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Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

karol — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:17:47 -0000

Do you know any orange or tangerines picking jobs in a near future?

Thank you for reply.

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

karol — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:17:47 -0000

Do you know any orange or tangerines picking jobs in a near future?

Thank you for reply.

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

Gabriella — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:43:44 -0000

To clarify, when I say "hired" I meant that in the loosest sense of the word.

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

Gabriella — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:41:23 -0000

To your point, last month I had read an article that spoke of a worker who had died from an elevator falling on him during the construction of a building in Madrid. The case opened up an enormous scandal because they found dozens of workers sleeping in the half built building with limited food and water. What made the case interesting was that they were legal immigrants hired by the government.

It's a pity and I can only hope that this will change.

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

Gabriella — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:43:44 -0000

To clarify, when I say "hired" I meant that in the loosest sense of the word.

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

Gabriella — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:41:23 -0000

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

David J Rodriguez — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:28:56 -0000

Legality, shmegality-- the point is to have a frightened & docile labor pool available who will work at miserly salaries in exchange for the very real advantages of clean, drinkable running water & warm, safe (if all-too-often overcrowded) shelter and a shot at the dream of a consumer lifestyle.
Market 'inefficiencies' & government policy will sometimes intersect increasingly volatile nature in absurd, possibly devastating ways: visiting Steele winery in Lake County last year, there were flystrips hanging like curtains all over the place--
with the migrant labor shortage & a late grape harvest paying better salaries, 90% of the pear harvest went unpicked and was rotting on the ground...

Re: Spain’s Harvest might end up Un-Harvested!

David J Rodriguez — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:28:56 -0000

Legality, shmegality-- the point is to have a frightened & docile labor pool available who will work at miserly salaries in exchange for the very real advantages of clean, drinkable running water & warm, safe (if all-too-often overcrowded) shelter and a shot at the dream of a consumer lifestyle.

Market 'inefficiencies' & government policy will sometimes intersect increasingly volatile nature in absurd, possibly devastating ways: visiting Steele winery in Lake County last year, there were flystrips hanging like curtains all over the place--

with the migrant labor shortage & a late grape harvest paying better salaries, 90% of the pear harvest went unpicked and was rotting on the ground...