For those who want proof of the exodus

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Negatron.  I pay by the hour or by weight, whichever is greater.  This gives me a baseline which motivates the shit out of labor - they know they'll pull ten an hour (and they'd rather work for me than for a tobacco field because of that all on it's own)...but that I'll pay them even more if they work their asses off.  I also manage to make a better roi than the standard model on any given field.

that's great! so may I ask why use migrant workers at all? why not simply staff from a day labor pool??

I'm asking because we both know that the labor laws are far less strict when it comes to treatment of workers and child labor laws. That is why people use and the government allows for 'migrant work' that is the key difference in that they are not subject to federal minimum wage requirements, OSHA protection, no workers comp laws, No over time requirements, or labor restrictions, child labor laws are far more liberal (10 year olds can be used in some crops) the list goes on and can be found on a official government site.. The point being I'm sure if you switched over to a labor ready or some other legit day labor company your migrant workers would funnel through them, and enjoy the federal protections this government mandates to every other field of work, rather than working for you directly without any type of federally mandated safety net..

All that said, Unless you do supply the whole country with everything a migrant worker is allowed to process, then I say my point stands. Because even if you (some micro farm) supplies even a large chain like whole foods with one product, the rest of the industry is indeed using migrant workers as far as the law will allow them to be used!

Even if we as a Society all collectively condoned slavery that a STILL doesn't make any less immoral.