PODCAST: Fruit pickers and street vendors – migrants' struggle for decent work
The reality of summer work in rural Lleida and the street sellers who set up shop in Barcelona
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Southern town of Benissanet sees 3,000 kiwis planted in pilot project
Experiment looks to new fruit as alternative to peaches and nectarines affected by plum pox virus
Coldest early April in 30 years brings devastation to fruit crops
Fewer seasonal workers to be needed this summer as tens of thousands of hectares damaged due to frost
Half as many homeless seasonal fruit pickers in western Catalonia this summer
Lleida council rents out 18 reduced priced homes
What are labor and working conditions like for Lleida's fruit pickers?
A farmer, an activist, and a seasonal worker discuss the situation in western Catalonia
Coronavirus strain from Catalan farms accounts for large share of Europe's new cases - study
SARS-CoV-2 variant most prevalent in UK, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, and France
Seasonal workers in Lleida out of work and trapped due to confinement
Hail and heavy rain has damaged many of the crops they would harvest, and their situation has been made worse by the extra lockdown
Health department not considering new lockdown measures in Lleida
Field hospital set up outside Arnau Vilanova hospital to provide backup if needed for Covid-19 patients
Activist denounces racism of Lleida hotels and landlords refusing to lodge seasonal workers
200 fruit pickers are sleeping rough despite AS Monaco player's offer to pay for their stay in advance
Seasonal fruit pickers adhere to Covid-19 safety recommendations
Protocol to include temperature taking twice a day
Sale of vegetables, fruit, and frozen fish soars during coronavirus lockdown
Bonpreu study says prices remain same, while Nielsen report finds record online supermarket sales across Spain
EU court rules against Catalan fruit supplier's compensation claim
Fruits de Ponent had demanded over €300,000 for alleged damages caused by Brussels' handling of 2014 price crisis
Fruit cooperative demands compensation from EU
Industry lost millions of euros as a result of "Russian veto"