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“We are in dire need of workers, so there is a lot of fear from across the state ... that this new law will actually be devastating."

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[-] OasissisaO@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Is this the "find out" part?

I think this is the "find out" part.

[-] dethb0y@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The best part will be when they find out that local floridians absolutely will not work for the same wages, and in many cases any wage, for the same labor. Similar actions in the past have left crops rotting in the fields because no one wants to harvest them. This incident in california comes to mind although of course that was nowhere near as harsh...

[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is, the more likely "fix" for this will just be legalizing this insane system of unfairly and illegally-paid migrant workers rather than forcing the ag businesses to offer fair compensation.

Like, I love seeing Desantis hoisted by his own petard here, but also... it should not be legal to exploit undocumented workers. If these workers are necessary to make the economy function, something is wrong with the economy. Which is definitely true for the US agricultural economy.

Much like with Reedy Creek, he's doing the right thing in the stupidest way possible and for the absolutely wrong reasons.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The sad thing is, the more likely “fix” for this will just be legalizing this insane system of unfairly and illegally-paid migrant workers rather than forcing the ag businesses to offer fair compensation.

Or they'll use prisoners.

[-] jayrhacker@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Would it even be America without a non-citizen underclass to do all the hard work while their free existence in society is made illegal, justifying oppressive police forces to "deal with the problem"

[-] Deref@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Legalizing immigrants means they can't get deported for fighting back or trying to quit. And having no choice is the #1 requirement for exploitation.

[-] keeb420@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Didn't the uk go through the same shit recently as well?

[-] xuxebiko@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The Brexit leopard ate their Brexit faces.

[-] andyburke@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yes.

This is all easily predictable if you aren't in an un-reality bubble.

[-] Hello_there@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yup. Surprise surprise, if you exit the EU you're not going to get business from a lot of truck drivers that live in other countries.

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