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They don't want to do it because of the salary.
by jsjddbbwj 7y ago
They don't want to do it because of the salary.
- H8crilA 7y agoGive the recession some time to work its magic.
- vkou 7y agoAnd this is where we discover that the most important jobs that keep society running pay the least.
- ekianjo 7y agoThey pay the least because you don't need qualifications to do them, and supply of non-qualified people >>> demand. Simple economics.
- cco 7y agoThe article here, and the discussion above, is a situation where clearly the demand is high but the supply is low.
- pnako 7y agoThen pay more. As a white collar worker I'm not offended that some blue collar workers make more than me. And if I have to pay more for food so we actually have a country, with people who care for each other, and not just a giant economic zone with the disappointing selfish behavior we've observed in this crisis, that's fine with me too.
- bluGill 7y agoI don't know about the UK, but I've talked to California farmers who (off the record) tell me they quit advertising locally for workers because at $25/hr they still couldn't get people to work (most wouldn't apply, the ones who did quit after less than a day). Immigrants (not always legal I'm sure but I know better than to ask that question) are happy with $13/hour.
- empath75 7y agoSo pay more than $25 an hour. There is surely a salary that people will accept to do the work. I don’t know why everyone assumes that manual labor only deserves near poverty wages.
- infinite8s 7y agoNo one will pay $5 for an avocado.
- mikekchar 7y agoClearly, you've never been to Japan ;-) We've got $50 grapes! And that's for one grape... not a bunch... But I think you are correct that most North Americans especially are geared toward buying the cheapest produce available, often regardless of quality or production methods. I think it's slowly been changing over the years, but people still baulk at paying prices that would sustain small family farms without imported cheap labour. However, every time this kind of discussions come up, I feel it necessary to point out that vast majority of cost in food production is distribution, not production. This is due to the practical monopoly on food distribution that some companies have. You could actually raise the production price a pretty hefty amount without affecting the final price terribly if you regulated the distribution. Of course, what would the poor Cargill's do? They wouldn't be able to have swimming pools full of money. That won't do...
- empath75 7y agoPeople said similar things about cotton before slavery was abolished. The world managed to survive.
- cortesoft 7y agoThen grow less labor intensive things.
- grumple 7y agoPeople will absolutely pay $5 for avocados if that's what the price goes to. Avocados are among the easier things to pick though, so this doesn't really apply to them. Tomatoes seem to cost about $3 at my local grocery store and are not nearly as good as avocados.