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Newfane NY | Monday at 11:30 AM there will be a vote on S-5212. It makes overtime manditory for anything over 8 hours in a day and 40 hours per week. Gives the workers manditory arbitration and collective bargining rites {unions} Gives them the rite to strike without reguard to harvest time or milking the cows.
If this passes I will be out of the cabbage growing. I will not invest the $2,000,000 it takes to grow when I am told I must pay overtime and my workers union can call a strike on me at any time they desire. It will put 30 full time workers and 60 part time workers out of a job. Of those about 60 are US citizens and the rest from Jamacia. Not to mention the lose to New York from the taxes I and they pay. Some of these workers have been with us for 10, 20 and over 30 years. I have gone thru births and deaths with them and I am upset that Albany may do this.
I am told this has a good chance of passing as it is fully backed by Gov. Patterson.
At one time I thought our wacko friend JDGreenWKY was crazy but I am starting to agree with him more and more. It is really making me upset and mad.
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Farming could change in New York on Monday
