Reposted by Sarah Buttenwieser
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
![ORDERED that respondent is disbarred and his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law of the State of New York, effective immediately; and it is
further
ORDERED that respondent is commanded to desist and refrain from the practice of law in any form in the State of New York, either as principal or as agent, clerk or employee of another; and respondent is hereby forbidden to appear as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, judge, justice, board, commission or other public
authority, or to give to another an opinion as to the law or its application, or any advice in
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PM-143-25 relation thereto, or to hold himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in
this State; and it is further
ORDERED that respondent shall comply with the provisions of the Rules for Attorney Disciplinary Matters regulating the conduct of disbarred attornevs and shal duly certify to the same in his affidavit of compliance (see Rules for Atty Disciplinary
Matters [22 NYCRR] § 1240.15).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreifbf53i3pe57eehlm7thqfhfczzuaxqftpcip6unmfgfuni47bq54)
