"blueberries and pears" "particularly labor-intensive"

"Renewed calls to give farmworkers overtime pay faces strong opposition from farmers"

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2022/01/renewed-calls-to-give-farmworkers-overtime-pay-faces-strong-opposition-from-farmers.html

"Cooper said the vast majority of farms in Oregon are family-owned and operating on thin margins in a market where the crops grown are particularly labor-intensive, such as blueberries and pears. She also noted some farms pay workers on a piece-rate basis, meaning they earn a wage based on how much they harvest rather than time worked.

'We’re hoping the legislature and labor advocates will be willing to look at alternative solutions,' Cooper said, 'that meet their needs to ensure that workers are being recognized for the long hours that are inherent in agriculture but also meet our needs of making sure that we can still supply those jobs and that our farms are still viable long-term.'”

~ J. Goldberg