Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Ron, its usually minimum wage with no benefits. Depending on state they live in. Mr. Rene Quintana From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Ron Strochlic Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:13 PM Subject: [ ] " real " farmworker wages Can anyone point me to information on " real " farmworker wages - i.e. adjusted for inflation - as compared with past wages. I'm not looking for a specific point in time, so any information will be appreciated. Thanks, Ron Strochlic Executive Director California Institute for Rural Studies 221 G Street, Suite 204 , CA 95616 office: 530-756-6555 x16 www.cirsinc.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Statistics for farmworker wages, and hours, broken up by regions can be found here: This link are for the current figures: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/FarmLabo/FarmLabo-05-22-2009.txt This link you can see historical wages: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1063 Hope this helps. C. --- In , Ron Strochlic <rstrochlic@...> wrote: > > Can anyone point me to information on " real " farmworker wages - i.e. > adjusted for inflation - as compared with past wages. I'm not looking > for a specific point in time, so any information will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > > Ron Strochlic > Executive Director > California Institute for Rural Studies > 221 G Street, Suite 204 > , CA 95616 > office: 530-756-6555 x16 > www.cirsinc.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 You said: " Ron, its usually minimum wage with no benefits. Depending on state they live in. " Actually, that's not true. As the information I just posted shows the average wage in the US is $10.84 an hour. In many states, like NYS, those " no benefits " typically include free housing and all that it entails, including gas & electric and in many cases, like on my farm, free DirectV service. As one source states: " Farmworkers in the US are offered a range of services - supported by federal, state and local government, as well as by non-profits, community organizations, churches and individuals…. Other services that cater to migrant farmworkers include: pesticide training, day care, legal services, immigration counseling, English classes, substance abuse programs, WIC, Medicaid, job training, job placement, housing, domestic violence counseling, women's groups, high school equivalency programs, soccer leagues, recreation, arts programs and emergency services. " http://www.whyhunger.org/news-and-alerts/47-why-speaks/508-serving-farmworkers.h\ tml Farmworkers in New York benefit from a number of governmentally funded social service programs that, in many cases, only exist for their benefit, including their own FREE government funded health clinics, day care centers for their children (now 14 throughout the state), federally funded migrant education programs, as well as their own government funded law firm which works only in their behalf. Is it the " Life of Riley/ " No. But it's hardly minimum wage with no benefits either. C. > > Ron, its usually minimum wage with no benefits. Depending on state they live in. > > Mr. Rene Quintana > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Ron Strochlic > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:13 PM > > Subject: [ ] " real " farmworker wages > > > > Can anyone point me to information on " real " farmworker wages - i.e. > adjusted for inflation - as compared with past wages. I'm not looking > for a specific point in time, so any information will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Ron Strochlic > Executive Director > California Institute for Rural Studies > 221 G Street, Suite 204 > , CA 95616 > office: 530-756-6555 x16 > www.cirsinc.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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