On 1/24/11 8:31 AM, BAR wrote:
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We were at a party right before Christmas with one of these guys. His
wife is a care worker at the rest home where my neighbor works. The
hubby came here to work in agriculture as a guest worker. While he was
here he taught himself English. Then he went back to Mexico and went
on the list. A year later he came back with a green card and a job
working landscape. He taught himself irrigation (timers, design etc)
Now he is a full time irrigation tech for one of the largest landscape
companies in Lee county (full benefits) and expects to be a crew
manager soon.
This is a guy who did something with a picker job and there are lots
of others who will follow in his footsteps. Those who don't are in
about the same boat as Americans who see "do you want fries with
that?" as a career. Do you think they should be making over $20 an
hour too?
You mean he is not stuck making minimum wage for the rest of his life?
Good news for you, Bertie...when you lose your go-fer job up in
Rockville, you can move to Florida and pick tomatoes.