In chi.general Brent P wrote:
: In article , Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
: In chi.general Brent P wrote:
:: In article , Elmo wrote:
:
:: Low wages paid to ag workers are one way to subsidize low food prices.
:: Think what food would cost if the people who produce, prepare, and serve
:: it actually got paid living wages.
:
:: Low wages prevent the use of automation. Only those crops where
:: automation has not yet been developed and/or growers simply refuse to
:: use it because of the cheap labor supply depend on illegal alien
:: workers. There wouldn't be any increase in price unless the producers
:: threw a fit and stopped growing the crops. The market price is what is.
:
: Actually, when we worked at McD's in the late 80's and early 90's, what the
: claim was at least that drove the automation projects was the fact they
: couldn't get enough people... the ArchFry and ArchDrink machines and order
: Kiosks were one way to automate some of the labor...

: Very true. A shortage of labor also serves to have automation put into
: use. Just to add to that, hasn't McD's also increased wages above the
: minimum wage in an effort to attract people to work there?

Yep, they were paying above min wage to attract and keep folks... there were
also crew scholarship $'s available to attract good students...

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John Nelson
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