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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:21 PM Original message |
Shortage of citrus pickers looms (immigration) |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. It won't be a problem. After all... |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. If the pay is enough, there'd be no problem whatsoever. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. if it happens -- and it could very well -- i will go |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Pay the prisoners $5.00 an hour to pick them. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. The law of unintended consequences... |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. A minuscule increase in price at best, according to NYT |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. In most countries, rather than lose a crop, they would get people |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. Time to rethink that slave/migrant strategy |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-10-06 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. So they need to raise the pay rate for workers and people will do it |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Easy to Understand, but "hard" to justify hiring illegals |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Exorbitant Profit Margins is exactly what this is about. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Industry executives announce own pay raise." |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. A labor shortage is a GOOD thing, Labor shortage = increased wages. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Let the oranges rot before paying |
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unlawflcombatnt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Exactly |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-12-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Of course the July report will claim that 159.2 million boxes were picked |
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