I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 20:17 - Apr 26 with 797 views | Occasional_Showers | In all seriousness they should get students doing it, it’s ideal work for someone of that age. I’d need a little stool to sit on to as I poddled along the strawberry row because of my back. | |
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:00 - Apr 26 with 732 views | dirk_doone | Farmers & market gardeners in this country were so short of workers that they paid for special flights from Eastern Europe just to bring them in. As I thank our Polish bin men for collecting our rubbish, which I always do when I see them, I just hope the new immigration rules won't force them all out of the country. As for our care homes, they will really struggle to replace them. I guess the government thinks they can bring in even cheaper labour from Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean, West Asia and Africa, like they did in the 50s and 60s and maybe they can: we'll see. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 7:18]
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:19 - Apr 26 with 704 views | Mr_Happy |
I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:00 - Apr 26 by dirk_doone | Farmers & market gardeners in this country were so short of workers that they paid for special flights from Eastern Europe just to bring them in. As I thank our Polish bin men for collecting our rubbish, which I always do when I see them, I just hope the new immigration rules won't force them all out of the country. As for our care homes, they will really struggle to replace them. I guess the government thinks they can bring in even cheaper labour from Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean, West Asia and Africa, like they did in the 50s and 60s and maybe they can: we'll see. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 7:18]
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Brexiteers are just going to love that, more black faces, it's the main reason we quit the commonwealth. | |
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:21 - Apr 26 with 702 views | Gennaro_Contaldo |
I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:00 - Apr 26 by dirk_doone | Farmers & market gardeners in this country were so short of workers that they paid for special flights from Eastern Europe just to bring them in. As I thank our Polish bin men for collecting our rubbish, which I always do when I see them, I just hope the new immigration rules won't force them all out of the country. As for our care homes, they will really struggle to replace them. I guess the government thinks they can bring in even cheaper labour from Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean, West Asia and Africa, like they did in the 50s and 60s and maybe they can: we'll see. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 7:18]
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Sorry, that isn't true (1st line). They had a fruit farmer on the news last week saying they had about 700 applicants from UK citizens for labour, but they don't want only UK labour as "when lockdown ends they'll go back to their normal jobs, so we need the labour from abroad". | |
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:27 - Apr 26 with 696 views | dirk_doone |
I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:21 - Apr 26 by Gennaro_Contaldo | Sorry, that isn't true (1st line). They had a fruit farmer on the news last week saying they had about 700 applicants from UK citizens for labour, but they don't want only UK labour as "when lockdown ends they'll go back to their normal jobs, so we need the labour from abroad". |
Seriously, Gennaro, do you really believe what you've just written? Farmers paying for special flights when they have less money available now than they've ever had before are clearly desperate. "Last year, 98% of fruit pickers, now classed as ‘key workers,’ came from outside the UK." https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/30/coronavirus-farm-work-uk-jobs-fruit-vegetables-fo [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 7:35]
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:52 - Apr 26 with 656 views | Gennaro_Contaldo |
I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 22:27 - Apr 26 by dirk_doone | Seriously, Gennaro, do you really believe what you've just written? Farmers paying for special flights when they have less money available now than they've ever had before are clearly desperate. "Last year, 98% of fruit pickers, now classed as ‘key workers,’ came from outside the UK." https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/30/coronavirus-farm-work-uk-jobs-fruit-vegetables-fo [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 7:35]
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I'm just reporting what a fruit farmer on the news said (on the BBC, last week) to justify the foreign labour. I didn't say it, she did. She said the season goes on until October, so they need the foreign pickers who'll still be here. Daytime BBC news. | |
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 23:04 - Apr 26 with 648 views | Sadoldgit | Also on that report it was said that they are very experienced. They come over every year and don’t need any training, they just crack on and do the job and then go home. Apparently it is not as straightforward as it sounds. | | | |
I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 23:11 - Apr 26 with 643 views | dirk_doone | "Farmers say the pandemic has restricted the availability of foreign workers and have complained they cannot recruit enough domestic labour." BBC Business News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52435332 [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 8:44]
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I’m being asked to go fruit picking... on 00:08 - Apr 27 with 612 views | Occasional_Showers | They want the foreign workers because they can house them into dilapidated caravans on their farms and make them work from dawn til dusk like robots. An English worker on the other hand isn’t going to be treated like a slave. They are “experienced” in working flat out with few breaks, that’s what the farmer was thinking when he came out with that BS remark about them being skilled workers. I’ve been on these farms and seen where they put these foreign workers and you wouldn’t want to put an animal into the so called accommodation that farmers provide. Of course they want them picking the fruit, it means they can buy themselves a new Range Rover to swan around in. [Post edited 27 Apr 2020 0:24]
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