Pine Cone Picking in Georgia

[Yve_Clark]

When you collect your beautiful Nordman Fir Christmas tree this year, spare these guys a thought........

 

BBC News - Christmas tree pine cone pickers face dangers in Georgia

[Samuel]

great post:thumbup:

[Tommy_B]

Send them a couple of "Big Shots" Yve. You could sponsor them!!

[Neil Frost]

Really sad. Yet another story of exploitation of cheap labour.

[tommer9]

Heard about this on radio4 yesterday.

The worst bit was the grower in this country who basically said he couldnt see what all the fuss was about, and how hard it was to grow xmas trees!!!!!!!

[Yve_Clark]

Send them a couple of "Big Shots" Yve. You could sponsor them!!

 

haha Tommy. Now that would be exploitation!

 

It's the amount of money per day that some people survive on that's astounding. And in some perverse way, they are usually more contented and happier than those that have so much more