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My question is, what makes the canning industry so unique and special that it's deserving of exemptions from fair pay?
by burntwater 10y ago
My question is, what makes the canning industry so unique and special that it's deserving of exemptions from fair pay?
- briandear 10y agoNot even that -- the fact that legislators actually wrote this as a law is interesting. There is likely a historical reason or something unique about that industry that prompted this.
- jessaustin 10y agoProbable historical reason: the industry had money and therefore political power, and its workers were poor immigrants therefore without political power.
- xsmasher 10y agoWhen crop X comes in from the field / comes in on the ship, you only have so much time to get it cleaned, cooked, and canned. The law seems archaic when applied to the year-round, forced-fertilization, industrialized dairy industry.
- SilasX 10y agoYou see this a lot when filing your taxes with software. "Are you part of a railroad worker's retirement plan that started before 1975? Do you have income from a farm that exported to Europe or northern Mexico?"
- maxerickson 10y agoThe work is seasonal and not necessarily predictable on a daily basis. So the overtime is part of a short work stint that the employee knows is coming when they are hired for the temporary job rather than the way the business is organized to work all of the time. I guess I don't see why that deserves an exception, but I imagine that is where they are coming from.
- runeks 10y agoIt's not just canning, but basically the packing and distribution of food from producers to consumers. It's possible that, during past time of higher inflation, the government wanted to avoid higher costs in this area.