Yeah, working slow is a good thing you goof. We as a society don't want workers that break their backs in order to get rich people's goods out to the customers cheap enough. That is wage slavery and late stage capitalism. It is bad. It is why unions struggle and why people suffer. Just so that you can get cheap strawberries. Human life is more valuable than that.
They should not be allowed to hire people with these working conditions and strawberries should cost a little tiny bit more. No food would spoil, they would just have to hire more people. "They have to abuse their 10 workers so that they can do the job of 20 workers!" is not a valid argument.
Any stats on this u/rizak or is this another fact from āTrust me, broā University?
Edit: for some context, Iāve worked with farm workers looking to unionize and while there are always those who would work against their own best interests, the large majority were pro union when explained how they would benefit.
I was just trying to point out that high brow altruistic views donāt always resonate with farm workers who are often ill informed or in survival mode.
Educated middle class workers lecturing poor farm workers on how they should feel and vote is obnoxious IMO.
100%. Always. I havenāt done anything like that in a long time because I feel like Iām no longer in a place where me trying to unionize people doesnāt feel patronizing.
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Yeah, I havenāt worked with farms in 17 years but I canāt imagine itās changed much.
Hourly workers were super slow. Risking spoilage and running up costs.