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cal. hispanic news articles a sob story of a poor farm picker: BUT CAN'T FIND ONE
Posted by:
duemk
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Date: September 07, 2017 06:21PM
http://latinotimes.org/2017/01/12/for-female-farmworkers-work-never-stops/
* she has a husband
* she has a vehicle
* she has a home
* she has 3 kids - who get schooled also daycared while she works
* their family once survived on only 1 paycheck instead of 2 paychecks
claims she "often" works 50-60 hr. often?
(ok, i've done that a while EVERY WEEK: ask for less hours or don't complain, it's less pay - maybe get fired for asking 4x. 60 hr by the time your home and eat: your past ready for bed and sleep nearly immediately, unless your in super good shape (i was near being hospitalized when i started it, myself))
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problem: poverty isn't mentioned in article, and the hardship is contrived
they wrote an article to prove the california picking mexican is treated unfairly but failed to find an example
(in an nearby article noted cal's MIN WAGE is $11 and soon to be $22, but that pickers are paid more than min. wage)
that's several times the better standard of living than pickers in the (80's, early 90's, before Clinton) had if i have to guess
* she has a husband
* she has a vehicle
* she has a home
* she has 3 kids - who get schooled also daycared while she works
* their family once survived on only 1 paycheck instead of 2 paychecks
claims she "often" works 50-60 hr. often?
(ok, i've done that a while EVERY WEEK: ask for less hours or don't complain, it's less pay - maybe get fired for asking 4x. 60 hr by the time your home and eat: your past ready for bed and sleep nearly immediately, unless your in super good shape (i was near being hospitalized when i started it, myself))
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problem: poverty isn't mentioned in article, and the hardship is contrived
they wrote an article to prove the california picking mexican is treated unfairly but failed to find an example
(in an nearby article noted cal's MIN WAGE is $11 and soon to be $22, but that pickers are paid more than min. wage)
that's several times the better standard of living than pickers in the (80's, early 90's, before Clinton) had if i have to guess
Re: cal. hispanic news articles a sob story of a poor farm picker: BUT CAN'T FIND ONE
Posted by:
pied piper pickle picker
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Date: September 08, 2017 10:35AM
Picking is seasonal and 99% of the growers pay by bushels picked, unless it is mechanized then they will pay a group per what ever negotiated.
Migrant workers are not the problem is the ones that don't leave.
Migrant workers are not the problem is the ones that don't leave.