We should be punishing companies for paying illegal wages under the table no matter who’s the recipient (documented or not), but instead the undocumented status of the workers is used as pretext to deny them any negotiating power for a raise or better conditions. Until we hold the companies accountable in these situations, they’ll continue to do whatever they can to keep their labor costs down. Unfortunately, farm owners have the money in this situation, so their wishes for cheap labor trump any need for unemployed citizens to have a job :)
These farm jobs aren’t going to be opened up to Americans for minimum wage. They’re going to be done by the same undocumented people, but as part of immigrant detention labor camps as an extension of the prison industrial complex.
The reality is that we should be paying a lot more for groceries than we currently are, given that the current system depends on horrendously underpaid and exploitative labor. Good luck making that case to people struggling to pay for groceries.
edit: slight wording because I suck at proofreading before hitting submit
Yes, they should be punished for paying below minimum wage. Regardless of the workers legal status. And they should be punished for employing anyone who isn’t legally allowed to work here. Hit them with a double whammy. Not some bullshit 6 or low 7 figure number.
We don’t get to pick and choose which laws to follow.
We should be punishing companies for paying illegal wages under the table no matter who’s the recipient (documented or not), but instead the undocumented status of the workers is used as pretext to deny them any negotiating power for a raise or better conditions. Until we hold the companies accountable in these situations, they’ll continue to do whatever they can to keep their labor costs down. Unfortunately, farm owners have the money in this situation, so their wishes for cheap labor trump any need for unemployed citizens to have a job :)
These farm jobs aren’t going to be opened up to Americans for minimum wage. They’re going to be done by the same undocumented people, but as part of immigrant detention labor camps as an extension of the prison industrial complex.
The reality is that we should be paying a lot more for groceries than we currently are, given that the current system depends on horrendously underpaid and exploitative labor. Good luck making that case to people struggling to pay for groceries.
edit: slight wording because I suck at proofreading before hitting submit
Yes, they should be punished for paying below minimum wage. Regardless of the workers legal status. And they should be punished for employing anyone who isn’t legally allowed to work here. Hit them with a double whammy. Not some bullshit 6 or low 7 figure number.
We don’t get to pick and choose which laws to follow.