Immigrant workers from across the US raced to Florida to help rebuild after Hurricane Ian. But now, nearly a year later and days after another major hurricane hit, some of those workers say this time they’re staying home.
Correction: Nobody is willing to do said job for what they want to pay.
I’ve worked in agriculture (doing maintenance) and tbh I’m not going to go work in a field in the sun all day for less than like, $25 an hour or something; it’s absolutely brutal work. I wish every American would go do it for a summer or two, it might make us appreciate that $.50 cucumber a little more.
It’s not like American citizens are lining up to do those jobs. Otherwise folks from the Rust Belt would have gotten new jobs already.
That’s the real kicker, isn’t it? “They’re stealing our jobs”… but nobody else is willing to do said jobs.
Correction: Nobody is willing to do said job for what they want to pay.
I’ve worked in agriculture (doing maintenance) and tbh I’m not going to go work in a field in the sun all day for less than like, $25 an hour or something; it’s absolutely brutal work. I wish every American would go do it for a summer or two, it might make us appreciate that $.50 cucumber a little more.