The cost of saving Europe’s asparagus harvest
The cost of saving Europe’s asparagus harvest
Author(s): Alexandra WishartSubject(s): Labor relations, Politics and society, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Kolegium Europy Wschodniej im. Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: COVID-19; economic plunge; lack of protection for foreign workers; social exclusion;
Summary/Abstract: As the economic plunge caused by COVID-19 erodes prosperity across the European Union, the distinctive vulnerability of migrant workers and minorities has been increasingly exposed. Although this discussion has focused on the staggeringly high mortality rates among the black and minority populations in the United States and the United Kingdom, a much less discussed, yet equally beleaguered, group includes seasonal and precarious workers from Central and Eastern Europe employed along both sides of the Dutch-German border, whom the economic slump provoked by the pandemic has turned into a disposable resource at greater risk of infection.
Journal: New Eastern Europe
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 05 (43)
- Page Range: 41-47
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English
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