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re: WWL Radio Explains High Crawfish Prices
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:06 am to bak8367
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:06 am to bak8367
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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.”
Posted on 2/19/15 at 7:25 am to BugAC
Why would they have a higher minimum wage for foreign workers than for our own people?
Doesn't really make sense, and no, I'm not one of those that thinks the minimum wage should be higher.
Doesn't really make sense, and no, I'm not one of those that thinks the minimum wage should be higher.
Posted on 2/19/15 at 2:38 pm to BugAC
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...rise from about $7.35 an hour to about $12.35 an hour, according to Randol.
“That reflects on about $3 a pound on crawfish tail meat,”
So, a $5/hr wage increase means a $3 bump to a pound of peeled crawfish. Simple math means that those "guest workers" peel about 5/3 lbs of crawfish an hour. That doesn't sound like a whole lot of output.
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