A celery field in the Salinas Valley is harvested. Many farmers pay workers above the California minimum wage, plus health and retirement benefits. But employee hours were cut due to the new overtime law. Credit: Ag Alert file photo
April 8, 2024 - By Norm Groot - For many decades, farmworkers have been vital to the harvesting of food crops in the Salinas Valley and other parts of the Monterey County agricultural region.
Monterey County farm employers do their part to attract and support farmworkers in a diminishing agricultural labor pool. Many pay significantly higher wages to their employees than the current California minimum wage of $16 per hour, plus benefits such as healthcare and retirement programs.
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