The threat of federal agents raiding orchards is forcing a labor shortage that has caused some Washington producers to leave cherries unpicked or delay their harvests until fruit gets over ripe, which means they are getting paid less for the fruit at processors.
  • massacre@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    “I don’t care about that stuff. I just know that this is affecting the growers directly whether they are Democrat or Republican or whatever. These growers will lose a lot of money and are risking losing their farms because of a lack of labor.”

    They FOR SURE cared about it when rural/farmers voted overwhelmingly for Republicans/Trump and knew what he was saying. This is 100% FAFO and now it’s all crocodile tears “don’t care if you are dem or republican” nonsense.

    The default response to them should be “you should pick your farm up by the bootstraps and get the crops picked”. Or you know… Pay living wages to get citizen pickers? Either way, good luck without all the exploited labor.