The article states they are working on net pay of about $1,800 a month (net pay, mind you). That is equivalent to annual net of $21,600; the hourly equivalent of $10.38 in a standard 2080 hour work year. Dawn-to-dusk or dew-to-dew is more than a 8-hour work day but then the wheat harvesting season is less than a year. Annualize the numbers and unless something is missing from the article or I missed something (always an option) they are making the $10 equivalent.
$1800 a month and room and board is free? What am I missing?
Jeez, my neighbor down the road, married ten years and SAHM, just had her husband flake out and leave her and the kids.
She has a communications degree, granted a long lapse in work history and is being offered jobs at 10 dollars an hour.
What am I missing here?