April 10, 2005

Workers on farm supplying Tesco, report being sprayed with pesticides

By Mark Townsend  |  The Observer  |  Link to article

"One casual labourer on a pear farm supplying Tesco complained of wages so low that they could not afford school uniforms for their children. Others described how pesticides were sprayed at the same time as women worked in orchards and that they were not given protective clothing. One told how they picked pears while trees were still 'wet' from pesticides."

"Tesco in row over foreign workers." The Observer. 10 Apr 2005.