When the Meet THE PICKERS Tour stopped in Cologne we met with partners to discuss a crucial element of picking on the system: complaint mechanisms

Migrant agricultural workers need to be able to safely & anonymously make reports of unacceptable treatment

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"Labour exploitation is a huge wound in the body of humanity" – Pope Francis

During the Meet THE PICKERS Tour we learnt about the important work of church groups dedicated to eliminating labour exploitation and the mistreatment of migrants workers.

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When the Meet THE PICKERS Tour was in Berlin...

We met Arbeit und Leben Berlin-Brandenburg 🍊

@fairemobilitaet.bsky.social gave us some insight into the disparity of treatment of different groups of migrant workers in Europe ⚖️

And we called for a FAIR PICK at our Regenbogenfabrik screening 📣

THE PICKERS is a journey to European fields where our fruit and vegetables are grown: in Southern Italy, Seydou from Mali is picking oranges. 🍊

He has no contract and is paid per crate. He lives in a self-built hut in a settlement without water and electricity.

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Help people Meet THE PICKERS and drive change to eliminate the exploitation of migrant workers in agriculture by hosting a screening of this important documentary!

We'll provide a free license, resources and support 🍊🎥

Find out more here: campaign.thepickers.org/host

The Meet THE PICKERS Tour delivered fair oranges to @oxfam-de.bsky.social in Berlin!

Oxfam volunteers across Germany and Spain are hosting screenings to explore this crucial topic. Will you join them? campaign.thepickers.org/host

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We took fair oranges to ALDI! 🍊

We contacted several major supermarkets asking them to meet with us as part of the Meet THE PICKERS Tour. ALDI South welcomed us to show the film and ask the question: ‘How can we ensure that our food is not produced through exploitation?’

Gilles Reckinger is an Austrian-based academic who has written two books on migrant workers in agriculture in Europe, including Bitter Oranges about African labourers in Calabria that explores many of the same themes as the documentary THE PICKERS that inspired our campaign.

We met Slow Food Austria during the Meet THE PICKERS Tour to hear about the impact the documentary has had on their work.

Christina told us the film has motivated them to collaborate with other organisations to scrutinise how supply chain legislation is being implemented in Austria.

We shouldn’t have to question whether our food is exploitation free, that is why we demand these 10 essential guarantees for migrant workers. Add your name here: campaign.thepickers.org/fairpick

During the Meet THE PICKERS Tour we're distributing over 3000 oranges & asking people to support a FAIR PICK.

The unusual thing about these oranges is that they're exploitation free because they are from SOS Rosarno, featured in The Pickers documentary that inspired this campaign.

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The Meet THE PICKERS Tour visited the largest ghetto in Europe, near Borgo Mezzanone in Puglia.

We met with Yvan Sagnet who told us about the crucial work of No Cap who are moving from protest to proposal – offering better jobs to workers