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Posted on 9/1/19 at 10:48 pm to OweO
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The company gets its cotton from a cotton farmer in North Carolina. All of the workers on the farm were on temporary visas and were from Mexico or South America. The farmer said something like "it doesn't matter how much I offer to pay Americans or what kind of benefits I offer, they just don't want these jobs".
I farm a little cotton in North Alabama and neither I nor any of the other cotton farmers I know employ workers on visas or are here illegally. There are a few Yankees though.
Posted on 9/1/19 at 10:53 pm to highcotton2
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I farm a little cotton in North Alabama and neither I nor any of the other cotton farmers I know employ workers on visas or are here illegally. There are a few Yankees though.
Well evidently this cotton farmer in NC did or it was a manufactured story. Someone else in this thread said they watched it as well, they could confirm this.
If you don't mind me asking, who do you pay your workers?
Posted on 9/1/19 at 11:29 pm to OweO
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who do you pay your workers?
Who? I pay my workers.
This post was edited on 9/1/19 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 9/1/19 at 11:38 pm to highcotton2
How much I mean
Posted on 9/1/19 at 11:51 pm to highcotton2
I know he's telling the truth cause there's only a little cotton left in north AL. Mostly soy beans and corn these days. That's for the best, though; the gins can't seem to keep up with even small harvests anymore.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 9:14 am to OweO
Crawfish aren’t native to Alaska. Does that mean you can’t boil crawfish in Alaska?
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:55 am to OweO
I've found that a lot of these smaller American made startup clothing companies have way more manufacturing and quality control issues than stuff that's made overseas. The manufacturing chain has moved overseas so you're really swimming against the current to try and manufacture clothes in the US. The labor and infrastructure required isn't there anymore.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:56 am to LegendInMyMind
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there's only a little cotton left in north AL.
Madison and Limestone county are probably down to about 64,000 acres of cotton.
Posted on 9/2/19 at 10:57 am to OweO
quote:That is bullshite.
The farmer said something like "it doesn't matter how much I offer to pay Americans or what kind of benefits I offer, they just don't want these jobs".
Posted on 9/2/19 at 11:00 am to Pelican fan99
nm
This post was edited on 5/21/20 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 9/2/19 at 11:19 am to highcotton2
I never thought I would see it, either. I find it funny that the gins can't keep up now. This past harvest lasted well into the new year. Last year they had cotton rotting on the lot. 15 years ago, the only reason they ran that long was because of bumper crops. Now, they can barely finish a fraction of what they used to have.
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