He reached the green line, touching the melon-leaved fruit to measure the maturity and then throw it into the basket, where boxes of other workers. Walk, take, throw. The pattern that occurred throughout the morning.
Harvest cantaloupes to $ 8.25 an hour is not a dream job Romero, 28, as a child. Born in Newark, NJ, for elderly immigrants from El Salvador, he graduated from high school and have been taking classes at the Art Institute of Philadelphia and Merced Community College. He has experience as a special education teacher, but was unable to find a teaching job, he had begun working in the field.
“I’d rather keep his own work rather than get in trouble,” he said, wiping his hands on his jeans torn, stained grass. “My dad started from nothing. He worked hard, so I don’t mind working hard, too. “
Many young Americans who find themselves worse off than their parents at their age, without a job or working below their skill and education level. The unemployment rate for 16-to 24-year-olds was 17.4 percent, up from 6.6 percent in 2006.