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>>There is a labor shortage. This shortage has encouraged the investments and greater interest in picking technologies. It's funny how it hasn't encouraged pay
by enraged_camel 10y ago
>>There is a labor shortage. This shortage has encouraged the investments and greater interest in picking technologies.
It's funny how it hasn't encouraged paying people more.
- up_and_up 10y agoIts tough to raise the price of an agricultural product to accommodate for higher wages. The market sets the price. Plus its literally backbreaking work. Illegals would rather hang drywall, paint houses or whatever and make 50% more.
- leereeves 10y agoAnd it's an international market. Pickers in America are competing against the cost of labor in developing nations.