Supermarkets may advertise fresh, affordable produce, but farmers are often forced to sell at a loss, while worker live in poor condition. The system is broken.
@@JusticeAlways Slavery that exists in democratic society.... do you think, these practices are thriving without explicit and implicit consent of the citizens and law-makers?!?
@@andr90340 Not sure actually. I also thought about it. These kind of videos actually inform everyone. For example: if someone waiting to come may watch this and be conscious. Similarly, someone may learn about the exploitations and may get interested to take advantage. So, you never no which way it might go!
Farmers need to unite and sell their produce at a price which includes fair labor. Governments could also make it a requirement that the cost of labor is displayed on product price tags.
The big buyers won't allow that. Then you just end up like big meat in the US, where the big Corps just forcibly take over the farms, and reduce the farmer to a manager.
Government should uphold the monopoly legislation properly. But it is too late, the big supermarkets have their paid politicians to pave the way for their slavery. I would hire a security guard if I were the Dutch politician passing that law. People above the law are often dangerous opponents.
Since labour is needed and some persons (migrants) are willing to supply, then regularise the employment process. Form partnerships with supplier countries, issue special visas. Allow the labourers to have dignified living conditions and wages. Humanise the process. Please...
Humanise the process!! That’s all. But they won’t cos most of them don’t see migrants as humans and they want cheap labour so if you cheapen yourself you will be used. Same as the slavery era but more covert now😢
Exactly that. At small farms workers get better conditions, because there's only a few of them and it's easier to accommodate or feed them. There's also no lawyers, so they need to pay their taxes, etc
This is the result of a capitalist - free market system. Capitalism results in the concentration of capital in fewer and fewer hands as this creates economies of scale and competitive advantages. Unrestrained free markets would be awful. Not all monopolies are bad either. There are things called natural monopolies where it doesn't make sense to have more than one provider. Imagine there were 30 private companies trying to build competing subways in major cities. All supermarket chains originally started as just a single store but expanded over time. Instead of eliminating chains we just need to regulate and tax corporations properly.
Unregulated free market ends in monopoly. Every single time. Any business will by any means strive to become a monopoly. That is inherent in a capitalist system. And now that they have been buy legislation favouring themselves for many many years, there is no room for competition or fair players.
Won't be better either; you need peasantry class to work about menial labors that once fueled by your forefathers. You think that landowning farmers will ever be in same number with the tenant labor for harvesting and cultivating? No, they would never be. And by descaling the production of the farm where each farmer owning certain small swath of land equally between peasant would still come up into the condition where the failing small farmers being owned and merged by the better farmers. Rather, because of the free market that the peasantry class is like this, since you won't stand any chance to work out as a small-scale farmer that only has one hectare of land to put into use for farming, farming without its developed scale of production can't bear brunt of losses caused by changing antagonistic environment and market while ensuring these produces are steadily given with low price and high quality in nutrition and grown organically. Thus why back then, the losing small landowning farmer absorbed by the bigger one that turned into apart of peasantry class as tenant farm labor paid by wages meagerly, now it's just with extra step where the distributor have become pretty much centralized as the main organ for farming industry to reach the customer's plate and basket, and many of them decidedly move out to city in attempt to get better job in the rising manufacturing market in dangerous factories with slums.
Indeed, and towards the end "doing things right is not revolutionary" and "the survival of one person does not depend on the inability of someone else to survive". Beautiful thoughts and words.
If the customers had to actually put some physical effort into growing or harvesting the food they eat, it would change their perspective, maybe even their very soul.
@@ramonaringer got an orchard full of mango, guava and paw-paw trees mate. If it were not for the fact that l was out of the country early on, the garden would have been going too. But not many can afford that luxury. And it certainly is applying bandaid to a chainsaw wound. Why do we avert dealing with the real issue? It’s a real issue for at least 85% of everyone at varying degrees. But those 85% sure aren’t as happy as the aught to be.
These Corporations, always show us what miserable people are in these companies and what masters have taken control of the lives of the workers but also of our resources!!!
In school, I'm taught the the price of a product usually consists of the cost to produce and some sort of profit, but in reality, companies charge the consumers the price they are willing to pay.
europe is full with all races of people! white,black, asian, south americans, syrians, turks and so on; is not about the way you look is about most of them struggle in capitalism all been exploited but in a different level; all have taxes to pay and more and more restrictions and regulations to obey; anyways doesnt matter the corporations and politicians have all power
Times have truly changed. I'm 58, and I clearly remember that in the 70s and 80s, itenerant Mexican migrants came to my state of NC to work primarily on tobacco farms during the summer season and then summarily left to return to their country.
They should make it a mandate for every citizen to help farmers at least one season per year, no matter their occupation. Maybe if they learned what it takes to till the earth for what they want on their tables, there would be greater appreciation and respect for farmers and more awareness of food waste and food deserts.
exploitation like this happens in New Zealand and Australia from super markets exploiting growers to workers being exploited, over crowded to over priced accommodation
"the birds don't have problems with papers." Made me chuckle. As a British citizen of African descent, I get him. Hope he have his papers regulated soon.
This is interesting. I'm an American. I'm 32. I share many of these workers' experiences. Bt healthcare and education costs, I've been working since 14 and living in poverty since I left home for college at 18. 12-hour days six days per week. Homelessness. Being fired for refusing an employer's advances. (If you can't prove it with solid, explicit documentation, it never happened, and you're grabbing for cash, as far as the Labor Dept is concerned). With all these parallels, I could respond to these workers'plight with, "Yes, and?" That seems to be the selfish way of some folk these days. But that's not how I feel at all. I feel kinship. I see how these issues are universal. Massive corporations and institutions exploiting people for their labor and locking them in debt. Unscrupulous, powerful people abusing their comparatively powerless employers. People need to be educated not only abt their rights but about how to document abuses, network with other victims (they always exist), and seek legal consequences and financial restitution for their suffering. It heartens me to see that the next generation here in the States appears to have a better grasp of these issues. At the same time, it concerns me that this information comes mostly from the internet and from their close peers - both avenues that are far less accessible to migrants.
Thank you to the ppl working hard to advocate for these workers' well-being, including everyone who worked on this project ❤️. The world - esp the food, agriculture, industrial, and transportation industries - needs more ppl like you and stories like this.
I keep getting surprised at how on every video the comments on this channel, which aims to make us more informed on various topics, have the most brain-dead views I have ever seen, jfc. That or these comment sections keep getting flooded with bots, in which case DW would be better off just disabling them.
A small percentage of comments are complimentary and appreciative of this channel. The majority of comments are bitter or cynical - with side trips into antagonistic denial and Whataboutism. But, that's always been the "miracle" of TH-cam comments when serious issues are presented. Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🍁
Good. The reportage on modern slavery in Italian tomato farming was just the beginning, and it would appear the biggest driver for it is supermarkets and distributors. So, that's where we should look next. If farmers can't pay because their income isn't high enough, and farmers just want to feed people, those who are deriving only profits should perhaps not have such high profits.
If they increase prices and working conditions, won't that drive citizens to work in harvesting? The free market is doing what it is suppose to, lowering costs (exploring workers) and maximizing profits. Government was formed exactly for that reason to keep in check the externalities. It's a cat and mouse dynamic that in the process wastes energy, resources, and efficiency while ignoring Planetary boundaries. Though one money might be winning.
Interesting also is to place these workers complaints in the correct context: Pakistani guy is working in Portugal and complaints he is earning 38€ per day. He borrowed 14k back home to come to Portugal. He earns 836 € netto per month. Now check this out: 21% of Portuguese are earning the minimum wage which is 820€ = around 730€ netto. So the Pakistani is not happy, I understand him completely, but a million Portuguese are earning less than he does. I'm not saying his employer is right, I'm saying that it is important to put facts in the right context to be able to judge a situation properly.
Itd be nice if there was a way to buy directly from farmers. And before someone says it, theres been evidence on farmers markets being exploited as well. I'm paying for their work, I'd prefer to give the farmers the money directly
The point of who gets paid is not really germane to the big point. The point is who is not just who's not getting paid, but also who's being treated like "property."
I really worry about the state of our food and how the whole supply chain operates. I think its teetering and we need to get back to basics. Eat seasonally and locally as much as possible. I've grown my own food in a small allotment, and it gives me great pleasure in nurturing plants and of course the quality and taste are amazing. I get no enjoyment from shopping in a huge supermarket with mega ultra processed sh*t. Why does a batista fin the city make more money than the people who produce our food. Governments all over need to do more to support the producers to ensure farmrrs and pickers can make a descent living. Supermarkets should have caps on the profit they can make from farmers
@@a.tartistthat was one of the most white supremacist tropes I've ever seen so blatantly articulated... That you clearly can't even recognize that it is.
Corporate tax rates should be partially based on the ratio between the median employee wage and the CEO / C-level executives. A further portion should be based on the proportion of employees who earn less than 1/100th the CEO. Including sub-contractors and labour involved in the supply chain for goods / services they provide.
I liked the comment that every price label should have price breakdowns on what percentage of their money is going where. It will reduce the extraordinary profits that some make at the expense of the dignity and freedom of others.
And you think corporations would not lie about that price and print something else? When there is profit to be made, big corporations will do anything to make the customers buy their toxic products. As long a producer and consumer are worlds apart, they can lie however much is needed for the sale.
@@poulhenne I agree, most will try but that's where the accounting and taxation systems come into play. If the prices show xyz margins for a particular player, hopefully they would need to pay taxes on them and the accounting firms will ensure the data they report is accurate.
@@SaurabhMishra_ASU Sorry to burst your bubble, but when corporations and monopolies get bigger, they will rather pay lawyers to evade taxes than actually pay taxes that will benefit society. Just like they will rather make an expensive marketing-campaign rather than doing the right thing: pay workers a living wage and not use poison on the produce. But that does just not happen when the players in the industry gets large enough to be able to afford lawyers,
@@SaurabhMishra_ASU : We have (here in Denmark) for many years tried to pass laws implementing chain liability. This means all parts of the logistics chains have to uphold the same standards as the final retailer is claiming. To end this outsourcing of responsibility to other business entities, and then claiming plausible deniability when the audit/media comes. The western world is so bad at this, moving toxic and bad working conditions to more desperate countries. Lying to consumers is the biggest business nowadays. But the big corporations were too powerful, and the legislation got shot down. On an EU level the corruption is even worse, but it is the kind of law I could see fixing the "externalizing of cost" while internalizing the profits. Now we get to see how the tariffs and trade wars play out instead. I may be naive, but it could maybe help by stopping some of the exploitation. And lowering our spending is always a good thing.
Same as Australia n they all go back home also but then again there not looking for a Facebook life style as most who come to Australia come from country's like Sweden Germany n England n Canada n doing it more so to see the country ..
We have exploitation in the forests of Sweden where we have companies importing seasonal workers (not uncommonly Thai) to pick wild berries because we "need" to keep prices low in the stores. If we can't use poor(er) ppl to pick our berries, how are we supposed to get them? Use our Allemansrätt and go out ourselves into nature and pick what we need?
These poor people, just let them go home. It's terrible that they are being made to get into debt and forced to travel to these awful places. Please everyone start growing as much fruit and veg as you can. Don't buy any products from Europe like strawberry and blueberries etc and that should stop these people being made to leave their country.
Of course they don't. Big buyers would never allow that. Just look at how big meat in the US bought up all farms and instated the farmer as a manager. And first paragraph in the contract is and NDA. Wonder why noone hears about it.
in greece, political parties go to great lengths to make sure that any unionisation of the farmers is extreemely fragmented and stuck in micro-political fights, and they also made damn sure that the guys on top of these small assosiations are always party affiliated and corrupted and maybe also are indepted with some kind of shady party favor (usually a stable job for someone in their family or prefferential treatment with subsidies and loans). Its not rare that individuals that have some control over this proccess use it only to gain what they want from the goverment and then block the farmers from making their own demands. Also, the news companies always help to educate most people about how every time the farmers manage to somehow come together and ask for fair money they are the bad and irresponsible guys. The farmers who can't be manipulated by this system are very few to have any kind of impact on their own, so they are discouraged from even trying. I would guess that such fenomena also appear in the rest of Europe, although corruption may not be as blatand in most countries.
It is a basic rule that if you go to other country, you must get permit based on what purpose you come to that country. If you come legaly and with all the necesary documents, it is easier for you to demmand for what is your rights to be given to you. But, if you come illegaly, you won't get any protection and only will become slaves to the corporates. The choise is in your hand and you are fully responsible to what you choose
For far too long EU and Uk nationals have been accused of being lazy because they won't do the work, now illegal immigrants see why nationals stopped doing the work. The big supermarket groups force producers down and down on prices. Impossible to live legally in west on wages paid. IT IS WRONG AND IMMORAL for ALL workers. Time to 'bash the profit /divided big bosses. Legal migrants would need the same wages as national workers...it will never happen. Illegals seem to be able to afford vastly expensive journeys to get here. Mafia supermarkets!
the Portuguese owners are out of step with the Portuguese population. There was a liberal official policy, it stopped in June 2024. Why?... because there not enough resources to look after these workers. The owner looks very prosperous - he should solve his worker´s issues and not try to pass the buck.
So what are they to do with their excess population. When you don’t have work in your country you’re going to go where work is. Now to deter elicit activity government must formate mitigating measure to legally allow these migrants
Thanks for the video. Just wondering if the police of these countries watch this video then they might catch these poor people. Why dont you blur their faces? The officials may take bribe from the producers to let the illegal workers go. It helps no one. Please blur out their faces. One of them said hes already been to jail once. Why put them at risk? Poor people may not know how your video may impact their livelihood. So please even if they allow you to shoot them and show their faces, I think you should still blur them out. Your channel is very popular and I am sure some police might be watching. Please look into this if by some miracle you read my comment All that apart great video as usual!
All these comments about how corporations are dominating the agricultural sector. Not whatsoever relevant to the topic of this video content. One might suggest it is an engagement in... Deflection.
This issues are very easy to solve if there is political power applied. The question is can this be changed politically given the efective power of transnational corporations in politics.
The migrants' situations should be regularized so that they can denounce any form of exploitation. If not nothing will change. We should stop pointing accusing fingers on supermarkets. The farmers like to hire those who don't have papers since In case of any eventuality they will have nowhere to go. There is a problem of lobbying here!!
I mean my brothers and sisters from West Africa, walked the hot Sahara desert, cross the sea while they know they conditions they are running too. Walked into the situation
Supermarkets may advertise fresh, affordable produce, but farmers are often forced to sell at a loss, while worker live in poor condition. The system is broken.
At least DW is showing it...the MODERN & DEMOCRATIC Slavery...Thanks DW Doc!!!
Democratic????
Explain that
@@JusticeAlways Slavery that exists in democratic society.... do you think, these practices are thriving without explicit and implicit consent of the citizens and law-makers?!?
i would say this is the essence of capitalism to exploit the weaker part for profit
@@R0H00 showing or promoting?
@@andr90340 Not sure actually. I also thought about it. These kind of videos actually inform everyone. For example: if someone waiting to come may watch this and be conscious. Similarly, someone may learn about the exploitations and may get interested to take advantage. So, you never no which way it might go!
Farmers need to unite and sell their produce at a price which includes fair labor.
Governments could also make it a requirement that the cost of labor is displayed on product price tags.
The big buyers won't allow that. Then you just end up like big meat in the US, where the big Corps just forcibly take over the farms, and reduce the farmer to a manager.
Government should uphold the monopoly legislation properly. But it is too late, the big supermarkets have their paid politicians to pave the way for their slavery.
I would hire a security guard if I were the Dutch politician passing that law. People above the law are often dangerous opponents.
Just let the farmer farm, and stop that shit load immigration policy, so that more national can have job and family
Yes raise the prices and screw Euro Trash
in theory yes...in practice well all I can say is there are power forces at play. check @9.43
I am glad that DW sows that Europe has many problems like we do to have a clean agriculture and dignity to the workers.
There is no way super rich people exist without slavery ☝️ It's just that nowadays it's masked under different names🤷
No one should be a billionaire
Since labour is needed and some persons (migrants) are willing to supply, then regularise the employment process. Form partnerships with supplier countries, issue special visas. Allow the labourers to have dignified living conditions and wages. Humanise the process. Please...
Humanise the process!! That’s all. But they won’t cos most of them don’t see migrants as humans and they want cheap labour so if you cheapen yourself you will be used. Same as the slavery era but more covert now😢
That happens because of monopolies in sales. More free markets should be created. Not just supermarket chains
Exactly that. At small farms workers get better conditions, because there's only a few of them and it's easier to accommodate or feed them. There's also no lawyers, so they need to pay their taxes, etc
This is the result of a capitalist - free market system. Capitalism results in the concentration of capital in fewer and fewer hands as this creates economies of scale and competitive advantages. Unrestrained free markets would be awful.
Not all monopolies are bad either. There are things called natural monopolies where it doesn't make sense to have more than one provider. Imagine there were 30 private companies trying to build competing subways in major cities.
All supermarket chains originally started as just a single store but expanded over time. Instead of eliminating chains we just need to regulate and tax corporations properly.
Unregulated free market ends in monopoly. Every single time.
Any business will by any means strive to become a monopoly. That is inherent in a capitalist system.
And now that they have been buy legislation favouring themselves for many many years, there is no room for competition or fair players.
Won't be better either; you need peasantry class to work about menial labors that once fueled by your forefathers. You think that landowning farmers will ever be in same number with the tenant labor for harvesting and cultivating? No, they would never be. And by descaling the production of the farm where each farmer owning certain small swath of land equally between peasant would still come up into the condition where the failing small farmers being owned and merged by the better farmers. Rather, because of the free market that the peasantry class is like this, since you won't stand any chance to work out as a small-scale farmer that only has one hectare of land to put into use for farming, farming without its developed scale of production can't bear brunt of losses caused by changing antagonistic environment and market while ensuring these produces are steadily given with low price and high quality in nutrition and grown organically.
Thus why back then, the losing small landowning farmer absorbed by the bigger one that turned into apart of peasantry class as tenant farm labor paid by wages meagerly, now it's just with extra step where the distributor have become pretty much centralized as the main organ for farming industry to reach the customer's plate and basket, and many of them decidedly move out to city in attempt to get better job in the rising manufacturing market in dangerous factories with slums.
Too many barriers to entry
That was a nice statement towards the end… ‘People who live well and with dignity make beautiful noises.’ 👍🏾🙏🏾
Indeed, and towards the end "doing things right is not revolutionary" and "the survival of one person does not depend on the inability of someone else to survive". Beautiful thoughts and words.
They should have added “people who migrate to a country the legal way make an even more beautiful noise”
If the customers had to actually put some physical effort into growing or harvesting the food they eat, it would change their perspective, maybe even their very soul.
The customer is also trying to survive…
…the problem is the shareholder and multinationals.
@@BatsiraiMusuka AMERICANS VULTURE FUNDS spreading.
@@BatsiraiMusuka you should try growing your own food too. At least TRY.
@@ramonaringer got an orchard full of mango, guava and paw-paw trees mate.
If it were not for the fact that l was out of the country early on, the garden would have been going too.
But not many can afford that luxury. And it certainly is applying bandaid to a chainsaw wound.
Why do we avert dealing with the real issue? It’s a real issue for at least 85% of everyone at varying degrees. But those 85% sure aren’t as happy as the aught to be.
Shame on Germany Italy and many european countries exploiting foreign workers
And more shame to countries whose indigenes have to migrate to get a decent life.
@@gerezakatemboexactly! They never get any of the blame.
Why destroy their country first? They should come and work in all European countries its their rights @@myisglim7801
Shame on you to think that way. Poor soul.
You mean Italy is preventing these illegal immigrants from returning to Africa ?
These Corporations, always show us what miserable people are in these companies and what masters have taken control of the lives of the workers but also of our resources!!!
they criticized qatar in the world cup, without realizing they were the same
0:30 They need you, but won’t give you papers because if you get papers you will leave to get better jobs and less will pick the crops.
In school, I'm taught the the price of a product usually consists of the cost to produce and some sort of profit, but in reality, companies charge the consumers the price they are willing to pay.
European consumers likely don't care, especially when its people that don't look like them that are being exploited.
How well put!😮
💯
europe is full with all races of people! white,black, asian, south americans, syrians, turks and so on; is not about the way you look is about most of them struggle in capitalism all been exploited but in a different level; all have taxes to pay and more and more restrictions and regulations to obey; anyways doesnt matter the corporations and politicians have all power
Yeah well it’s their choice to be exploited. Go home
@@ThisIsEuropa88have you left the African continent alone? Such double standards😏
Times have truly changed. I'm 58, and I clearly remember that in the 70s and 80s, itenerant Mexican migrants came to my state of NC to work primarily on tobacco farms during the summer season and then summarily left to return to their country.
OmG to think that I once almost took up a fruit picking job😢because someone glamorized it and I almost fell it😢😢😢
It is well,keep pushing my people
It is not well! Let’s fight to make our continent better otherwise it will be worse than this. Trust me
This is colonialnilism of the new age...
By choice
It's a very complex issue.
Do you know or speak of the geeky “Imperialism”
Yes it is.
😂😂😂😂
They should make it a mandate for every citizen to help farmers at least one season per year, no matter their occupation. Maybe if they learned what it takes to till the earth for what they want on their tables, there would be greater appreciation and respect for farmers and more awareness of food waste and food deserts.
exploitation like this happens in New Zealand and Australia from super markets exploiting growers to workers being exploited, over crowded to over priced accommodation
How is it regulated? How are the laws set up to prevent it?
Cocoa same. Children who work on the farms never tasted chocolate. So sad
Colonialism 2.0. who would thought europeans would do such a thing?
They've done it before. They just got technical at redoing it
Oh my gosh I wish they could return home. What an awful way to live.
Times have truly unchanged.
since Lincoln era
Also there needs to be a crackdown on "cheap labor". Everybody should have the right to live sustainably, not just the affluent.
"the birds don't have problems with papers." Made me chuckle. As a British citizen of African descent, I get him. Hope he have his papers regulated soon.
They treat their citizens so well hopefully the Authorities shown Humanity to the foreign workers!!!!!
Fantastic documentary, It shows the cruel face of savage capitalism and the reality illegal immigrants have to face to survive.
The same people will be preach about human rights
More laws is not the answer. First we need to enforce existing laws.
This is interesting. I'm an American. I'm 32. I share many of these workers' experiences. Bt healthcare and education costs, I've been working since 14 and living in poverty since I left home for college at 18. 12-hour days six days per week. Homelessness. Being fired for refusing an employer's advances. (If you can't prove it with solid, explicit documentation, it never happened, and you're grabbing for cash, as far as the Labor Dept is concerned).
With all these parallels, I could respond to these workers'plight with, "Yes, and?" That seems to be the selfish way of some folk these days.
But that's not how I feel at all. I feel kinship. I see how these issues are universal. Massive corporations and institutions exploiting people for their labor and locking them in debt. Unscrupulous, powerful people abusing their comparatively powerless employers.
People need to be educated not only abt their rights but about how to document abuses, network with other victims (they always exist), and seek legal consequences and financial restitution for their suffering. It heartens me to see that the next generation here in the States appears to have a better grasp of these issues. At the same time, it concerns me that this information comes mostly from the internet and from their close peers - both avenues that are far less accessible to migrants.
Thank you to the ppl working hard to advocate for these workers' well-being, including everyone who worked on this project ❤️. The world - esp the food, agriculture, industrial, and transportation industries - needs more ppl like you and stories like this.
I keep getting surprised at how on every video the comments on this channel, which aims to make us more informed on various topics, have the most brain-dead views I have ever seen, jfc. That or these comment sections keep getting flooded with bots, in which case DW would be better off just disabling them.
Oh, the irony 🙄🤡
A small percentage of comments are complimentary and appreciative of this channel.
The majority of comments are bitter or cynical - with side trips into antagonistic denial and Whataboutism.
But, that's always been the "miracle" of TH-cam comments when serious issues are presented.
Best wishes from Vermont 🍁🧡🍁
@@TheStockwell we have a legitimate reason to be bitter and cynical in regard to what amounts to HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
I know. But people tryna adapt the higher insight which is good
DW is the worst when it comes to bots. They're probably paying for this.
Good. The reportage on modern slavery in Italian tomato farming was just the beginning, and it would appear the biggest driver for it is supermarkets and distributors. So, that's where we should look next. If farmers can't pay because their income isn't high enough, and farmers just want to feed people, those who are deriving only profits should perhaps not have such high profits.
Good you show this its not only Qatar it is also europe
If they increase prices and working conditions, won't that drive citizens to work in harvesting? The free market is doing what it is suppose to, lowering costs (exploring workers) and maximizing profits. Government was formed exactly for that reason to keep in check the externalities. It's a cat and mouse dynamic that in the process wastes energy, resources, and efficiency while ignoring Planetary boundaries. Though one money might be winning.
Interesting also is to place these workers complaints in the correct context: Pakistani guy is working in Portugal and complaints he is earning 38€ per day. He borrowed 14k back home to come to Portugal. He earns 836 € netto per month. Now check this out: 21% of Portuguese are earning the minimum wage which is 820€ = around 730€ netto. So the Pakistani is not happy, I understand him completely, but a million Portuguese are earning less than he does. I'm not saying his employer is right, I'm saying that it is important to put facts in the right context to be able to judge a situation properly.
Itd be nice if there was a way to buy directly from farmers. And before someone says it, theres been evidence on farmers markets being exploited as well. I'm paying for their work, I'd prefer to give the farmers the money directly
The point of who gets paid is not really germane to the big point. The point is who is not just who's not getting paid, but also who's being treated like "property."
I really worry about the state of our food and how the whole supply chain operates. I think its teetering and we need to get back to basics. Eat seasonally and locally as much as possible. I've grown my own food in a small allotment, and it gives me great pleasure in nurturing plants and of course the quality and taste are amazing. I get no enjoyment from shopping in a huge supermarket with mega ultra processed sh*t. Why does a batista fin the city make more money than the people who produce our food. Governments all over need to do more to support the producers to ensure farmrrs and pickers can make a descent living. Supermarkets should have caps on the profit they can make from farmers
Greedy corporations and lazy government oversight
I feel awful.
they are in Europe because of what Europe did in past.
Stop blaming others for their incapability! If a country wants truly to advance it's economy that can be done in less than a decade
@ it’s not that easy, because many things still under control of rich nations and dependency
@a.tartist they are still stealing in Africa
@@a.tartistthat was one of the most white supremacist tropes I've ever seen so blatantly articulated... That you clearly can't even recognize that it is.
Corporate tax rates should be partially based on the ratio between the median employee wage and the CEO / C-level executives. A further portion should be based on the proportion of employees who earn less than 1/100th the CEO. Including sub-contractors and labour involved in the supply chain for goods / services they provide.
Slavery ain't abolished
I thought Europe was best place for farmers 🤔
I liked the comment that every price label should have price breakdowns on what percentage of their money is going where. It will reduce the extraordinary profits that some make at the expense of the dignity and freedom of others.
And you think corporations would not lie about that price and print something else?
When there is profit to be made, big corporations will do anything to make the customers buy their toxic products.
As long a producer and consumer are worlds apart, they can lie however much is needed for the sale.
@@poulhenne I agree, most will try but that's where the accounting and taxation systems come into play. If the prices show xyz margins for a particular player, hopefully they would need to pay taxes on them and the accounting firms will ensure the data they report is accurate.
@@SaurabhMishra_ASU Sorry to burst your bubble, but when corporations and monopolies get bigger, they will rather pay lawyers to evade taxes than actually pay taxes that will benefit society. Just like they will rather make an expensive marketing-campaign rather than doing the right thing: pay workers a living wage and not use poison on the produce.
But that does just not happen when the players in the industry gets large enough to be able to afford lawyers,
@@poulhenne I agree with you again. But what else do you think is the solution?
@@SaurabhMishra_ASU : We have (here in Denmark) for many years tried to pass laws implementing chain liability. This means all parts of the logistics chains have to uphold the same standards as the final retailer is claiming.
To end this outsourcing of responsibility to other business entities, and then claiming plausible deniability when the audit/media comes.
The western world is so bad at this, moving toxic and bad working conditions to more desperate countries. Lying to consumers is the biggest business nowadays.
But the big corporations were too powerful, and the legislation got shot down. On an EU level the corruption is even worse, but it is the kind of law I could see fixing the "externalizing of cost" while internalizing the profits.
Now we get to see how the tariffs and trade wars play out instead. I may be naive, but it could maybe help by stopping some of the exploitation. And lowering our spending is always a good thing.
This contains similar footage to the documentary Picking for Europe published on 1 nov 2024.
When I watch this programme, I feel free.
Here in the United States for over 100 years we have had seasonal migrant workers and they went back home after harvest.
Same as Australia n they all go back home also but then again there not looking for a Facebook life style as most who come to Australia come from country's like Sweden Germany n England n Canada n doing it more so to see the country ..
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Before 1865, everything was much simpler in this regard.
@@kevinhullinger8743 Yep #Truestory my child
So wats da plan for today my good man if ya dont mind Plz ?
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We have exploitation in the forests of Sweden where we have companies importing seasonal workers (not uncommonly Thai) to pick wild berries because we "need" to keep prices low in the stores.
If we can't use poor(er) ppl to pick our berries, how are we supposed to get them? Use our Allemansrätt and go out ourselves into nature and pick what we need?
When you don’t communicate respect to your workers expect them to retaliate and nail you
The US have far better conditions for migrant workers. This is just shameful.
Italy always tops the list.... also in their hospitality
These poor people, just let them go home. It's terrible that they are being made to get into debt and forced to travel to these awful places. Please everyone start growing as much fruit and veg as you can. Don't buy any products from Europe like strawberry and blueberries etc and that should stop these people being made to leave their country.
Don’t the Farmers have a Union to represent them?
Of course they don't. Big buyers would never allow that.
Just look at how big meat in the US bought up all farms and instated the farmer as a manager.
And first paragraph in the contract is and NDA. Wonder why noone hears about it.
in greece, political parties go to great lengths to make sure that any unionisation of the farmers is extreemely fragmented and stuck in micro-political fights, and they also made damn sure that the guys on top of these small assosiations are always party affiliated and corrupted and maybe also are indepted with some kind of shady party favor (usually a stable job for someone in their family or prefferential treatment with subsidies and loans). Its not rare that individuals that have some control over this proccess use it only to gain what they want from the goverment and then block the farmers from making their own demands. Also, the news companies always help to educate most people about how every time the farmers manage to somehow come together and ask for fair money they are the bad and irresponsible guys. The farmers who can't be manipulated by this system are very few to have any kind of impact on their own, so they are discouraged from even trying.
I would guess that such fenomena also appear in the rest of Europe, although corruption may not be as blatand in most countries.
In order to have a union, you must have documents or a contract, something to prove that you're actually working.
These migrants don't have anything.
It is a basic rule that if you go to other country, you must get permit based on what purpose you come to that country.
If you come legaly and with all the necesary documents, it is easier for you to demmand for what is your rights to be given to you. But, if you come illegaly, you won't get any protection and only will become slaves to the corporates.
The choise is in your hand and you are fully responsible to what you choose
why do local workers not want to work on the farm?
p.s.:I strongly doubt that anything will change the system for the better
For far too long EU and Uk nationals have been accused of being lazy because they won't do the work, now illegal immigrants see why nationals stopped doing the work. The big supermarket groups force producers down and down on prices. Impossible to live legally in west on wages paid. IT IS WRONG AND IMMORAL for ALL workers. Time to 'bash the profit /divided big bosses. Legal migrants would need the same wages as national workers...it will never happen. Illegals seem to be able to afford vastly expensive journeys to get here. Mafia supermarkets!
“why would I live here”, asked reason
New age slavery
the Portuguese owners are out of step with the Portuguese population. There was a liberal official policy, it stopped in June 2024. Why?... because there not enough resources to look after these workers. The owner looks very prosperous - he should solve his worker´s issues and not try to pass the buck.
The birds don't have problems with papers 😔
The funny thing is that they talk about human rights in the Middle East 😂😂😂
The prices in Vietnam, a third world country has way higher prices than world leading countries in Europe
They are exploited back home too
Which is exactly the same excuse the slave-owners used back in the day. And it is just as valid today.
Free or cheap workers are still in demand
Sad
Are there any growers, distributors or supermarket chains doing what is right?
Could we have their names?
The raspberries I had on my private yacht were a little bland, so I threw a tantrum & had better ones flown in with my private jet.
This world can only become serene and free of cruelty when Jesus Christ takes over the kingdoms of this world.
Who abducted them and forced them to go to Europe? Who is preventing them from returning to Africa ?
Do you have any idea of how services work or you just want to advocate for exploitation?
So what are they to do with their excess population. When you don’t have work in your country you’re going to go where work is. Now to deter elicit activity government must formate mitigating measure to legally allow these migrants
I haw my own apples, potatoes
Thanks for the video. Just wondering if the police of these countries watch this video then they might catch these poor people. Why dont you blur their faces?
The officials may take bribe from the producers to let the illegal workers go. It helps no one. Please blur out their faces. One of them said hes already been to jail once. Why put them at risk? Poor people may not know how your video may impact their livelihood.
So please even if they allow you to shoot them and show their faces, I think you should still blur them out.
Your channel is very popular and I am sure some police might be watching. Please look into this if by some miracle you read my comment
All that apart great video as usual!
Retitled and reuploaded
Give these people legal status and quadruple their wages immediately!
That's what tradition means
-the smiths
pakistanis pls come to gulf countries where u can get documents and visit once in awhile..staying too long in Europe is not good
You talk about those countries as if they treat everyone equally and believe and advocate for workers' rights 😅
All these comments about how corporations are dominating the agricultural sector.
Not whatsoever relevant to the topic of this video content. One might suggest it is an engagement in... Deflection.
And they're not even cheap
Billions in profits of the supermarkets don't make themselves you know?
yes europes farmer, lookin mighty european!!!
If white Europeans don't want to do the hard work, someone else will be happy to do it, instead.
21st century slavery
Give simple price calculation, not fancy long video.
This issues are very easy to solve if there is political power applied. The question is can this be changed politically given the efective power of transnational corporations in politics.
They are just using these ….. and exploiting them
No Tarantula in these plantations? I would rather die in Africa 😂
The migrants' situations should be regularized so that they can denounce any form of exploitation. If not nothing will change. We should stop pointing accusing fingers on supermarkets. The farmers like to hire those who don't have papers since In case of any eventuality they will have nowhere to go. There is a problem of lobbying here!!
This is modern day slavery
EU slavery
Dont worry my africans brothers, we almost at the end of this age, the first will become the last and the last the first
All the billionaire must donate their money
Invest the Euro 14K in yourself and smugglers.
Don't drop my apples! 🙂↔️🙂↔️🙂↔️
Modern-day slavery😢
Didn't they just release the same documentary 2 weeks ago?
Vegans are conspicuously silent 😶
Bruh is this called cannibalism multi-langual?😂
@switfoam 🤔
I mean my brothers and sisters from West Africa, walked the hot Sahara desert, cross the sea while they know they conditions they are running too. Walked into the situation
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And the EU is condemning china for exploiting their labor? 🤣