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[–] Obbop ago  (edited ago)

Are you degenerates, reprobates and sundry loafers aware that agricultural workers also operate under a different set of standards? The elite-owned tyrannical media never mentions this shit because it makes the beloved monolithic corporations look bad. When I worked with the migrant laborers we had to work in excess of 60 hours in a 7 day period before overtime kicked in. Then there is the "piece work" scam where the pay is based upon the amount of product picked. GI Bill paid shit in my day so vets had to supplement GI Bill income with at least part-time work just to barely eke by. I was so desperate for wealth that I would go pick boysenberries. Back in the early 1980s and memory says we got $2 per flat picked. The little kids... 8-year to early teens... out-picked everybody. Lots of older migrants, also. Not strenuous work in comparison to other crop jobs. Migrants in their prime were doing the higher-paid more laborious jobs. Gringos not welcomed at those. We were relegated to the lowest paying positions. No problemo. Those folks relied upon those jobs for subsistence along with hand-outs from taxpayers and even then they did not live high on the hog. That was hot-assed work requiring lots of bending over. Little kids had the advantage of being mostly eye-level with the quarry.

Ate a lot of ramen back then. On good days excess wealth allowed the purchase of a pack of chicken hot dogs. Cut into pieces and toss into the ramen. Fuck yeah. Then ride the damn 10-speed the 9-miles to the college. No excess lard on the frame back then.