Farmers call for more scope to bring in non-EU seasonal workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Farmers call for more scope to bring in non-EU seasonal workers

Dutch News  

Farming organistion LTO Nederland wants parliament to make it easier to bring seasonal workers to the Netherlands from outside the EU, and hopes the issue will be a major theme at next year’s general election. ‘The strong economy and shortage of workers demands an influx of labour migrants for specific seasonal work, from inside and outside the EU,’ the organisation said. The virus has spread among workers at several meat processing plants and at fruit farms, and officials say the cramped conditions the mainly eastern European workers live in may have contributed to the spread. ‘Labour migration has become a way for big employers to make money,’ ChristenUnie leader Gert-Jan Seegers told the Volkskrant last December, when the two parties published the plan.

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Oxfam denounces exploitation of migrant farm workers in NL
7 months ago

Oxfam denounces exploitation of migrant farm workers in NL

Dutch News  

At least 2.4 million migrant workers in European farms are being exploited, facing long working hours, underpayment and sometimes even violence, according to a report published on Wednesday by anti-poverty charity Oxfam. “When workers have been employed for so long that they should legally start receiving more seniority pay, some agencies, especially unregistered ones, dismiss them and the employer hires …

Oxfam denounces exploitation of migrant farm workers in NL
7 months ago

Oxfam denounces exploitation of migrant farm workers in NL

Dutch News  

At least 2.4 million migrant workers in European farms are being exploited, facing long working hours, underpayment and sometimes even violence, according to a report published on Wednesday by anti-poverty charity Oxfam. “When workers have been employed for so long that they should legally start receiving more seniority pay, some agencies, especially unregistered ones, dismiss them and the employer hires …

‘People who come here to work should be treated like the Dutch,’ says minister
2 years, 6 months ago

‘People who come here to work should be treated like the Dutch,’ says minister

Dutch News  

A large part of the Dutch economy relies on seasonal workers from abroad, and companies in labour intensive industries will have to innovate to make up for the shortfall in staff, social affairs minister Karien van Gennip has told the AD in an interview. ‘We have around 500,000 seasonal workers in the Netherlands at any one time, around 800,000 to …

Farmers call for more scope to bring in non-EU seasonal workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Farmers call for more scope to bring in non-EU seasonal workers

Dutch News  

Farming organistion LTO Nederland wants parliament to make it easier to bring seasonal workers to the Netherlands from outside the EU, and hopes the issue will be a major theme at next year’s general election. ‘The strong economy and shortage of workers demands an influx of labour migrants for specific seasonal work, from inside and outside the EU,’ the organisation …

Eastern Europeans flown in for ‘vital’ jobs on UK, German farms
4 years, 8 months ago

Eastern Europeans flown in for ‘vital’ jobs on UK, German farms

Al Jazeera  

London, United Kingdom – Seasonal workers from Romania were flown into the United Kingdom on a special charter flight on Thursday evening to help fill a huge shortage of workers to pick fruits and vegetables on the country’s farms. Britain following Germany The UK is following the example of Germany, where a programme allowing the arrival of 80,000 migrant workers …

Europe's seasonal workers are being forgotten in the corona crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Europe's seasonal workers are being forgotten in the corona crisis

Dutch News  

The corona crisis affects everyone, not least of which the thousands of Polish and other temporary workers in the Netherlands. The recession is inevitable and unemployment among flex workers will increase, the government’s CPB economic think-tank warned last Thursday. At some distribution centres, Polish and other EU workers – sick or not – are forced to work extremely long hours, …

Europe's seasonal workers are being forgotten in the corona crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Europe's seasonal workers are being forgotten in the corona crisis

Dutch News  

The corona crisis affects everyone, not least of which the thousands of Polish and other temporary workers in the Netherlands. The recession is inevitable and unemployment among flex workers will increase, the government’s CPB economic think-tank warned last Thursday. At some distribution centres, Polish and other EU workers – sick or not – are forced to work extremely long hours, …

Dutch farmers accuse Germany of poaching seasonal farm workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch farmers accuse Germany of poaching seasonal farm workers

Dutch News  

Dutch farmers are afraid of losing seasonal labourers to Germany and Belgium because of relaxed tax rules in those countries and tough legislation in the Netherlands, the Financieele Dagblad reports. Dutch farmers, who are preparing to harvest strawberries and asparagus, are worried Germany will lure much-needed workers away now that it has closed its borders and new seasonal labourers can …

Dutch farmers accuse Germany of poaching seasonal farm workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch farmers accuse Germany of poaching seasonal farm workers

Dutch News  

Dutch farmers are afraid of losing seasonal labourers to Germany and Belgium because of relaxed tax rules in those countries and tough legislation in the Netherlands, the Financieele Dagblad reports. Dutch farmers, who are preparing to harvest strawberries and asparagus, are worried Germany will lure much-needed workers away now that it has closed its borders and new seasonal labourers can …

Allow labor migrants from Africa to help fight labor shortages, people smuggling, ruling party says
4 years, 10 months ago

Allow labor migrants from Africa to help fight labor shortages, people smuggling, ruling party says

NL Times  

The D66 wants to temporarily bring migrants from African countries to work in the Netherlands. And if there is a legal route to follow, migrant workers can come to the Netherlands without risking their lives by crossing the Mediterranean Sea in the "floating coffins" of people smugglers, D66 parliamentarian Maarten Groothuizen proposed, AD and NOS report. The parliamentarian wants to …

Netherlands needs 50,000 foreign workers a year to keep economy running
5 years, 10 months ago

Netherlands needs 50,000 foreign workers a year to keep economy running

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to attract 50,000 foreign workers a year from the rest of the European Union to make up for shortages in the labour market, according to CBS figures. In Limburg local authorities and businesses have drawn up an action plan to improve housing conditions as demand for foreign workers increases, while in Brabant the provincial assembly held an …

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