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May 28, 2012
Berry_pickers
The following articles have been tagged with "Berry_pickers":
OECD: Sweden has poor eye on working conditions
Business & Money: 6 Nov 11
Sweden has poor control over people coming from outside the EU to work, specifically related to the pay and conditions they've been promised, according to findings by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Sweden mistreats illegal berry pickers: report
Business & Money: 26 Oct 11
Berry pickers working in Sweden without a permit are being badly mistreated, according to a new report from the labour rights watchdog Swedwatch.
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Swedish work permit rules 'misused': minister
Politics: 10 Oct 11
A recent report that labour migrants are abusing Swedish rules in a bid to enter the EU has prompted migration minister Tobias Billström to call the practice "intolerable".
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Hunters left baffled after elk body parts find
National: 26 Sep 11
A team of Swedish hunters made a gruesome discovery when out patrolling the woods in central Sweden last Sunday when they stumbled upon a tray full discarded elk entrails.
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Two charged in Bulgarian berry picking scam
National: 23 Sep 11
Two Bulgarian men were charged with trafficking on Thursday after luring fellow countrymen to Sweden with false promises of berry picking work and comfortable lodgings.
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'Lazy' Romanian berry pickers in wage protest
Business & Money: 25 Aug 11
A group of Romanian berry pickers staged a protest on Wednesday, arguing that they have been brought to Sweden on false premises and after their employer rejected their claims and accused them of being "lazy".
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Trucker goes berserk in bizarre berry picker blitz
Society: 15 Aug 11
A 42-year-old truck driver is being questioned by police in central Sweden after he tried to run down two berry pickers and then used a truck to drag their car 700 metres before dumping it in a ditch.
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Fewer foreign berry pickers in Sweden
National: 13 Aug 11
This year has seen a significant drop in the number of berry pickers coming to Sweden from countries outside the EU, since requirements and regulations have been sharpened for companies employing foreign berry pickers.
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Tougher rules to protect Sweden's berry pickers
Business & Money: 8 Apr 11
The Swedish Migration Board has issued stricter guidelines for hiring berry pickers ahead of the 2011 season.
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Berry picker plight examined by rights group
National: 14 Mar 11
After several years of scandals involving guests workers imported to Sweden to pick berries in the north of the country, a Swedish human rights and corporate social responsibility watchdog has opened an investigation.
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Farmers look to curb right of public access
Business & Money: 5 Jan 11
A Swedish famers' association wants to set limits on Sweden's cherished right of public access (allemansrätten) for berry pickers, skiers and horse riders.
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Guest workers forced into 'slave-like' employ
Society: 22 Dec 10
Foreign guest workers are being tricked into coming to Sweden and forced to work under slave-like conditions, according to a new report which identifies the trade as a lucrative part of international organised crime.
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Minister defends labour migration law
Business & Money: 23 Nov 10
Sweden's migration minister has denied claims by a Swedish umbrella union organisation that unscrupulous companies are abusing new rules that have eased the migration of foreign workers.
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Labour migration law 'costs Sweden IT jobs'
Business & Money: 16 Nov 10
Top Swedish IT companies are facilitating the disappearance of Swedish jobs by abusing work permits which allow them to bring skilled foreign workers into the country, a Swedish union has complained.
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Berry pickers had invalid contract: Swedish union
National: 25 Oct 10
The employment agreement covering 290 Vietnamese berry pickers who worked in Swedish fields last summer, dozens of whom still remain in Europe, should never have been approved, according to a Swedish union
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Thai berry pickers head home empty-handed
National: 3 Oct 10
Around 135 Thai berry pickers left Åsele in northern Sweden on Saturday evening to return to Thailand empty handed after the owners of their employer, Lömjsö Berry, allegedly emptied the firm of cash and fled.
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Red Cross sends aid to freezing berry pickers
National: 21 Aug 10
Bangladeshi berry pickers working in the woods of northern Sweden received warm clothes from the Red Cross on Friday as temperatures dropped to just above zero.
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Union blames ministers for berry pickers' plight
Politics: 12 Aug 10
Sweden’s largest trade union group, LO, has slammed the government over the suffering of foreign berry pickers in northern Sweden.
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Berry pickers arrested for locking up bosses
National: 11 Aug 10
Swedish police detained five berry pickers from Vietnam on Wednesday on suspicion of assault after they locked up their team leaders in a school building on Tuesday in a dispute over pay.
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Berry pickers lock up bosses in protest
National: 10 Aug 10
Vietnamese berry pickers in Dalarna locked six of their team leaders into a school building on Tuesday, in a dispute over pay.
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Berry pickers in new strike in northern Sweden
National: 10 Aug 10
A group of Vietnamese berry pickers have left their place of employment in Baggård south of Umeå in northern Sweden in protest against their pay and working conditions and have expressed a wish to go home.
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Chinese berry pickers march in protest
Business & Money: 6 Aug 10
Around 120 Chinese berry pickers went on a 15-kilometre overnight march in northern Sweden on Thursday to protest their salaries, a local social services official said.
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Elk hunts and 'paparazzi' threaten berry pickers
National: 5 Aug 10
A firm in northern Sweden has claimed in a letter to the Work Environment Authority that its berry pickers face a slew of dangers including poisonous mushrooms, elk hunters, monotony, and "paparazzi-style" journalists.
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Hungry berry pickers shoot birds for food
National: 2 Aug 10
A number of Vietnamese berry pickers in Särna in central Sweden have begun shooting small birds with catapults and arrows as their situation becomes increasingly precarious.
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Dry weather could hurt blueberry season
Society: 6 Jul 10
It will be a disappointing season for eager blueberry fans if it does not rain soon in Sweden, the newspaper Smålänningen reported on Monday.
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Berry pickers set to keep mystery stash of cash
Society: 12 Jan 10
A group of berry pickers who came across a sizeable sum of money last summer while working in a forest outside of Växjö in southern Sweden will most likely be allowed to hang on to the mysterious loot.
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Workers pick Sweden's shrubs and data hubs
Business & Money: 15 Dec 09
Thai berry pickers and Indian IT experts have been the primary recipients of work permits since Sweden's new labour force immigration laws came into force a year ago.
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Stranded Thai berry pickers on their way home
National: 28 Aug 09
Some 200 Thai berry pickers left stranded in Sweden after staking their life savings to travel have had their return trips arranged for them through donations. The first of the berry pickers returned to Thailand yesterday.
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Berry pickers pluck unidentified cash stash
National: 7 Aug 09
Berry pickers have discovered a large sum of money hidden in the forest outside of Växjö in southern Sweden. Police are now trying to ascertain the identity of the money's rightful owner.
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Cannabis found on Swedish military training area
National: 5 Sep 08
A group of Swedish soldiers made an unexpected discovery when they came across a group of suspicious looking plants during a training exercise in Skövde in western Sweden.
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Heatwave spells Swedish berry shortage
Business & Money: 3 Aug 08
The recent dry spell has led to an acute shortage of berries in Swedish woodlands.
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Police find 78 strawberry pickers in truck trailer
National: 13 Jun 07
When police asked a truck driver to pull over on the motorway near Kalmar, they found his trailer loaded with an unusual cargo.
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Berry pickers given work permit fast track
National: 5 May 07
Despite complex tax regulations and last year's labour dispute, a new attempt is being made to attract foreign berry pickers to Sweden in time for the early autumn picking season.
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Thai berry pickers strike in Sweden
National: 19 Sep 06
Around 400 Thai berry pickers in Björksele, in southern Lappland, began a protest over pay on Tuesday. They believe they have been conned.
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