Posted on 12/02/2005 4:53:42 AM PST by Crackingham
Japanese are leading the charge in robotics while the USA is stuck with loudmouth OBL types who champion feudal work conditions and call it "cheap labor."
This is other side of the story. If people don't want to work then what are these guys supposed to do?
The WGA is not exactly a poor mom and pop type operation, from what I understand their members are big money.
Its the Law of Supply and Demand. Pay more until legal workers will take the job.
The laws of supply and demand work just as well for those seeking employees.
There is so much in this article to discuss. One of the most interesting assertions is that, because of the "crackdown" at the border, migrant workers have chosen to stay in America rather than take the chance of getting caught.
Of course, if you don't believe what is being said, most of this is article is a joke.
I kind of believe that they couldn't get welfare recipients to come out for $8.50 an hour and work all day.
That's what I wondered!
A buddy said that they could mechanize harvests with no problem but because of some agreement with Caesar Chavez years ago, they don't.
It's time to end that...
Why don't they just close down schools and let the local students work the harvest? That's what they do in potato country.
Hey, there's a drought of BMWs in my garage, can I break the law to remedy that?
when cheap labor is not available, they will find ways to innovate and mechanize.
What's wrong with convict labor? CA has thousands of inmates that could pick lettuce for 8 cents an hour.
That's another thing that irritates me. Used to be that prison labor was a major means of support for the prisons themselves. These days the prisons are taxpayer supported.
Wow, I can imagine how far 8.50 an hour would go in California. They would rather loose a ton of food and not fill orders than pay more per hour for a worker?
Pay a better wage or find another business.
... and nobody in the county should receive Unemployment or Welfare compensation for any days where any employer in the county has open positions for unskilled labor.
It isnt the wage its the fact that the government will supply them a check whether they work or not so why work?
There are some people who dont want to work . Where are all those unemployed from New Orleans . You dont think any of them would do stoop work do you?
There is no reason for unemployment in this country.Plenty of jobs just too many lazy bastids that wont do them./
It takes jobs away from people who haven't committed a crime.
"They would rather loose a ton of food and not fill orders than pay more per hour for a worker?"
At a fairly low point, increasing the cost of the labor removes all profit from the equation, and it becomes cheaper to simply let the produce rot in the fields.
Unless, of course, you're willing to pay a lot more for lettuce. Maybe you are. I might be. But is everyone ELSE willing to get hosed for this?
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