Thursday, May 31, 2007

Picky Poles

Earlier this month we heard that the UK strawberry crop's under threat because there aren't enough Poles to pick them and today Germany's complaining that fields of white asparagus are rotting for the same reason. So many Poles left Poland to look for work in other European countries when they joined the EU that there are labour shortages in Poland and not many people are interested in summer fruit picking this year.

5 Comments:

Blogger lady macleod said...

what do we think the Poles are picking? perhaps greener pastures?

1:08 pm  
Blogger Eurodog said...

What's wrong with the natives?

4:39 pm  
Blogger Whispering Walls said...

LM - many of them are cherry picking in the London building trade.
ED - they refuse to accept the low wages

6:45 pm  
Blogger Welshcakes Limoncello said...

I was going to ask the same question as eurodog.

7:41 pm  
Blogger marymaryquitecontrary said...

The DHSS could supply many "workers" fit enough to pick strawberries.

1:52 pm  

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