It’s all a scam. Even if we were to pretend there’s a scarcity it’s entirely because demand isn’t willing to match supply. Contractors lie through their teeth about 70% of everything, not just “labor shortages”, they will make a wrong order and try to charge the payor twice and extra on labor for their mistakes. No woman is going to pick crops all day for 15 dollars an hour, that leaves men gullible enough to do it and the competition for men that can do that labor is egregiously high. Any actual laborer worth their weight is already pulling 25-30 in other fields. These industries want labor that hasn’t marched inflation in over 40 years and cry shortages when they can’t get it. This is no different than the cheap Chinese knockoffs being mass imported, the only difference is location of labor.
It’s all a scam. Even if we were to pretend there’s a scarcity it’s entirely because demand isn’t willing to match supply. Contractors lie through their teeth about 70% of everything, not just “labor shortages”, they will make a wrong order and try to charge the payor twice and extra on labor for their mistakes. No woman is going to pick crops all day for 15 dollars an hour, that leaves men gullible enough to do it and the competition for men that can do that labor is egregiously high. Any actual laborer worth their weight is already pulling 25-30 in other fields. These industries want labor that hasn’t marched inflation in over 40 years and cry shortages when they can’t get it. This is no different than the cheap Chinese knockoffs being mass imported, the only difference is location of labor.