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That seems obvious and makes intuitive sense - but it turns out its wrong. "GIVING THE 3.5 million workers picking produce on American farms a raise to match t
by chrisbennet 8y ago
That seems obvious and makes intuitive sense - but it turns out its wrong.
"GIVING THE 3.5 million workers picking produce on American farms a raise to match the $15 an hour many fast food workers are fighting for sounds unaffordable, right?
Not really. According to University of California-Davis agricultural labor economist Philip Martin, the likely additional cost to American shoppers of that wage hike would be about $20 a year."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/03/31/can-we-afford-to-pay-u-s-farmworkers-more/?user.testname=photogallery:3 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/t...