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[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago

I thought that Covid would have been enough of a trial run for that.

At least in my country it was that. You know, it was Covid, with the highest unemployment rate since quite a long time, and farmers ran nation-wide ads looking for workers. They increased the pay sometimes up to 2-3x. They promised housing in nice hotels. And still, nobody wanted to do the job and that year there was just no strawberries on the shelves.

The only way working as a farm hand makes sense is if:

  • The workers have no decent other option
  • Working on a farm is safer than working at home
  • Money is worth a lot more where they are from, so that the meagre salary they make in the target country is worth multiple times of that back home, so that the €1000-1200 they make over here turn into the equivalent purchasing power of €4000-6000 back home.
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago (5 children)

So much of the argumentation around this topic sounds the south arguing for slavery except it's liberals arguing for exploitative labor.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Yes but no. These people should be allowed in to work, legally and with workers protections. Not exploited.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago

Yep, forcing businesses to actually pay market rate for labour is something of an upside.

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[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Importing workers to make 16.84/hr. Just what American is going to accept that kind of wage when the boss is getting grants of hundreds of thousands of dollars?

The immigrant would have to work 11,876 hours to earn the 200k handout that the boss gets for hiring him seasonally for two years. How is this sustainable? Are we all going to be working to subsidize farmers by 100k/year to hire a single foreign farmhand?

Not to mention the program for that grant has only 141 members... it just doesn't make sense.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (5 children)

OK, so, I live in farm country and there's some problems with what your saying. 1. It's actually good pay. In fact some farmers have tried raising the pay to attract more workers, it rarely works. Farms are in the middle of nowhere. There's no city. MAYBE there's a post office and a store that sells exclusively Croation gass station fare. MAYBE. It's temporary work. You get a few months pay. So. Remote, physically demanding, and temporary. That's what makes it a ''no thanks'' job for every American. We live hand to mouth, we live in a stack of cards that requires constant payments. That's not a problem in Latin America for the most part, they live hand to mouth but they can save up money, they are maxed out on payments and debt, they just throw extra money in a jar and only live of what they really really need. So working a few months in the US, then Canada, then Mexico, it's OK. That's why they're called seasonal farm workers. When you close to boarders you trap them out of their job and create insane problems. I don't know why Americans can't figure out how the food gets to the Walmart, but they have been failing up grasp this for a long ass time.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 month ago

In a place where local, legal help was nearly impossible to keep<' the Post is reporting before adding, "But then Trump,

At least three typo mistakes in this article. The degree of publish-fast-don't-edit in our "journalism" is off the scale. I hate it.

Anyway, this is what you voted for, asshole.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

And yet they wont change their political positions. Theyd much rather go broke.

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[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

Stupid cunts.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why don't these farmers pay more to AMERICAN 🦅🇺🇸 citizens 🤬

Do they not understand demand and supply principle of capitalism?

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[–] jaemo@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Just buy a Musk-branded, doge- approved, exploding slave neck collar and perimeter fence kit. Keeps your child employees motivated, on-task, on-location.

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You DONT understand! All he Wanted was to Bully GAY Kids! He NEVER thought HIS Immigrant Workers who were STRAIGHT would be DEPORTED too EVEN THOUGH Trump promised to do that! STOP being SO Divisive you STUPID LIBRUL COMMIES!

-Chuck Schumer and the DNC!

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[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The leopard of eating faces is going to become obese after the end of this year

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[–] Stamets@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Awww. That sucks. Your prolonged suffering as your entire lifes work slowly collapses around you, crops dying and cattle being sold in order to try and prop up what little you have left as you scream at everything around you....

Oh it's going to be so fucking entertaining.

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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

capitalism suddenly stops believing in the supply demand graph once coercion is off the table

[–] cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago

remind me of the post after brexit

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol. What a clownshow. You voted for this, morons. Decisions have consequences, even/ especially if it's to sit out and do nothing, and yes, im now talking about the other group of idiots.

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