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Originally Posted by TommyMacLuckie
Nobody is holding a gun their head to make any of them work for Dole or Chiquita or Del Monte. If they were to lose their jobs tomorrow they'd find something else to do. They would have to. They did other things before the banana companies - historically and now, as in there are other jobs than working at a banana plantation.
The banana companies are not the end all be all.
When push comes to shove they'll do something.
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I think sometimes the problem may be wold you rather make $0 or $4 per day and most people given the option between starving and $4 would take the $4 even if it meant working hard all day. I think the question is can the banana companies afford to pay more than low wages? The answer is absolutely, but it is going to have to forced upon them by the consumer.