Saxby Chambliss: “What happens is these wage earners in the fields in Georgia and all…”

On the recordMay 22, 2006

What happens is these wage earners in the fields in Georgia and all over the country go out and they take a bucket out into the field. They cut squash, cucumbers, or they cut whatever the crop may be, they put it in that bucket, they dump that bucket in a bin, and they are given a chip. At the end of the day, those chips add up to dollars. They are required to be paid the minimum of either the minimum wage or, in this case, the adverse effect wage rate.

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Saxby Chambliss

Republican · Georgia

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