Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
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Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#2I work at the LA Times and conducted the data analysis of wages included in this story. We published all the code behind it on GitHub. AMA. https://github.com/datadesk/california-crop-production-wages...
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#3Well then obviously wages haven't risen enough.
For an extreme example, pay me 200$ an hour and I'll quit my web dev job and do it myself.
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#4I see a potential solution to Los Angeles's homeless population.
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#5I work at the LA Times and conducted the data analysis of wages included in this story. We published all the code behind it on GitHub. AMA. https://github.com/datadesk/california-crop-production-wages...
Great work guys at LA Times! That is very transparent.
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#6Immigration laws seem likely to be enforced, illegal alien labor scabs self-deport in advance, and wages rise. Not hard to understand.
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#7I see a potential solution to Los Angeles's homeless population.
You mean, give them homes on farms? Sure, why not.
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#8Immigration laws seem likely to be enforced, illegal alien labor scabs self-deport in advance, and wages rise. Not hard to understand.
Interesting use of the word "scabs"!
Re: Wages rise on California farms, Americans still don’t want the job
#9Well then obviously wages haven't risen enough. For an extreme example, pay me 200$ an hour and I'll quit my web dev job and do it myself.
Although it's obviously not going to happen, even if it did you couldn't afford buying that same product as a direct result of the increase in cost.