The present bill without our amendment guarantees a minimum wage of $1 an hour which rises in two stages to $1.30. Students would have to be paid 85 percent of this amount. Let me again emphasize that our minor amendment to section 203 is consistent with the intent of the legislation: migrants. sharecroppers. and fulltime employees of large farms would still be protected by the minimum wage. The amendment we are backing would apply to farmworkers only if they meet three conditions. They must work in agriculture for less than 13 weeks during the preceding year. they must commute daily from their permanent residence. and they must be handharvest employees in areas where the piecerate system is traditional.
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