(December 20, 2014 at 2:43 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(December 20, 2014 at 1:26 pm)Drich Wrote: right now in Fl a produce harvester can expect to make 15.00 a day, unless he can pick what the grow predetermines as a quota. If he can do this then he can expect a bonus based on the bushel or pound of produce picked. I have never heard of anyone earning over 100 dollars even in the 12 to 14 hours that some pickers work.Meh, I've made and paid $10/hr for a good picker. Cost to consumer for the maters, lettuce, or strawberries was the same. Guess slavery isn't required here - nor are we forced to support it either directly or indirectly - as sloppily as you've chosen to define it.
(I actually prefer a profit share by the bushel/head/pint...but that's just me..I'm enterprising like that)

Even if it is not required we have legislation on the books that permits it. That you cannot argue. Nor can you argue that the vast majority of the medium to large farms/plantations utilize a quota picking system, rather than an hourly wage.
Hourly wages are usally reserved for farms not large enough to support a quota based pick.
Quota picks allow the larger farm/plantation keep harvest costs down. On crops that may not have the same per acre yield as say strawberries.