$18 to $32 per hour to clean up seems a bit high to me, although it requires 12 hour shifts for some reason.
“$18 to $32 per hour to clean up seems a bit high to me, although it requires 12 hour shifts for some reason.”
From what I’ve seen in the last week, they spend most of those 12 hours walking around with walkie-talkies, looking concerned.
Presumably BP is footing the bill, but I would’ve expected something more along the lines of minimum wage. The tar bars were small and scattered. Three workers were sharing one bag to put the collected tar balls in. There was a report by Fox News later in the day that showed the stretch they were cleaning. Coincidentally, I haven’t seen anyone cleaning today.