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SYDNEY, Nov 21 — In near-perfect conditions, thanks to abundant rain and healthy trees, Australian fruit grower Michael Cunial’s cherry orchard looks set to yield a bumper crop. He has just one problem: the harvest. Like many farmers in Australia, during harvests he relies on seasonal workers,...

SYDNEY, Nov 21 — In near-perfect conditions, thanks to abundant rain and healthy trees, Australian fruit grower Michael Cunial’s cherry orchard looks set to yield a bumper crop. He has just one problem: the harvest.

In common with most Australian fruit growers, Cunial has paid seasonal workers for what they can pick. But the system has left many workers earning less than the minimum wage, so the rules may be about to change. Cunial said he expects “really big” cherries this year, which will probably be ready for harvest in early- to mid-December.But the system has been condemned by the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s industrial relations tribunal.Ruling on a complaint by the Australian Workers Union, it said seasonal farm workers should get the minimum hourly wage of A$25.41 .

Cedric Gestin, another French worker who is in his third year in Australia, says he has always preferred farms that pay by the hour. “Of course, there are farms where even the good ones never earn enough money because there is not enough fruit or the farm is badly run. But where some people can make money, everyone can make money.”Cunial says he is concerned about the prospect of laying off workers who do not pick enough if there is a switch to hourly pay.

 

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