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Under current social distancing restrictions and in the interests of preventing the spread of the ROna virus, is this venture barely legal?
There'll be Romanian, maybe other migrants from other EU countries, and also UK students among others that will be crammed in to Hostels, Portacabins and caravans.
This is appalling ffs
For the sake of a few lettuces & spring onions.
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Temporary Seasonal Work - Field Based Operatives
Barway, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Seasonal
Earn c £400 per week
To meet the demand for fresh food during these challenging times, G’s are offering paid temporary seasonal agricultural employment to help feed and nourish our nation. We have a variety of opportunities available based in Ely and the surrounding area.
Earn c. £400 per week, Hostel accommodation is available.
https://careers.gs-fresh.com/job/122223
Our main hostel is at Barway near Ely
Several styles of furnished accommodation are available: from our hostel-style building to Portacabins, and from caravans to houses, all with communal washing facilities.
All rooms are equipped with a kettle and a fridge freezer.
Facilities include:
Fully stocked bar
https://gs-recruitment.com/recruitment/seasonal-jobs/living-at-gs/
There'll be Romanian, maybe other migrants from other EU countries, and also UK students among others that will be crammed in to Hostels, Portacabins and caravans.
This is appalling ffs
For the sake of a few lettuces & spring onions.
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Temporary Seasonal Work - Field Based Operatives
Barway, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Seasonal
Earn c £400 per week
To meet the demand for fresh food during these challenging times, G’s are offering paid temporary seasonal agricultural employment to help feed and nourish our nation. We have a variety of opportunities available based in Ely and the surrounding area.
Earn c. £400 per week, Hostel accommodation is available.
https://careers.gs-fresh.com/job/122223
Our main hostel is at Barway near Ely
Several styles of furnished accommodation are available: from our hostel-style building to Portacabins, and from caravans to houses, all with communal washing facilities.
All rooms are equipped with a kettle and a fridge freezer.
Facilities include:
Fully stocked bar
https://gs-recruitment.com/recruitment/seasonal-jobs/living-at-gs/
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It's no problem, we have flights coming here daily from many virus riddled countries. Get a shoehorn and jam them all in together.
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Yes we should stop producing all food until the lockdown ends next year.
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Don't forget that nicely packed minibus, to and from the accommodation, locals must be over the moon
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Yes we should stop producing all food until the lockdown ends next year.
---- Yes but what if affects the Toilet Roll plantations and Spaghetti groves? THEN the reactionaries will have something else to complain about. |
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Get your wellies on just checking and show your bulldog spirit
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can't cook won't cook
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I thought Dotchinite was being ironic.
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Nah just being a flippant cawk.
This situation needs addressing. If it takes a one-to-one ratio nursing care to nurse a ventilated patient back to health (or otherwise) then how is it acceptable to herd workers into tin shacks for the sake of a few spring onions. It's all about money and nothing else. |
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Here you go Dotchinite, this is for you given your desire to provide the nation with the fruits of your labour.
Becoming a Champion Picker An induction film for your seasonal workers before they step out into the field. The film aims to take your seasonal workers from novice to champion picker, which could help to increase labour speed and productivity by up to 25%. https://ahdb.org.uk/knowledge-library/champion-picker |
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Furloughed workers may be encouraged to work as fruit and vegetable pickers to help farmers fill a labour shortage, the environment secretary has said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52435332 George Eustice told the daily Number 10 coronavirus briefing that only a third of the usual workforce was available. Many more would be needed in the summer and "we are working with industry to identify an approach" to get furloughed employees to help, he said. ---------------------------- Social distancing for weeks and now he wants furloughed staff to cosy up with 7 Romanians in a caravan to get those spring onions into the stores.  |
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Ive picked just about everything down the years. Good honest piece work out in the open air.I may yet have a go this Summer as well depending on what else is going on.
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You would need youth on your side. If judging by those Romanians getting off the planes.
Back-breaking work for the most part and if you're not fast and accurate, you'll be tied to a horse and cart and ushered off the farm. People sat at home, getting paid to do so, receiving mortgage holidays etc. must be chomping at the bit to sweat thair t1ts off in the field. |
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I wouldnt do it for the money but id happily have a few days on the strawberries although they seem to be in the tunnels now rather than how they used to be 20 years ago. Was never paid by the hour.
When I used to pick the peas 30 years ago it was still Romanians of a sort. The local gypsies worked hard in those days, I think their money is made elsewhere now. |
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I've recently started doing squat exercise, and it's hard work. How the fruit pickers can do that is beyond me. I've respect for the jockeys too who can assume that position for the entire race and maintain control of the beast takes a lot of doing. Definitely a young person's game.
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dont have to