When Scotland’s Farmworkers Downed Tools

Created
Thu, 14/12/2023 - 21:22
Updated
Fri, 15/12/2023 - 02:16

In the summer of 2023, 88 seasonal fruit pickers employed by Haygrove Farms, largely hailing from Latin America, undertook unofficial strike action in response to alleged wage theft, discrimination, harassment, and poor working conditions. As a recent report by the Landworkers’ Alliance sets out, the post-Brexit seasonal worker visa scheme has facilitated a decline in […]