a sorting rig... when minimum wage laws kicked in the farmers all cried that a tomatoe would cost $5
lazs
I grew up. oldest of five, in the Central Valley Lazs. I did everything fgrom knocking almonds, bucking hay, olives,etc., etc., but the most miserable of all was tomatoes....As they came by on the conveyor I had to pick out rotten ones, dirt clods, rocks and, occasionally, other organic matter of indeterminate origin. The smell was Gawdawful. Small areas of tomatoes were harvested the old fashioned way, picked and placed in a five gallon bucket- for every bucket we got ten cents, with a bit of hustle we'd get twenty buckets an hour, which paid better than the buck fifty an hour I got for working the conveyor.
BTW, up here the lumber industry takes advantage of migrant worker laws and hires only Mexicans at minimum wage - if you're looking for a villan then look no further than our elected representatives that allow this.
