3 ms·
> I'd argue that the problem is labor is artificially expensive - which prevents all types of things like this from happening - because you can't buy labor for
by MattGaiser 3y ago
> I'd argue that the problem is labor is artificially expensive - which prevents all types of things like this from happening - because you can't buy labor for less than $15 an hour after taxes in most cities.
You can barely buy labour for $18 an hour. If there were a ton of surplus labour with the limiting factor being the law, labour would be priced at $15 an hour and unemployment would be high. But it seems to be priced well above that at the moment and unemployment is low.
- stevenwoo 3y agoFarm labor (in the USA) has much lower minimum wage and safety protections compared to most other work, enforced by federal law, though I don't know how consequential the farm cost part of the equation is by the time the food gets to the restaurant or dinner table.
- mrguyorama 3y agoFarm labor in the US is largely divorced from the minimum wage because it largely uses undocumented and illegal immigrants, with threat of deportation for any back chat. This was true even in Northern Maine, 2000 miles from the border. These people do NOT make $15 an hour. I don't think they even make $7.25 an hour.
- hotnfresh 3y agoEven legal immigrant farm labor can be paid under minimum wage. Child labor laws are also fudged a bit for that specific category. Like, by law, they are, not just by convention.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> Even legal immigrant farm labor can be paid under minimum wage. Certain farm laborers have a lower minimum wage, and all farm laborers are federally exempt from overtime pay.