Thread: AGRICULTURE: Farmers scramble to find workers as some face losing crops

Originally Posted by artclam

Well, duh. If people aren't coming from Mexico because the economy there is better why are you advertising in Mexico? Thanks to remittances and trade with the USA it now has the 3rd highest per capita income in the Americas and half the unemployment rate of the USA.

And a minimum wage of $4.60 a DAY.

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's minimum wage commission set the increase for 2012 at 4.2% for all three of the country's geographic zones, slightly above the rate of inflation expected for this year and next.
The Labor Ministry said in a press release that the increase brings to 62.33 pesos ($4.60) a day the minimum wage in zone A, which includes Mexico City. The minimum wage is slightly lower in other geographic zones.
Mexico's 2012 Minimum Wage Increase Set At 4.2% - WSJ.com