Daugherty, Jane,

Modern-Day Slavery: The Real Cost--That Glass of OJ Is Squeezing.... Jane Daugherty and others. - Palm Beach Post, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 310, Business, 1522-3191; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Modern-Day Slavery: The Real Cost--That Glass of OJ Is Squeezing..., Dec. 9, 2003; pp. 2+.

"Cheap labor puts fresh-squeezed Florida orange juice on millions of American breakfast tables every morning. Cheap labor picks the giant crimson Plant City strawberries, glossy bell peppers and juicy melons, not to mention the picture-perfect Indian River grapefruit so popular in Japan and Europe. But cheap labor also generates significant hidden costs, costs that one national labor expert says are so staggering that an 8-ounce glass of fresh orange juice that retails for 42 cents from the carton really costs Florida taxpayers a whole lot more." (PALM BEACH POST) This article examines the hidden costs of cheap labor that are borne "by welfare agencies, schools, hospitals, police" and ultimately, the taxpayer.

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Alien labor
Emigration and immigration--Government policy
Emigration and immigration law
Expenditures--Public
Illegal aliens
Medical care--Cost of
Migrant agricultural laborers
Slave labor


Florida

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