the bottom line, camp like everything else is supply and demand.
as long as ppl will work for a few dollars, and there is a long list of ppl waiting for that job, the wages will never go up.
if someone doesn’t like it, get a real job for the summer.
i remember when i was 16 or 17 i took a 2 month job organizing a companies warehouse, i was paid normal wage (i think it was 500 a week) for the 8 weeks, walked out with 4,000.00 but i worked hard, it was 9-5 and it didn’t include swimming with my bunk, etc..