A fair wage for farm workers?

The Watertown Daily Times has a detailed look today at the debate in Albany over worker benefits for farm hands.

Farming interests — and many North Country lawmakers — see the proposed bill as a devastating blow to the region’s farmers.

Sen. Darrel J. Aubertine, D-Cape Vincent, said at a press conference, “Proponents of this bill have all the best of intentions, but this bill would hurt farm workers and farmers alike. It does not do what they intend it to do.”

But labor groups say the bill would insure overtime pay, the right to unionize, etc.

What do you think? Many modern farms look more like factories than traditional mom-and-pop operations.

Should their workers receive the same benefits as factory workers?

Or is this a case of ham-handed New York City-types imposing thoughtless regulation on rural communities?