you said:
The employers just don't want to compete (ie pay higher wages)
if the legals make the same as the local kids...
I'm thinking the locals won't do the same jobs for the same money.
That, or many more workers are needed than the Cape can supply.
Still not relevant?
This only makes me want to get together sooner!
frankj1 wrote:
Higher wages due to supply and demand.
But with the visas in place, the owners have no worries because their work force is locked in. No need to give a raise, and no concern about the worker quitting.
Your assumption (more workers than the Cape can supply) is a false one.
To be fair, it does get difficult for some owners right after Labor Day, because the college kids are gone before the summer crowd leaves.
But that hardly justifies disrupting an entire population who want to work.
The program is a good one. But it became too large. There is no place for the workers to live, which drives up the price on housing that otherwise would have gone to lower income families.
So other than preventing young adults from working, and driving low income families onto the street, I can see why you think it's worth it so you can hear an Irish brogue with your morning oatmeal while visiting this island that I call home.
I'm thinking the Rye Tavern in Pine Hills.
Send Caren. You can stay home.
