re: WWL Radio Explains High Crawfish Prices

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the Labor Department wants workers to be paid according to more national—not regional or local—standards, and have added union job salaries into the mix. The result is the entry wage for the 3,000 guest workers in Louisiana seafood and hospitality would rise from about $7.35 an hour to about $12.35 an hour, according to Randol. That might drive the price of a meal beyond what consumers would be willing to pay.

“That reflects on about $3 a pound on crawfish tail meat,” Randol says. “That has to be borne by the paying public. Some restaurants may use imports. The public may stop buying.”

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