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re: Crawfish peeling plants are empty of workers, all hope lost - Here we Go!! $$$$$
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:37 pm to Midtiger farm
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:37 pm to Midtiger farm
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3-4 sacks a hour so around 21-28# of tailmeat an hour
Also most do pay by the pound
Let's just say they do 25 ibs per hour.
Someone said 10 hours per day. That is $250 per day, $1250 per week.
You would think there are a bunch of single moms out there working other menial labor jobs who would be all over that.
$12 as a cashier at the convenience store or $25 peeling crawfish.
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Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:41 pm to Dr Jekyll
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You would think there are a bunch of single moms out there working other menial labor jobs who would be all over that.
$12 as a cashier at the convenience store or $25 peeling crawfish.
Exactly
And I imagine $12/hour in these small southern LA towns is the high end.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:41 pm to Purple Spoon
quote:Putting peelers on the market as road grade. What a brilliant idea
I hope they dump those into the live market and drop
This post was edited on 3/11/26 at 6:45 pm
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:44 pm to Dr Jekyll
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You would think there are a bunch of single moms out there working other menial labor jobs who would be all over that. $12 as a cashier at the convenience store or $25 peeling crawfish.
So why aren’t they walking into these plants asking for the jobs
Some plants have hired temp services to find workers - aren’t a lot of takers
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:45 pm to Shexter
I’m sure, somehow, the surplus of unpeeled crawfish will still make prices rise.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:47 pm to Volvagia
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I’m sure, somehow, the surplus of unpeeled crawfish will still make prices rise.
I’m sure somehow you will keep making yourself look stupid
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:48 pm to Shexter
Someone I know manages the commercial land for a company. They are building and tearing down shite all the time and every single field worker have temporary visas. I think they work for 6 months, have to go back home for a few weeks, I apply for the temp visa again, go back to work for another 6 months.
But I know two crawfish distributors (also peeling plants) that if you go pass by there tomorrow every worker is Mexican. And the distributors let them bastards deliver crawfish in the company truck (the trucks where they are able to deliver a bunch of sacks at once and have them on ice) all over the place, baton rouge, new orleans, etc and they don't have drivers license.
I remember back in the day... late 80s/ early 90s maybe. My brother worked for a crawfish distributor and he had to bring crawfish to New Orleans on a regular basis. He got another job so he left, but a few months after he left the dude who owned the business got arrested and eventually did some time. He was moving more than crawfish so every time I see a crawfish company vehicle and its a Mexican driving I wonder if they are moving more than crawfish and if the truck ever gets stopped and the cops find the illegal products would the owners just deny knowing anything about the drugs and blame it on the Mexican.
But I know two crawfish distributors (also peeling plants) that if you go pass by there tomorrow every worker is Mexican. And the distributors let them bastards deliver crawfish in the company truck (the trucks where they are able to deliver a bunch of sacks at once and have them on ice) all over the place, baton rouge, new orleans, etc and they don't have drivers license.
I remember back in the day... late 80s/ early 90s maybe. My brother worked for a crawfish distributor and he had to bring crawfish to New Orleans on a regular basis. He got another job so he left, but a few months after he left the dude who owned the business got arrested and eventually did some time. He was moving more than crawfish so every time I see a crawfish company vehicle and its a Mexican driving I wonder if they are moving more than crawfish and if the truck ever gets stopped and the cops find the illegal products would the owners just deny knowing anything about the drugs and blame it on the Mexican.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:48 pm to Shexter
Peel your own
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:49 pm to OweO
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they don't have drivers license.
A total lie
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:49 pm to Midtiger farm
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So why aren’t they walking into these plants asking for the jobs
As I said earlier. They don't want these jobs.
Sorry didn't realize who I was talking to or your tone.
This post was edited on 3/11/26 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:52 pm to Shexter
Boo hoo guess we’ll have to adapt
Posted on 3/11/26 at 6:56 pm to Midtiger farm
quote:I don't know. Having never been in a crawfish processing operation. I have no idea about the working conditions.
So why aren’t they walking into these plants asking for the jobs
Some plants have hired temp services to find workers - aren’t a lot of takers
I did spend a year in a cold room, but it was cold and sterile, and looking through a microscope all night. That was bad enough.
I realize that doesn't compare to the stench and manual labor that must come with peeling crawfish. However, if you live in the poor South and are broke, $1250 per week sounds pretty good.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:00 pm to Midtiger farm
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Well the demand for tailmeat is way higher than it used to be Female family members of basin crawfishermen who barely exist today or local Vietnamese ladies who families worked in seafood businesses
And to add to that, annual farmed raised crawfish harvest in Louisiana today is about 4 times larger (~ 200 million lbs) than it was in the late 80s-mid 90s (~ 50 million lbs) when labor for peeling was primarily Louisiana and Vietnamese residents - hence there is an incredible demand-need for seasonal labor to peel crawfish that aren’t sold for the live market (peeling is seasonal, labor is only needed to peel for 4-5 months).
Mechanical crawfish peeling machinery has been developed and patented over the past 4 decades, but none have been perfected & adopted by the industry.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:04 pm to Shexter
Or they could sell them live locally at a lower price which would increase demand. No that’s crazy.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:07 pm to Cash
quote:Peelers can be bought at a discount from market price most seasons. Once again, who wants to boil and peel only small sub-market sized crawfish that usually get peeled for tailmeat?
Or they could sell them live locally at a lower price which would increase demand. No that’s crazy.
This post was edited on 3/11/26 at 7:09 pm
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:08 pm to Cash
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Or they could sell them live locally at a lower price which would increase demand.
Peelers are already lower priced
The live/boiled market can’t move all the crawfish
How can you not understand this?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:09 pm to Shexter
So prices of Live should drop right?
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:11 pm to Midtiger farm
quote:The average OT'er knows better than industry experts.
How can you not understand this?
I applaud you for trying to educate these guys, but it is an exercise in futility. Everyone knows better than people who do this shite for a living.
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:15 pm to DoUrden
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Owners do not want to pay Americans at least minimum wage to do it.
They could pay $5 per pound of meat picked and still couldnt hire americans as long as we are a welfare state
Posted on 3/11/26 at 7:15 pm to ThatTahoeOverThere
quote:it appears not
Thats some sorry arse shite right there. They dont have any non illegals that can peel crawfish?
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