How this garlic farm went from a labor shortage to over 150 people on its applicant waitlist

[Syriusly]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Boot 10 million illegals, first. Work on temporary visa program, second.

Ah love that logic

Boot 10 million illegals first.
Bankrupt farmers second.
Work on temporary visa program third.

There's that 1860 argument again.

Fun watching how Democrats have not changed in over 150 years.

Tell me more about the temporary visa program of 150 years ago.

You Republicans fascinate me with your fantasy history.

 

[Weatherman2020]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Boot 10 million illegals, first. Work on temporary visa program, second.

Ah love that logic

Boot 10 million illegals first.
Bankrupt farmers second.
Work on temporary visa program third.

There's that 1860 argument again.

Fun watching how Democrats have not changed in over 150 years.

Tell me more about the temporary visa program of 150 years ago.

You Republicans fascinate me with your fantasy history.

BUT WHO WILL PICK OUR COTTON!

 

[Syriusly]

You guys are dense .

Garlic guy is just poaching immigrant workers from the farms around him . Of course they jump ship for higher pay !

Other farms will have to match.

Wow, that's horrible. People actually earning a respectable wage. It must be stopped!

No- its quite commendable.

It doesn't mean that there is no worker shortage- it just means that one farmer can afford to pay more than another. The 'labor shortage' for American farmers doesn't go away because some farmers have a big enough profit margin to be able to afford more- it just means that Big Agro is more likely to survive than family farmers as the pressure for farm workers increases.

 

[Syriusly]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Boot 10 million illegals, first. Work on temporary visa program, second.

Ah love that logic

Boot 10 million illegals first.
Bankrupt farmers second.
Work on temporary visa program third.

There's that 1860 argument again.

Fun watching how Democrats have not changed in over 150 years.

Tell me more about the temporary visa program of 150 years ago.

You Republicans fascinate me with your fantasy history.

BUT WHO WILL PICK OUR COTTON!

Well- you can pick your own cotton.

Meanwhile- tell me more about this temporary visa program of 150 years ago.

You Republicans fascinate me with your fantasy history

 

[Syriusly]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Time for work requirements to get a welfare check.

I am fine with you being required to work before you get your welfare check.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Boot 10 million illegals, first. Work on temporary visa program, second.

Ah love that logic

Boot 10 million illegals first.
Bankrupt farmers second.
Work on temporary visa program third.

Yes, boot the illegals first.

 

[Godboy]

*Crickets*

Dafuck do you expect?

O wow man, dramatically raising wages brings in more workers. Who knew that would happen. What a revelation. You should write a book.


SMH

Amnesia much from the lefts silly argument there are jobs Americans won't do?


Or the products will cost to much?


.

Doesn't the right claim wages can't go up that high? Prices will go up. Jobs will be automated...

No, we said the market should dictate wages, as opposed to the government forcing wage hikes.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Get rid of cheap illegals and wages will rise

Ann Coulter has been saying this for years

Actually, Bernie Sanders made this point years ago too and he was raked over the coals for it by regressives.

 

[TomParks]

Get rid of cheap illegals and wages will rise

Ann Coulter has been saying this for years

Actually, Bernie Sanders made this point years ago too and he was raked over the coals for it by regressives.

If it came down between Hillary or Bernie with nobody else I would vote for Bernie in a heart beat guaranteed

 

[Correll]

Get rid of cheap illegals and wages will rise

Ann Coulter has been saying this for years

So, have I, but not just cheap illegals, but cheap legals too.

 

[Correll]

*Crickets*

Dafuck do you expect?

O wow man, dramatically raising wages brings in more workers. Who knew that would happen. What a revelation. You should write a book.


SMH

Amnesia much from the lefts silly argument there are jobs Americans won't do?


Or the products will cost to much?


.

You asshole.

Americans will do the jobs. If the fucking pay is good enough. Nobody ever said any different. Ya fucking hack.

Liberals have said differently constantly, when the issue of illegals have been raised.

 

[Correll]

Fucking Bear just argued for a $15 minimum wage. Love it.

Err, note the lack of government force in the op, and the prominence of market forces.

 

[francoHFW]

I will never get why the left always says there is jobs Americans refuse to do....they are retarded if you pay a high enough wage......




How this garlic farm went from a labor shortage to over 150 people on its applicant waitlist


Christopher Ranch, which grows garlic on 5,000 acres in Gilroy, Calif., announced recently that it would hike pay for farmworkers from $11 an hour to $13 hour this year, or 18%, and then to $15 in 2018. That’s four years earlier than what’s required by California’s schedule for minimum wage increases.

Ken Christopher, vice president at Christopher Ranch, said the effect of the move was immediately obvious. At the end of last year, the farm was short 50 workers needed to help peel, package and roast garlic. Within two weeks of upping wages in January, applications flooded in. Now the company has a wait-list 150 people long.


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Also what Libs say...pay enough!

 

[francoHFW]

*Crickets*

Dafuck do you expect?

O wow man, dramatically raising wages brings in more workers. Who knew that would happen. What a revelation. You should write a book.


SMH

Amnesia much from the lefts silly argument there are jobs Americans won't do?


Or the products will cost to much?


.

You asshole.

Americans will do the jobs. If the fucking pay is good enough. Nobody ever said any different. Ya fucking hack.

Liberals have said differently constantly, when the issue of illegals have been raised.

Dupes have never heard of the Dem Immigration Bill of 2010, which, with a good SS ID, would end the illegal problem forever. The Megarich Idiot GOP can't have that, dupe.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

To keep crops from rotting in the field, farmers say they need Trump to let in more temporary workers

Boot 10 million illegals, first. Work on temporary visa program, second.

Ah love that logic

Boot 10 million illegals first.
Bankrupt farmers second.
Work on temporary visa program third.

Farmers are business people. You are not going to bankrupt them. They will use any means necessary to get their product to market. Hiring illegals only keeps American wages down. Take that problem out of the mix, supply and demand dictates wages and price of goods.

 

[jknowgood]

*Crickets*

Dafuck do you expect?

O wow man, dramatically raising wages brings in more workers. Who knew that would happen.

What a revelation. You should write a book.


SMH

He was talking about getting rid of the illegals, or are you to stupid to see?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

From the article:

Farmers across the country have reported that they, too, are struggling to find farmhands. The dearth of ag labor seems to have reached a tipping point when the Obama administration stepped up border enforcement and deported millions of undocumented workers.

Perhaps partly because of the crackdown, plus the financial crisis of 2008, more Mexicans returned home than migrated to the United States from 2009 to 2014, for the first time in decades, according to the Pew Research Center.

The shortage of workers is one reason farms have cut back production of fruits and vegetables by 9.5%, costing growers $3.1 billion in lost revenue, according to a 2015 report by the Partnership for a New American Economy, a nonprofit that promotes immigration reform.

Some conservative here was complaining about the rise in food prices over the last few years. Damn I wish I could remember who it was. Oh well enjoy those rising prices folks.

You on the left didn't seem to mind rising grocery prices when we started to burn up our food supply to create ethanol.

 

[jknowgood]

*Crickets*

Dafuck do you expect?

O wow man, dramatically raising wages brings in more workers. Who knew that would happen. What a revelation. You should write a book.


SMH

Amnesia much from the lefts silly argument there are jobs Americans won't do?


Or the products will cost to much?


.

Doesn't the right claim wages can't go up that high? Prices will go up. Jobs will be automated...

No, we say let the free market decide.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If the agriculture business gets so screwed that it has to start paying people $18 an hour, Republicans will be the first ones begging illegals to come back now that they can't afford to eat

Such hypocrites.

When $15.00 minimum wage is discussed, you on the left make claim it won't raise the cost of goods all that much, but talk about getting rid of immigrants which would raise labor costs naturally, people will starve because the price of goods will be so high. Which is it?

 

[debbiedowner]

You guys are dense .

Garlic guy is just poaching immigrant workers from the farms around him . Of course they jump ship for higher pay !

Other farms will have to match.

So a domino effect. While I'm for a higher minimum wage than what is it presently $15.00 per hour is a little too high this will have a snowball effect on prices. If all farmers have to pay this to obtain employees what will be the end result? But as I think about it California needs a higher minimum wage because of the cost of living. But also if prices snowball across the country everyone will need a higher minimum wage. No clear answer.