Tag: harvest hands
Blueberry harvest in Sweden: “Modern form of slavery”
Status: 08/08/2023 3:56 p.m A woman picks four tons of berries without earning a dime. A minister speaks of “slave-like conditions”: Swedish journalists have researched how berry pickers are being…
UK: “Brexiteers want labor shortages”
europe magazine Status: 06/17/2023 5:12 p.m Around 10,000 harvest workers are missing in Great Britain. But the British government does not want to help farmers with visas for workers from…
Seasonal workers: report reveals precarious working conditions – Economy
About 135,000 seasonal workers came to Germany every year, almost all from Eastern Europe. There will be a similar number this spring, summer and autumn when berries are picked, asparagus…
Asparagus season can begin despite the pandemic and the Ukraine war – Bavaria
Despite the war in Ukraine and the ongoing corona pandemic, the asparagus season in Bavaria is expected to start unhindered this year. Most of the harvest workers are expected to…