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> If anything, I'd expect a crackdown on illegal labor practices here to result in funneling more money to criminal organizations (i.e., "the cartels") and tyin
by ticviking 4y ago
> If anything, I'd expect a crackdown on illegal labor practices here to result in funneling more money to criminal organizations (i.e., "the cartels") and tying the immigrant community more deeply with them. It really looks like a lose/lose proposition from where I sit.
Another potential outcome is that with the price of illegal labor practices increased legal labor would become competitive against illegal labor again. Which would probably increase the price of chicken, but would also mean that those working for Tyson legally would have a living wage again.
- Ancapistani 4y agoTyson is already one of the best-paying employers in the area. If that's not making legal labor competitive, what would?
- rftyuikdjhgvcf 4y agonaive. they are the best paying in the area because they win over competition by using cheap illegal labour. nobody honest can compete with that, so they break/move.