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re: Crawfish peeling plants are empty of workers, all hope lost - Here we Go!! $$$$$
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:09 am to The Baker
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:09 am to The Baker
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None of your classmates in highschool had jobs?
again this isn't an after school part time job. sometimes these plants run 24 hours a day.
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Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:16 am to Oilfieldbiology
I think it was Maine that tried tying volunteer work / job training to welfare and the welfare folks refused. Welfare roles dropped by 70%.
That should be done across 100% of the country.
That should be done across 100% of the country.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:18 am to Midtiger farm
quote:If they're working 10 hours a day 7 days a week.
$18/hr on 10 hour shifts everyday for 30 days - you do the math
I missed that. Show me where it says that please.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 9:21 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:20 am to KLSU
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Funny, a family member of my step brother is a farmer in Louisiana who owns 10's of thousands of acres of farm land some with crawfish ponds. He has no trouble getting migrant workers to live on his farm and work. He does it the legal way so maybe that is the issue with these processing plants?
Different work visa - H2A visa for general ag farm labor, H2B visa for seasonal crawfish processing-peeler labor. No numerical cap on H2A visas. H2B visas are capped at 66000 for the entire country by statue, with another 60 K supplemental potentially available.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:21 am to Midtiger farm
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It’s a 6-7day a week job - sometimes they run 2 10 hour shifts
It’s not some weekend side job
Sometimes you have to make sacrifices when it's a worker's market or an employer's market. People have been doing that since the dawn of capitalism. You can cry about it on the internet and risk losing your business or make a small change. Just kind of how the world works, man...it's also a seasonal job. The average person in America who already works isn't going to quit their full time guaranteed job to peel crawfish for 3 months. Be realistic, dude.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 9:24 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:25 am to Tigers4Lyfe
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If they're working 10 hours a day 7 days a week.
I missed that. Show me where it says that please.
It doesn't in the article but that it what the job entails
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:27 am to Defenseiskey
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The average person in America who already works isn't going to quit their full time guaranteed job to peel crawfish for 3 months. Be realistic, dude.
no shite
what's the point of your post?
They are trying to hire unemployed people right now and not having much luck
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:30 am to Midtiger farm
quote:The entire operation is foreign labor?
sometimes these plants run 24 hours a day.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:34 am to The Baker
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The entire operation is foreign labor?
probably about 75% at most of these plants
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:36 am to Midtiger farm
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probably about 75% at most of these plants
Sounds like an industry addiction.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:37 am to CrawDude
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H2B visas are capped at 66000 for the entire country by statue, with another 60 K supplemental potentially available.
The biggest display of the ignorance of our national policy in numerous facets is the H-2B cap. We incentive Americans to sit at home and collect a pay check with cradle to grave welfare, and then turn around and limit business owners from getting the manual labor workers they need to fill the job openings they have.
Meanwhile, we allow 40k more H-1B's in a year to fill jobs that could be going to create a strong American middle class.
This post was edited on 3/12/26 at 9:38 am
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:40 am to Defenseiskey
You just proved the point. Americans aren’t gonna take these jobs. Hence why migrant labor is needed.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:42 am to The Baker
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Sounds like an industry addiction.
lol at you acting like an expert when you thought the job could be done with HS kids working for a few hours after school
There are literal ads that run all fall asking Americans to apply for both H2A and H2B jobs and they rarely do.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:43 am to Tarps99
My understanding is that the market is not big enough for the big companies to fool with it. We need a local hero to invent one and capitalize.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:45 am to SWLA92
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You just proved the point. Americans aren’t gonna take these jobs. Hence why migrant labor is needed.
I never said we didn't need it. Just said they should make some small changes instead of crying about it if they want to stay in business. Just basic economics and reality.
If they wanted unlimited immigrant labor than they should have voted for Kamala.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:46 am to Shexter
Applicants?
Peeled crawfish are about 18 a pound in the store
How much does one get paid to peel crawfish?
There is wage, production, packing, transport. I dont see the money in that.
Cut the over head on that make it just farming and then sell them to the public at a good market price and still make money...
Peeled crawfish are about 18 a pound in the store
How much does one get paid to peel crawfish?
There is wage, production, packing, transport. I dont see the money in that.
Cut the over head on that make it just farming and then sell them to the public at a good market price and still make money...
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:47 am to fr33manator
I'm sure it is. I know of one company that sends them to Guatemala to be peeled and sent back and labeled Product of the USA.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:50 am to Midtiger farm
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There are literal ads that run all fall asking Americans to apply for both H2A and H2B jobs and they rarely do.
Sounds like the industry is going to have to adapt and offer higher wages for boudreaux and thibodeaux.
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you thought the job could be done with HS kids working for a few hours after school
Also, all industries should be supplementing a portion of lost labor with this. You're gonna want the next generation to inherit the business.
75% foreign labor was playing with fire. I don't have to know how to operate a peeling machine to understand that wasnt going to last
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:52 am to lionward2014
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The biggest display of the ignorance of our national policy in numerous facets is the H-2B cap.
Yep - it’s been a political issue for many years.
BTW, this is not the first time this issue has arisen in the crawfish processing industry, just more severe this year. Those in the know can correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding the 6-week government shutdown from Oct 1 through mid-Nov, federal - employees not working - significantly delayed processing of visa applications which is exacerbating this issue of getting legal migrant labor into the country.
Posted on 3/12/26 at 9:55 am to CrawDude
quote:Yep. Thank your Democrat overlords who kept the government shut down for a month.
Those in the know can correct me if I’m wrong, but it’s my understanding the 6-week government shutdown from Oct 1 through mid-Nov, federal - employees not working - significantly delayed processing of visa applications which is exacerbating this issue of getting legal migrant labor into the country.
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