Essays about: "Swedish wild-berry industry"

Found 2 essays containing the words Swedish wild-berry industry.

1. 1. Along the paths of berry pickers : ascertaining the roles and positions of seasonal migrant berry pickers in Sweden through Swedish media

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Anudini Wijayarathna; [2022]
   Keywords : Swedish wild-berry industry; seasonal migrant berry pickers; Thai berry pickers; free tourist pickers; roles; socio-economic positions; labour conditions;

   Abstract : Sweden is one of the northern European countries that receive seasonal migrant labour annually from Thai and free/tourist pickers for wild-berry picking in rural northern forests and lands of Sweden. Both Thai and free/tourist pickers are subjected to different irregularities and unfair labour conditions within the Swedish wild-berries industry. READ MORE

3. 2. Solidarity in Conflict - Organised non-EEA workers, trade unions and labour rights within the Swedish wild berry industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Tilly Nygren Laestander; [2021]
   Keywords : Labour rights; Sweden; Thailand; Seasonal Migrant Workers; Trade Unions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Every year, around 3000-6000 mainly low-income farmers, travel from Northeastern Thailand in search for wild berries in the rural parts of Northern Sweden. There has been a process of inclusion of these seasonal migrant workers into the Swedish labour market structure, since around the turn of the millennium. READ MORE