Posted by MarkB_MI on May 02, 2020 at 03:26:09 from (174.230.12.181):
In Reply to: Why is this? posted by gtractorfan on May 01, 2020 at 18:15:19:
Working conditions in packing plants have always been bad, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon. Which is why the workers are almost exclusively immigrants. You will NOT get those 30 million out-of-work laborers to work in the packing plants, but you already know that! How many car salesmen, bartenders or strippers are going to work in a packing plant at double or even triple the wage paid to immigrant plant workers? ZERO!
The simple fact is this: Packing plants are closing because they could not maintain a safe working environment for their employees without significantly reducing production. Management chose output over their worker's safety, and now they're paying the price. As for increasing workers salaries, many already did that. And the results were predictable: Given the choice between staying home without pay and working at double pay, sick employees came to work and infected their coworkers.
It's possible that this fiasco will bring about permanent changes in the way packing plants operate. But I doubt it. Given a choice between short-term profits and long-term profitability, American businesses will always chose the former.
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