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A Republican Farmer Relies on Immigrant Work. He Sees His Party Erasing It. (www.nytimes.com)

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35845659

For 20 years, Tim O’Harrow has asked lawmakers to acknowledge that America’s food supply depends on immigrants. Politics went in the other direction.

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[–] setsubyou@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

According to the article, he was hiring Americans at first. However:

“They would call five minutes before milking time, and say, ‘I’m not going to make it,’” Tim said. “Well, who’s going to milk the cows? We’re trying to run a business. It just wasn’t working.”

Then he switched to Mexicans.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Then he switched to Mexicans.

I.e. Then he switched to an oppressed underclass that is too desperate to call out.

If you can't handle call outs you don't have enough staff. Full stop.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Then he switched to Mexicans.

And he did that because they were cheaper than an automated dairy shed.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

Mexicans will get it done with no fuss. They're worth double. I used to be in the roofing biz, and you WANT a Mexican crew on your roof. They didn't come cheap, especially if they knew what they were doing, and had a crew chief that spoke English. They were worth every penny.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

all the ones around me here in Australia are automated.

high wages are a hood thing, they make innovation for drudgery. The corollary is, how to spread the productivity gains? here in Australia it seems to be by having more and more "Bullshit Jobs" rather than something like a UBI.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

I have one of those.