“We are in dire need of workers, so there is a lot of fear from across the state … that this new law will actually be devastating."

  • @OasissisaO
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    561 year ago

    Is this the “find out” part?

    I think this is the “find out” part.

    • @dethb0y
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      The best part will be when they find out that local floridians absolutely will not work for the same wages, and in many cases any wage, for the same labor. Similar actions in the past have left crops rotting in the fields because no one wants to harvest them. This incident in california comes to mind although of course that was nowhere near as harsh…

      • admiralteal
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        1 year ago

        The sad thing is, the more likely “fix” for this will just be legalizing this insane system of unfairly and illegally-paid migrant workers rather than forcing the ag businesses to offer fair compensation.

        Like, I love seeing Desantis hoisted by his own petard here, but also… it should not be legal to exploit undocumented workers. If these workers are necessary to make the economy function, something is wrong with the economy. Which is definitely true for the US agricultural economy.

        Much like with Reedy Creek, he’s doing the right thing in the stupidest way possible and for the absolutely wrong reasons.

        • @Ensign_Crab
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          201 year ago

          The sad thing is, the more likely “fix” for this will just be legalizing this insane system of unfairly and illegally-paid migrant workers rather than forcing the ag businesses to offer fair compensation.

          Or they’ll use prisoners.

        • jayrhacker
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          121 year ago

          Would it even be America without a non-citizen underclass to do all the hard work while their free existence in society is made illegal, justifying oppressive police forces to “deal with the problem”

        • Deref
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          Legalizing immigrants means they can’t get deported for fighting back or trying to quit. And having no choice is the #1 requirement for exploitation.

      • keeb420
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        91 year ago

        Didn’t the uk go through the same shit recently as well?

        • Hello_there
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          71 year ago

          Yup. Surprise surprise, if you exit the EU you’re not going to get business from a lot of truck drivers that live in other countries.

        • andyburke
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          51 year ago

          Yes.

          This is all easily predictable if you aren’t in an un-reality bubble.