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March 05, 2007
Odd solutions to labor movement restrictions
In Colorado, crackdowns on illegal immigration have caused a shortage of agricultural labor. So farmers have contracted with the state's Corrections Department to have prisoners bring in the harvest , at the slave wage of about 60 cents per day.
NY Times story here.
Posted by Dingel at March 5, 2007 03:36 PM
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Graziela
Posted by: graziela at March 5, 2007 04:57 PM