I worked for a greenhouse in the Niagara region. We had maybe 2-3 migrant workers at a time and they worked HARD. My boss once said that he would prefer to hire the students from the local horticulture program but he still usually needs a few migrant workers to make sure we get through the season. He then informed me to look closer at the people working the fields around the area. The amount of work being done by migrant workers would simply not get done if they were kicked out. They make up a majority of the labour required so the grocery stores can put 5000 tomatoes on display at a time.
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Dude, seriously FUCK Newsweek. Reddit posts this garbage news clickbait crap all the time. Posting Newsweek trash is just a complete waste of time. Use better, local, independent news organizations instead of a rag that just uses clickbait and sensationalism. Fuck off Newsweek.
Teens are a really bad workforce to rely on. It's always been understood that kids work for their own benefit, and the business just happens to benefit from that. They need a savings so they can move out on their own when they graduate. This isn't for their benefit, this is so companies can fuel their needs for wage slaves.
There are far less teenagers then migrants. Maybe those businesses should move away from exploitation altogether.
So slaves sorry, prisoners have to pick up the slack.
Remember, the Constitution allows slavery! Plus, it only bans punishments that are cruel and unusual - punishments that are just cruel or just unusual are fine!
This constitution seems to love lines in the sand as drawn by subjective moralists who falsely think they're objective.
Oh yeah, those too, they are definitely next in line.
Stop bringing up facts and figures, I have wordly experience!
-The average conservative voter
Voters? I have no qaulm with voters, I hate that how the elected officials act!
I have no qaulm with voters, I hate that how the elected officials act!
do you not see a connection there?
They act that way, because they know that their voters will still reelect them.
I did corn detasseling for 2-half days (we got rained out on day 1) back when I was 12. I imagine those migrants were much more capable and tolerant of the bs than I was. -I remember the humidity in the fields, the mud, and the desire to vomit.
newsweek is a conspiracy peddling right-wing rag, please stop driving traffic to them
Sure, lets hire children for everything, I mean everything:
"I'm bored, my mom grounded me"
"Hey wanna play a game?"
"What?"
"Lets, turn the keys, see what happens."
"..."
"C'mon pussy. There's nothing fun at home anyways, you're grounded. This is gonna be fun!"
"Um... fine..."
"Alright, 3... 2... 1..."
keys are turned simultaneously
🚀🌎🌏💥 (Nuclear ICBM Launched)
We did this already, why must we repeat the worst parts of history?
When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers
Good. But I don't agree with anyone I know that Florida "isn't that bad."
I don't have a map of statistics where bad shit happens, but if I did, Florida would stand out.
It's a fucking swamp. Humans aren't meant for that environment. (Actually, I don't know if humans ever naturally adjusted to swamps, it just seems like tons of horrible ways to die)
There were native tribes living there prior to the Europeans coming.
And they were constantly fighting over the few places humans can live.
Lol! Good luck getting teenagers to work those kinds of jobs in the 1st place. But expecting them to work overnight, then go to school...without any meal breaks?
LMFAO!! Who the fuck thought this would be a good idea? Unless they're planning on forcing kids to do this, it will never happen.
Someone I knew was hard-core conservative and thought forcing (other people's) kids to work was a fucking great idea. When asked about the dangers of working in a industrial kitchen or a meat packing plant he said he wasn't worried about that at all. Insurance companies would never allow it.
He spouted all kinds of other right wing BS that was almost as disturbing. That kind of nutcase is exactly who the fuck thought this would be a good idea.
Uugh. That's so dumb. Insurance companies simply wouldn't cover them...but that wouldn't stop those companies from employing children. Especially if conservatives are dismantling work place safety regulations at the same time.
...until this band of demons gets the likes of donvict to start threatening them if they don't comply with the very worst polices the qons can dream up.
I think they're expecting an influx of dropping out to enter the ~~wage slave market~~ work force. So for them, it's hitting a triple - less expenses to education, a less educated populace, and a locked-in-for-life service industry workforce.
Just imagine... Kamala was somehow worse.
/s for those easily triggered assholes
What in the 1600
It would have only worked if those were mining jobs. You know how them kids yearn for the mines. Minor miners.
Sadly, Florida doesn't have the right geology for mines.
Unfortunately for Floridians there are definitely open pit mines in Fla.
THIS is Why America is on the Decline! Kids need WORK ETHICS not EDUCATION!
-Parents like Elon Musk who Complain about WOKENESS for Why Their Children HATE them!
Not Florida but:
Rotschy, which routinely hired teenage workers amid recent labor shortages, violated the law when supervisors assigned tasks known to be dangerous and prohibited for minors to perform.
‘Beyond failure’ – Washington teen loses legs at school-based work program
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