[quote=no_such_reality]At what wage would American workers start to take those jobs?
How much of that 29% turnover is due to the job paying $12 and having 3X the risk of injury of San Diego police officer?
How much does recruiting 29% of your work force a year cost?
How much does that turnover affect the injury rate?
how much does that injury drive their worker’s comp and insurance through the roof?
Americans don’t want those jobs because they know they don’t pay well and they are brutally hard. CO minimum wage is $7.78/hr. The slaughter house is an assembly line and the human cogs in it are driven as fast as they can.
When I read the efforts the business is going through is like reading about a person driving an 15 minutes out of their way to save 2 cents a gallon on gas in car with a ten gallon tank.[/quote]
I understand everything you’re saying here, NSR. I’m not even sure Americans would take these jobs if they paid $15 or $18 hr. These employees can rent old farmhouses cheaply and easily get 12 people in there for <<$400 mo. Americans don't want those either because they are all situated out on Weld County Roads (WCR-#), most of them dirt or gravel and within smelling distance of the plant. With 1-3 workers per hsld and their assorted other relatives and children living with them and getting EBT, Medicaid and indigent health coverage, and other social services, these families are making out okay. Really .... they ARE! My friend in Eaton works for a social service agency in Greeley that serves a good portion of this population. They even have "free" dental care available at their clinic. I personally toured the clinic and was amazed at the (very expensive and state-of-the-art) medical and dental equipment they had - all paid for by well-heeled longtime locals' donations. The Weld and Morgan County school districts have been serving this particular population for more than 50 years. The wheel has been invented. It's all good ... I guess :=]
