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minus-squareescapesamsara@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoThey could, they’d just make less money if they had to, you know, pay for their labor and give their employees rights…
minus-squareeltrain123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoOr when they can’t find enough workers and their crops die in the fields…
minus-squareescapesamsara@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoThere’s a few million people out of work, they can find workers. They just actually have to pay.
minus-squarePistcow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’m not sure there are many Americans that would do field work for $50/hr and on top of that, farmers would have to pay actual labor overhead and have a certain standard of work.
minus-squareescapesamsara@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoAs someone that has done agricultural work, it’s easier than any job in an Amazon warehouse.
They could, they’d just make less money if they had to, you know, pay for their labor and give their employees rights…
Or when they can’t find enough workers and their crops die in the fields…
There’s a few million people out of work, they can find workers. They just actually have to pay.
I’m not sure there are many Americans that would do field work for $50/hr and on top of that, farmers would have to pay actual labor overhead and have a certain standard of work.
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As someone that has done agricultural work, it’s easier than any job in an Amazon warehouse.