Every so often, whenever seasonal labour visas is in the news, you’ll get some fruit farmer talking about how they can’t attract UK workers to do seasonal farm work.
I remember one farmer’s face in particular. A real smarmy looking guy, face the colour of actual gammon, with a really condescending voice, talking about how young people “just aren’t interested in real work”.
Usually you get a bunch of Tory politicians too, talking about how young people should have “realistic expectations of the world of employment”.
And then you get stories like these. This is how the seasonal fruit pickers are expected to live. In the 21st century.
Young people today don’t find this “career” attractive ? Amazing ! Incredible !
During covid, farms were allowed to import labour who were quarantined on the farm… but could still work. Were banned from doing or going anywhere else as self-isolation, but could work on the farm on slave wages.
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Every so often, whenever seasonal labour visas is in the news, you’ll get some fruit farmer talking about how they can’t attract UK workers to do seasonal farm work.
I remember one farmer’s face in particular. A real smarmy looking guy, face the colour of actual gammon, with a really condescending voice, talking about how young people “just aren’t interested in real work”.
Usually you get a bunch of Tory politicians too, talking about how young people should have “realistic expectations of the world of employment”.
And then you get stories like these. This is how the seasonal fruit pickers are expected to live. In the 21st century.
Young people today don’t find this “career” attractive ? Amazing ! Incredible !
During covid, farms were allowed to import labour who were quarantined on the farm… but could still work. Were banned from doing or going anywhere else as self-isolation, but could work on the farm on slave wages.
This doesn’t shock me at all.
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