[raybbr]

Employer requests for H-2A farm workers are listed on the Washington Work Source web site: www.wa.gov/esd/farmworkers/h2a_jobs.htm The apple picking jobs specify that apples are picked into bins that are 4'x4'x3' and hold about 25 bushels, that piece rates are $13 (Red Delicious) to $15 a bin (Golden Delicious and Fuji) and that workers are expected to pick at least 1.3 to 1.4 bins an hour, that is, fast enough to earn the $9.77 AEWR.

That translates to about $.50 a bushel. No wonder no one wants those jobs. Heck, even the illegals are staying away from that pittance.

Thirty-six cubic feet of apples per bin. I would guess that holds about 700 apples. That means they are getting abou two cents per apple picked.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“That translates to about $.50 a bushel. No wonder no one wants those jobs. Heck, even the illegals are staying away from that pittance.”

Illegals are taking all our construction jobs, as it pays 10
dollars an hour, cash!