When I was young in the late 40’s early 50’s, it was not unusual to see illegals in the fields being overseen by picking field foremen representing the companies that got them picked and shipped to the packing houses for grading, sorting, packing and shipping. Even at that time the illegals were working but that was because of lower wages rather than availability.
Wages go for California areas designated by cities:
Modesto $43,506
Berkeley $43,126
San Francisco $41,496
Santa Clara $41,365
Sunnyvale $41,337
Livermore $41,314
San Jose $41,278
Los Gatos $41,026
Daly City $40,810
Santa Cruz $40,668
https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Fruit-Picker-Salary—in-California
And if you look in the article, it will say that per wages California is 50th among 50 even with those wages.
The problem they are having is that with the increase in need of the fruits and vegetables they are having to hire more pickers for higher wages so the ranchers can’t afford the bill and their produce dies on the vine. So it’s the price problem and not the amount of pickers needed to get the fields done. And the union, the UFW, keeps applying pressure to hire union workers. The rubber band is stretched tight.
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Unions. 🤨 A prime example of too much of a good thing. As usual when democrats get involved the little guy pays and the bosses get rich. Limitless power = limitless corruption.
Hire Americans at a decent wage. Or let it rot. I do not care.