06-09-2017, 04:22 PM
From Tink: “(It is not) slave labor. The way they work, it is their natural work ethic.”
Quite true. Large parts of the third world have a good work ethic with respect to farm labor. Most U.S. citizens avoid unskilled farm labor. With the nationwide crackdown on illegals, farms everywhere are suffering labor shortages.
“Pay by the pound” compensation, long used on farms, might help here. This mode of compensation might allow us to broaden the farm workforce to the homeless and other unemployed food stamp recipients.
In most cases, these folks only want to work a few hours a day (if that). And, for a variety of reasons, they are unsuitable for many work sites.
Quote from above: “Once again lumping every...group of people...into one category..I detest generalizations.”
I strongly disagree. Generalizations, which by definition exclude the descriptor “every,” are observations of truth. Yes, generalizations can be lies or gross exaggerations. But if correct they help us understand the world.
Generally Americans of most races/ethnic groups other than Hispanic (and some Filipinos) avoid unskilled farm labor. This generalization is highly relevant to discussing the labor shortage on American farms, including our coffee farms.
Quite true. Large parts of the third world have a good work ethic with respect to farm labor. Most U.S. citizens avoid unskilled farm labor. With the nationwide crackdown on illegals, farms everywhere are suffering labor shortages.
“Pay by the pound” compensation, long used on farms, might help here. This mode of compensation might allow us to broaden the farm workforce to the homeless and other unemployed food stamp recipients.
In most cases, these folks only want to work a few hours a day (if that). And, for a variety of reasons, they are unsuitable for many work sites.
Quote from above: “Once again lumping every...group of people...into one category..I detest generalizations.”
I strongly disagree. Generalizations, which by definition exclude the descriptor “every,” are observations of truth. Yes, generalizations can be lies or gross exaggerations. But if correct they help us understand the world.
Generally Americans of most races/ethnic groups other than Hispanic (and some Filipinos) avoid unskilled farm labor. This generalization is highly relevant to discussing the labor shortage on American farms, including our coffee farms.