Tag - horticulture

Past participants in the SWP from Kiribati (Credit: DFAT/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

Pacific labour mobility in the media spotlight

June 19, 2020

by Stephen Howes

Apples are one of many late summer crops that rely on seasonal workers for harvesting (Credit: Joanna Nix on Unsplash)

A major labour shortage at harvest time is looming

June 18, 2020

by Richard Curtain

Doctors and nurses at Dili hospital, Timor-Leste: “We’re staying at the hospital, you stay at home and pray for us.”

Fake news and other viruses: helping our seasonal workers stay safe

April 1, 2020

by Michael Rose

RSE worker briefing on coronavirus by Seasonal Solutions Cooperative Ltd Operations Manager, Ieremia Lemuelu.

Border closures and grounded international travel – implications for Pacific seasonal workers

March 25, 2020

by Rochelle Bailey, Charlotte Bedford

Keeping our supermarkets stocked with fruit and vegetables will be a key policy challenge in the coming months (Credit Shelley Pauls on Unsplash)

COVID-19 and the horticultural sector: addressing the pending labour supply shortfall

March 21, 2020

by Henry Sherrell, Stephen Howes

Employers can now recruit from overseas for some low skilled occupations, such as irrigationists (Credit Michele Walfred Flickr CC BY 2.0)

More agricultural visa by stealth

March 6, 2020

by Henry Sherrell

The horticulture labour shortage myth

November 1, 2019

by Henry Sherrell

Two contrasting survey results about labour shortages in horticulture

October 30, 2019

by Richard Curtain, Stephen Howes