Re:Machines replace migrants as Maine blueberry harvest blooms
by brudgers on Monday September 07, 2015 @05:06AM
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The article describes [anecdotally] that mechanization makes the remaining labourers' work assignments more physically demanding. All the easy pickings go to machines, not humans and people with an already hard workday for low pay has gotten harder as a result of mechanization. The give in the system for low wage workers is systematically being removed in the age of the unlimited time off meme.
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Re:Machines replace migrants as Maine blueberry harvest blooms
by A_COMPUTER on Monday September 07, 2015 @09:28PM
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Before the machines, just as many humans still had to do that crappy work, they were just a smaller percentage of all the workers. That part didn't make any sense to me. I know this is naive, but maybe with the net cost savings of using machines, the farmers could avoid planting the places that machines can't reach easily.