As soon as it became clear COVID-19 was going to wreak havoc, most backpackers hastily left Australia and made their way back home.
Being on her feet all day and the heat of the packing shed can make for a challenging workplace, but Chloe has loved it. "It was exhausting work ... I mean, I'd be fine with it, if it was more pay, but we were kind of at a loss," he said. Speaking to the Regional Australia Institute in September, Mr McCormack said anyone "lounging around with a surfboard" on the coast should come to the regions.
A display of sentiment watery excuses to not pay the most vulnerable inexperienced and unable to articulate a counter argument to accusations by practiced con artists for legitimate back breaking work. People are used abused and then dumped by crook business owners/slave drivers.
In other news,, supermarkets squeeze every single penny out of farmers because of their price wars which directly keeps wages down and immigration up,it also keeps wages well below the rate of inflation, unfortunately other bills go up, heating,electricity, gas etc, live to work
Done it 40 years ago picking beans .4 of us made $ 45 between us. 10 hour shift no water 30 degrees in the hills . Told them where to stick it ,went to pub and drank it in no time. One of these lads is a professor at a Sydney uni now.
Slavery is king on the farm.
Do the journalist and editor of this piece really have no idea how serious not providing sufficient water to workers is? safe_work_aus ConsumerTas need to start an investigation before that farmer kills someone.
the Liberal-Nazi Party are all for sending vulnerable people (locals and migrants) into the concentration camps, its their hallmark and what they do best, these fruit growing associations are Nazis too. Ask yourself: why 'work' for Nazis?
Most of the profits go into the hands of Coles and Woolies share holders. They're the people lounging around watching Netflix.
It bears out what I've always heard or read about work picking fruit. Never gone there
Maybe the politicians spruiking about how wonderful working as a fruit picker is got off their arses and went and tried it first they might spend less time swallowing the pap from Murdoch publications.
So they've swapped exploiting backpackers for exploiting children.. Cool Cool Cool
Interesting reading, I've heard a lot about poor pay and conditions, I now see why Tasmanians are not willing to take these jobs. Good on you Chloe, for having a go.
If true as reported,I wonder why 'working holiday visa' holders are doing the traffic control work that is a set hourly wage & not a bad one at that. abcnews auspol auspol2021 COVID19Aus abcsydney abcmelbourne abcbrisbane jobseekers
Did i get it right: $450 for six 10 hour shifts? Is it... $7.5 per hour? Is it legal?
There is a voice missing in this story - if some local workers are getting a satisfactory job and wages where are they?
There is no labour shortage. There a wage expectation gap. Pay a living wage, people will work
“Work hard for a fair days” pay they say. Pay pickers less than $100 for a whole days’s work
They were paid so little it didn't even cover their meager accommodation. They really did have the fair dinkum backpacker experience.
This is why these jobs are generally done by hardy cook islanders and the likes, not soft bellied backpackers from London
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