• Red_October@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    They mean that the workers are probably making less than Minimum Wage. There are exceptions to minimum wage for agricultural work. Minimum wage would have been an improvement.

    • wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      I think those exceptions are made (, in principle,) to to let farm workers get paid per unit. They pack a crate, they get $3. They can probably pack 10 crates an hour if they work their asses off.

      But I’m sure it is exploited egregiously.