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Amazon Covid-19 costs, Boeing taps bond market, UK recruits fruit pickers

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Challenges in UK Farm Labor Recruitment Amid Pandemic

This chapter examines the difficulties UK farms encountered in hiring fruit pickers during the pandemic, particularly due to increased childcare duties and hesitance from furloughed workers. It also highlights the historical dependency on foreign labor and the ongoing need for local workers to address labor shortages.

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