Re:Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t wan...
by nattaylor on Friday March 17, 2017 @06:18PM
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I'm not a Californian or a farmer.
I read there's a 50% increase in wages, during a period when CPI is up more like 30% in California [0], and I'm saying I agree with the article: it seems like a reasonable economic incentive.
To respond to your comment: isn't a farm worker different from a farmer? I thought the former was someone who does things that require little to no training, like picking grapes, and that these are the people the article references.
I read there's a 50% increase in wages, during a period when CPI is up more like 30% in California [0], and I'm saying I agree with the article: it seems like a reasonable economic incentive.
To respond to your comment: isn't a farm worker different from a farmer? I thought the former was someone who does things that require little to no training, like picking grapes, and that these are the people the article references.
0 - http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/LGCentral/DivMeasure/AdjustMeth...