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bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
9. Then raise the pay
Wed Jan 4, 2012, 04:00 AM
Jan 2012

You love the free market so much, then that's what you do. Raise the pay and willing workers will come out of the woodwork. I guarantee it.

Could it have anything to do with the pay scale? rfranklin Jan 2012 #1
That was my first thought, as well n/t OhioChick Jan 2012 #3
"with some paying $15 per hour or more" AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 #6
"with some paying $15 per hour or more" OhioChick Jan 2012 #7
If it is only one AlphaCentauri Jan 2012 #8
Well what do you think is wrong? lunatica Jan 2012 #14
"the work is too physically demanding and difficult for U.S. citizens (non-immigrants)" (FTA) boppers Jan 2012 #10
It's actually a fairly high number reported at that rate however crew leaders and supervisors Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #22
It might also be for $15 per hour, but with a mandatory 60 hour week! hedgehog Jan 2012 #33
There are usually quite a few caveats to making $15 per hour Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #36
Well, they got their wish ixion Jan 2012 #2
I think it was the non-farmers of Georgia who got their wish. hedgehog Jan 2012 #34
Perhaps, although that would be atypical. Georgia is primarily small towns, and small towns tend ixion Jan 2012 #41
The city limits of Atlanta are only a small fraction of the metro area.. Fumesucker Jan 2012 #49
Maybe they aren't trying hard enough. dkf Jan 2012 #4
Maybe they should sign up for retraining... rfranklin Jan 2012 #5
Manual labor, not much training needed. boppers Jan 2012 #11
Actually, knowing how to pick fruit properly and quickly is not that easy to learn csziggy Jan 2012 #46
Georgia Republicons need to pull themselves up by their own damn clodhoppers SpiralHawk Jan 2012 #25
Then raise the pay bluestateguy Jan 2012 #9
Willing != able. boppers Jan 2012 #12
That also bumps up against the average Joe wanting to spend less at grocery. The cost of berries peacebird Jan 2012 #13
Those average folks voted for the people who wrote the law bluestateguy Jan 2012 #18
I agree totally, but i doubt they thought of the consequences. peacebird Jan 2012 #19
So let me understand this FULLY. Dreamer Tatum Jan 2012 #26
Wow. You totally misinterpreted what i wrote. I believe all workers deserve a living wage. peacebird Jan 2012 #44
and they wont think of them Charlemagne Jan 2012 #40
Exactly! peacebird Jan 2012 #45
This story is full of shit lunatica Jan 2012 #15
We Georgia voters had no say in this. So don't blame it on us. RebelOne Jan 2012 #28
Who picks your legislators? JoePhilly Jan 2012 #30
Touche. calimary Jan 2012 #37
Exactly ... although ... JoePhilly Jan 2012 #39
I wonder if the farmers and their own families are out there picking? Hotler Jan 2012 #16
Maybe the churches and their members should organize.... Tikki Jan 2012 #17
Where's the $50/hour? cap Jan 2012 #20
Oh this just gets better cap Jan 2012 #21
Boo fucking hoo. Brickbat Jan 2012 #23
No kidding. Chickens coming home to roost on Georgia farms. calimary Jan 2012 #35
I've always wondered why areas like Georgia, Alabama don't harvest at night riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #24
Not necessarily much cooler. IME, growing up in lowcountry SC, it doesn't cool off much at night raccoon Jan 2012 #27
Perhaps, but even the lack of that intense sun beating down must help? riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #32
Yes, I'm sure it would help. Picking crops in 90 degrees would probably kill me. raccoon Jan 2012 #42
They are not paying good enough wages and benefits apparently workinclasszero Jan 2012 #29
I bet that law gets repealed, just like Prohibition got repealed out of the Constitution. lunatica Jan 2012 #31
Reap what you sow Charlemagne Jan 2012 #38
Or not, as the case may be. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2012 #43
"average” US citizen doesn’t want to do migrant work Gringostan Jan 2012 #47
I think this is bogus Yo_Mama Jan 2012 #48
I spent many years working around Atlanta... Fumesucker Jan 2012 #50
R#22 & K n/t UTUSN Jan 2012 #51
Guess which party and faction were the force behind Georgia's immigration legislation? pampango Jan 2012 #52
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