On 2010-09-06, sf > wrote:
>
> Paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes doubles farm workers wages....

They only get paid a penny per pound!? No wonder they're going back
to Mexico.

nb

On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:53:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> On 2010-09-06, sf > wrote:
> >
> > Paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes doubles farm workers wages....
>
> They only get paid a penny per pound!? No wonder they're going back
> to Mexico.
>
I was surprised too.

--

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On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:20:45 -0700, Ranee at Arabian Knits wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:53:47 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> On 2010-09-06, sf > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Paying a penny a pound more for tomatoes doubles farm workers wages....
>>>
>>> They only get paid a penny per pound!? No wonder they're going back
>>> to Mexico.
>>>
>> I was surprised too.
>
> That assumes that the owners will give all of the surplus to the
> picker. It also assumes that even if he didn't keep it, it wouldn't be
> portioned out to the trucker, processor, packers, etc. before it even
> got to the picker. In order for that amount to get to the picker, the
> price per pound would probably have to be raised $0.20 or more.

jeez, wouldn't that be horrible?

your pal,
blake