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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8279

21 August 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 21
(eu) eu/agriculture
Study confirms shortage of seasonal workers

Brussels, 20/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - According to a study carried out by the EU Professional Organisations Employers Group (GEOCA), agriculture is suffering from a labour shortage throughout the Community. This shortage is also affecting permanent workers in Sweden and Finland. In 2000, the EU counted around 4.580 million seasonal agricultural workers of which 1.352 million were in Greece, 980,000 in France, 817, 000 in Italy and 679, 000 in Spain. According to this study, the gross hourly...

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