Quote:
Originally Posted by Clodfobble
I don't know what the fruit-pickers make. But the construction and landscaping illegals around here generally make $8-$9 an hour, which is equivalent to roughly a $10-$11 wage for someone who pays taxes.
|
That's good. How much would legal skilled (and likely unionized) labor cost?
My cousins are in construction and excavation. I don't know what they make, but it is quite
good money, even for the ones who work for the state or county.
Agricultural undocumented migrants make very, very little. They often have to hide out in the wilderness and fight for safe places to sleep. I was shown some documentaries of the life of these people in one of my gen-ed courses. Really interesting stuff.