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Ex-farm worker here.We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage fo… |
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Post #Aw6fo0O0RRqH3AJRRY by [email protected] |
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I know "650 lbs an hour" sounds crazy, because it kinda is.But that a… |
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Post #Aw6fo0VnyS53RLxfbE by [email protected] |
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The average orange picker pulls 876 lbs/hour.At $20/hr, that would cost 2 cents… |
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Post #Aw6fo0ctY5kfnLHKeO by [email protected] |
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A *slow* strawberry picker can get 20lbs/hr. If they make $20/hr, that's on… |
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Post #Aw6fo0ll18qCEpQPSq by [email protected] |
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This helps explain why it's so hard to automate farm labor!It's not tha… |
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Post #Aw6fo0s8dPweYcPVPU by [email protected] |
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Not to be flippant but evolution did see to it that we're really good at ge… |
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Post #Aw6fo0yAH0lWrJEJns by [email protected] |
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We even have a real-life experiment that proves paying farm workers a fair wage… |
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Post #Aw6fo14try9ZCCNhIm by [email protected] |
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The deal?Yum! Brands would only by from farms that had signed on to a fair food… |
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Post #Aw6fo1AvVYyRUtCVhA by [email protected] |
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This program was so successful, others have signed on.McDonald's, Burger Ki… |
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Post #Aw6fo1Gx99nJna1K5Y by [email protected] |
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To be clear, the program isn't without controversy.FL-based Publix has famo… |
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Post #Aw6fo1O2inSw9ZKz8i by [email protected] |
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CIW has been incredibly successful at showing exactly how we can afford to pay … |
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Post #Aw6fo1U4MOHoSG9nX6 by [email protected] |
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The reality is lots of farmers would just rather not pay fair wages.The yields … |
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Post #Aw6fo1b9w1xQoFTSaG by [email protected] |
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Farms usually blame "large corporations" for not paying them properly… |
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Post #Aw6fo1htWzLT98cq5A by [email protected] |
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The corps like Publix that get mad about CIW & fair farm wages, it's no… |
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Post #Aw6fo1nZBtslQjHMvI by [email protected] |
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Anyway. When you see people hyperventilating that "B-b-but paying farm wor… |
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Post #Aw6fo1uImrGnlcQkQC by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber We already have slavery. No one cares. Unfortunately.Fast-food cha… |
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Post #Aw6fo2Y0PF1rkl0SJ6 by [email protected] |
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This is usually when I tell people "and go follow CIW (Coalition of Immoka… |
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Post #Aw7EBUSwAaBzRSzOQS by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber @LabSpokane Here in WA, they pay cherry pickers based on how much t… |
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Post #Aw7Q6mQd9jIR9eQlSi by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Y'all...in the US and Canada, you need to read the thread i'… |
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Post #Aw7c0pU05OBmL8w59k by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber We had a potato field when I was a kid, two or three ares, or some … |
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Post #Aw7mPUIH0EglP7qaSu by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber solidarity forever!! Great thread, thanks for sharing |
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Post #Aw7mR3ts6XOq7pBU2K by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber To add to this - the Chocolate industry has a similar reckoning wor… |
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Post #Aw7mR7ycwna2ljRL0K by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber (I don't know how much chocolate prices have gone up, but I do … |
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Post #Aw7mSncvZy1AEY5TcW by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber great thread, thanks as always! |
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Post #Aw7mUmgk2V9Xtzol8q by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Same argument the Walton family makes about Walmart employes. |
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Post #Aw7mX1XJo1CsX1ThFg by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber In Britain, when I was younger, you could still work the fields … |
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Post #Aw7mX1fpIO0oxPSUVs by [email protected] |
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@pathfinder @sarahtaber so many occupation would be much more appreciated if pe… |
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Post #Aw7mXyXMRVIVWEx40e by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Thank you so much Sarah! đ for another incredibly educational, f… |
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Post #Aw7mgyfTKFL6Wz2Q7c by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I live in an agricultural county.Almost every day I see people work… |
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Post #Aw7mj1p6Z5VQtdWPGi by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber we as consumers can certainly put the pressure on corporations to d… |
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Post #Aw7mj1xG4m1nIvKuye by [email protected] |
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@nomdeb @sarahtaber please do. Theres this book called "Grapes of Wrath&qu… |
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Post #Aw7movVEyd5T212i7U by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber People need to realise that farmers arent generally "the good … |
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Post #Aw7movdkSztPSP1VNg by [email protected] |
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I live in the Netherlands and it's about the same here :/ the guys who own … |
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Post #Aw7mw8kG8nhU82VW5Y by [email protected] |
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@EinsPossum @sarahtaber When I drove through farm country near my urban area, t… |
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Post #Aw7mw8rhh7egV7zSgy by [email protected] |
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@jhavok @EinsPossum @sarahtaber It used to be only in Australia where men were … |
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Post #Aw7mw8y5JOl8ouyYdc by [email protected] |
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@huntingdon @EinsPossum @sarahtaber That's what the Aussies say about NZ. |
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Post #Aw7mzzEzQ5hHoGiQ1w by [email protected] |
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@EinsPossum @sarahtaber Fucking farmers slathered their road-facing fences with… |
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Post #Aw7n2k28Pu1HVv14Ea by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Fuck Publix. |
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Post #Aw7n4qStTWfU2YXGzY by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Itâs very distressing (that âlots of farmers would just rather … |
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Post #Aw7n4tgpUAb82e4wd6 by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Those arenât âfarmersâ. Theyâre farm owners. Fuck âem. |
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Post #Aw7n6P5sDCtDjFVl4q by [email protected] |
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@AnnyJoe @sarahtaber How long until there are prisoner barracks behind every Mc… |
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Post #Aw7n8v4WHyV1UE4scq by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Every time I see someone saying that basic human rights and reasona… |
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Post #Aw7n8vBbrcAdqDOXg0 by [email protected] |
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@theogrin Yeah, it's just fundamentally wrong."If we pay these people … |
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Post #Aw7nBGxprhu3xm4bTc by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber inside Mastodon I think youâll want to link to them as @ufwupdates |
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Post #Aw7nCWyZooqHuf1ISe by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber The Florida tomato heiress sounds like a nasty pasty; mean to fund … |
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Post #Aw7nDCyhejtoBDOzUO by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber How much you wanna bet that the cost per person in any given state … |
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Post #Aw7nDLiNApBTHApZmi by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber Thank you. This thread is super interesting. Do you have any recomm… |
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Post #Aw7nG1W2jFxJV0L4c4 by [email protected] |
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@AnnyJoe @sarahtaber Kafka's imagination couldn't even touch what Alaba… |
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Post #Aw7nN9laS31B7D0jCq by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber there is more to life than dirt-cheap produce. |
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Post #Aw7nN9tNz3FxVOexMW by [email protected] |
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@boor @sarahtaber Corporate farms are run by millionaires and billionaires and … |
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Post #Aw7nSbDZoae9hbhL7Y by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I believe the primary thing the unions represent, and the reason wh… |
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Post #Aw7nUxM8TeFAwQpEjQ by [email protected] |
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@AT1ST @sarahtaber A lot of the cost and price increases for cocoa over the las… |
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Post #Aw7ncOabcejjQo8nmy by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber this whole thread is so important, thank you! |
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Post #Aw7nda6MJ2VlQQYguu by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I think this is fabulous when you also combine it with Vox and prob… |
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Post #Aw7ndue3vRM38kTtE8 by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber people who are paid well get to be good consumers, promoting an upw… |
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Post #Aw7nk1iQYD2co2RE9I by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber If paying a fair wage to the people who put food on your table will… |
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Post #Aw7nlcwhcCHgYysWe0 by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber I mean if farm workers were paid actually fairly, tens of millions … |
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Post #Aw7nmtKUBdeffKbcXo by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber > No one cares.Sorry. Obviously lots of people care. Just not e… |
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Post #Aw7nrRnHzSFpiKFbai by [email protected] |
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@libramoon @sarahtaber Wild to me that someone as craven as Henry Ford got this… |
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Post #Aw7nse7NegIME4DhBI by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber what makes things expensive is the (investor) asshole on top who ne… |
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Post #Aw7nsfxWoHbPw5cr6O by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber hey thank you I learned a lot. I had been assuming owners had a leg… |
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Post #Aw7o3RrxXI3tQG9qAC by [email protected] |
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@dartigen @AT1ST @sarahtaber Coffee and cocoa are cash crops that have been spr… |
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Post #Aw7o5P8oeMRRXZyVjk by [email protected] |
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@sarahtaber To add: even if would, these other people that have difficulty to p… |
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Post #Aw7sny6ARNCQW7F1Qu by [email protected] |
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@evilotto @sarahtaber Unions very generally interfere with the right of capital… |
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Post #Aw7uImj6s3HAB9iMzI by [email protected] |
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@deafferret Thank you, I'm still a bit new to Mastodon and was unsure how t… |
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Post #Aw7urk1SuqYHvby7xA by [email protected] |
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@arafel @theogrin @sarahtaber I think it could be stated in an even more simple… |
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@arafel @theogrin @sarahtaber Note: this last line is meant to imply that peopl… |
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@sarahtaber This makes me so mad. Here in central Alberta they are all on board… |
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@sarahtaber It's always been my feeling that a nation whose economy depend… |
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@mhanson101 @pathfinder @sarahtaber I truly believe there is no such thing as u… |
