The numbers in this article were manipulative to make it sound like the bill was unworkable. But the numbers, removed from weasel words like "up to X" bear out

The numbers in this article were manipulative to make it sound like the bill was unworkable. But the numbers, removed from weasel words like "up to X" bear out that it's a marginal increase. He says 1/2 of the cost to produce asparagus is labor. I won't argue with that, it could be although he late complains about the high prices of other things. Later he "cannot raise prices by 50% because the labor costs shot up." If he paid the overtime, his labor costs would have gone up this year by 15%[0]. His total costs by 8%[1]. After the phase in period, his cost of producing asparagus would go up by 10%. 10% is far less than 50%. Later he claims that "skilled workers make $30/hr". Clearly, the implication is that he pays those workers $30/hr. But he doesn't! For his best paid workers he pays 2/3 of that at $20.XX/hour.[2] That means the overtime rate is what he thinks skilled workers should get paid the entire time! Edit: I forgot to check, but legal minimum wage is $15.74/hr at his farm. That means he's paying a ~25% premium over what they could make at any other job. That's not much. Especially when he didn't pay overtime over 40 hrs/week. [0] They worked 70 hrs/week. Everything after 48 is 1.5x time. So that's 22 hours at time and a half, or an extra 11 hours of pay on top of 70 hours already. [1] Rounding numbers make 15% and 8% [2] Some made "over $1400/week" @ 70 hours/week and everyone makes "under $1000/week" @ 48 hours/week