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By now, most readers who truly would like to know about the situation are getting their minds boggled by the avalanche of different facts. I won't bore you with any more. But I would like to tell you a little about what I know and feel about the farmworkers...
The Salinas Valley produces about 95 per cent of the nation's lettuce during its growing season (mid-May to early October) and the Teamsters have contracts with every lettuce grower in the valley save one: Interharvest Co., the largest of all, has a UFW contract.
Now I know lettuce workers make good money. Piece rate varies on how many boxes a crew does. On slow days the cutters would average about $4.50-$5.00/hour, closers $5-6/hour and loaders $6-8/hour. On good days hourly rates would go up about $3-4 more...
5. In his quote from the Washington Post, Mr. Ferrara omits a key qualifying sentence. The sentence before the one he quotes states, "The lettuce workers--because of the gruelling stoop labor and specialized techniques involved--is in the economic elite among agricultural laborers." The article goes on to say...
As even a cursory perusal of the available date would indicate, figures which aggregate farm profits for the entire nation are extremely unreliable because of the large number of small poor farmers, particularly in the South. The following figures are more relevant to any discussion of the UFW's claims...