.wages have actually fallen in the last ten years considering inflation" (Brown). According to Hubner the UFW is trying to renew contracts with orange growers that would "...guaranteed workers $13 a bin, plus medicals benefits." The growers answered that "..they could get the oranges picked for $10 a bin with out benefits" (Hubner). Tanis Ybarra, the national vice president of the UFW said, "... the number one priority of the ag business over the decades has been to encourage a labor surplus" (Hubner). The worker surplus eventually decreases wages because there will always be somebody that is willing to do the same work for less. The immigrant workers are also continuously cheated out of their wages by the contratistas. One way that the immigrants are cheated by the contratistas is by being charged for a ride to work even though some have cars. Even though it is illegal in the state of California to make transportation a condition for work the contratistas still charge them for transportation. Another way the contratistas cheat the immigrants out of their wages is by "...over-charging for food and drinks in the fields, refusing to pay overtime and pocketing workers' final paychecks of the season, unscrupulous contractors siphon off one-third of farmworkers' wages" (Hubner). Contratistas also cheat workers out of one or two hours of pay each day which being over 25 workers amount to more than $200 dollars a day. Another type of abuse is the prevention of medical treatment.
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