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Nicolas Naranja · 07-28-2009, 08:35 AM

We can't even figure out a way to pay workers in this country what they deserve. Immokalee workers have been trying to get a penny a pound increase for years and nobody can figure out how to pay it. I mean lets face it the consumer wouldn't even notice a penny a pound, but the pickers would see much higher paychecks. People talk a lot about wanting to help out, but nothing is ever done about it. Here's a good example: Martin can pick 800 42 lb crates of corn per day and he makes $0.10/crate, if the man got an extra penny per ear he would increase his pay from $80/day to $464/day and the cost of a crate of corn would go up a whopping $0.48. If I could make $464/day picking corn, that is what I'd be doing. And the end consumer wouldn't even realize they were a paying a penny more.

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Nicolas Naranja Muck bananas Nicolas Naranja's Photo Gallery Location: Pahokee, FL Find me on the map! Zone: 10 Name: Nick Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,217 BananaBucks : 604,227 Feedback: 7 / 100% Said "Thanks" 66 Times Was Thanked 5,665 Times in 1,563 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 7 Times	Re: Chiquita - An Awful Short History We can't even figure out a way to pay workers in this country what they deserve. Immokalee workers have been trying to get a penny a pound increase for years and nobody can figure out how to pay it. I mean lets face it the consumer wouldn't even notice a penny a pound, but the pickers would see much higher paychecks. People talk a lot about wanting to help out, but nothing is ever done about it. Here's a good example: Martin can pick 800 42 lb crates of corn per day and he makes $0.10/crate, if the man got an extra penny per ear he would increase his pay from $80/day to $464/day and the cost of a crate of corn would go up a whopping $0.48. If I could make $464/day picking corn, that is what I'd be doing. And the end consumer wouldn't even realize they were a paying a penny more. __________________ Some people go bananas, I went plantains.