Oregon farmer says she can't afford to pay workers overtime, now that it's required 

@@crushedorchids Lots of those kids are homeschooled.

​@@crushedorchidsso if you're in a tough situation, can't find anything better, or don't qualify for a whole lot, just don't have kids? Not every one has it as lavish as you. I couldn't imagine seriously putting people down for trying to make things work out and still provide for their families. I'm sure those kids will nothing but love and respect for those parents did everything they could for them.

They should still be able to earn enough to live on 55 hours a week.

@@mkklassicmk3895 the important word in your statement is "should"... my uncle Leon always told me not to should on myself... I think he detested tihe word "should".

Her problem is because she is trying to do it legally. These people are competing against the mexican mafia. The mexican mafia does work bellow the legal price. They pay under the table and avoid lots of fees. You sound so much like an so like a democrat. Just oblivious to the real world. Plus its even cheaper to import the food. Which is even worse for worker wages.

She does work her fields 🤡

@@ElleBaby87 row boss is not the same as picking the berries

@@ElleBaby87 Only talking to the owner was a big mistake as far as journalism goes.

Did you even watch the entire video?

It's so obvious isn't it? You can tell who hasn't worked on a farm in the comment section as well.

@@ElleBaby87 you can tell who's crabby their subsidies and gravy trains at the expense of human rights are getting cut off; seems pretty entitled to me.

You don't know what you are talking about.

@@jamesklaatu9359 Having grown up in agriculture, I'm pretty sure I do, cucktard. Go back and whinge about your oil and coal investments some more while I laugh and produce biofuels and harvest energy. Maybe actually do something worthwhile with your life.

White folks have zero interest in farm work, picking berries is what Boomers did when they were kids for spending money.

I would do it, and I'm white. I grew up in TN. Not all white people are the same.

Racist.

​@jamesklaatu9359 it's true. No one else is willling take that kind of low pay for back breaking work.

Yes let's teach our kids how to pick berry in our schools😂 is that ok if u choose this career for your kids I wont complain​@@ElleBaby87

*walmart has entered chat*

Who says she doesn't have them out there 🤡 Supply and demand must go over your head.

@@ElleBaby87 paying living wages for fair labor provided must go over your privileged head.

Did you watch to the point of the video where she said that she and her husband have been picking up the slack? Or even to the part where they talk about how farmers don't control the price of their product?

@@sptownsend999 No, I just read the title and commented.

No farming yields no food. It just does not magically happen.

@@stevenlaux2887 bring food from other states or Mexico

@@stevenlaux2887 the number of people in labor in agriculture has dropped from 70% back in the early 20th century to regionally less than a percent to maybe 3% of the regional labor, depending on how you slice it. If you lose 1000 jobs, it's just another day at the office and one of your big agriculture bros will prop up supply while you get the perks from rescue and return programs because you lost 1000 jobs. If you can't grow your own food then I guess you really are screwed if people having fair pay means every single farm goes under; that's a totally ridiculous assumption which is also uninformed and dumb af. Like the guy said - knowing they were on a channel where the privileged are going to complain about this - hesitatingly, "it's not a widespread problem across Oregon farms" which also means GTFO of farming so someone useful can manage the resources. You are clearly failing at business and being a human being. You are the problem. Do something else.

Sounds like you don't know wtf you're talking about 🤡

@@ElleBaby87 sounds like someone's trust fund took a hit because they had to start being a human being.

She is not saying they work for free, she is saying they should work for the standard rate for all hours. Overtime does not make sense for farm workers because it's not something that a farmer can control.

Sure they can control it... anything over 8 hrs is OT... don't wanna pay OT pay rates then don't have your workers wotk more than 8hrs a day

@@johndashnaw-to8if how about piece work pay buy the amount picked that sounds fair the harder you work the more you make

@RichardCook that probably won't work out for the workers either, say you get put in a bad bushel area... your out there working just as hard and not gonna get paid because you didn't bring back a full basket... you should suggest that work for pay at your job, and see how that goes over...

@@johndashnaw-to8if i don't like the idea of a 70k dump truck going down the road at 90 mph to make pay per load! people picking barres in a field is a bit different and if you pay attention that is the way they did it before the stupid legislature thinking they know better

Not how it works! Distribution companies/ markets averages set prices when selling any commodity on that scale

Watch the whole video!

I read Dr. Eric Berne books and shoplift all my food.

No I'm not

No, I'm not 😂 You can pick up the extra for me though

Tell us you have no idea how a farm works 😂

@@ElleBaby87 you already did 😀