Shortage of labour for tomato plants

The management of Magro Brothers and Farmers Food Ltd, two Gozitan tomato processing plants, spoke about failed efforts to find employees to work at their plants when Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat visited them on Thursday. They called for a study...

The management of Magro Brothers and Farmers Food Ltd, two Gozitan tomato processing plants, spoke about failed efforts to find employees to work at their plants when Labour Party leader Joseph Muscat visited them on Thursday.

They called for a study to determine the reasons for this shortage.

At Magro Brothers, director John Magro said Gozo was experiencing a brain drain as more youths were crossing over to Malta to study or work.

At Farmers Food Ltd, owners Joe and Noel Pisano highlighted the burden posed by the surcharge on water and electricity bills among other problems.

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