Labour Shortage Threat to Beet Harvest
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THE Committee of Eastern Area, ii.R.0„ has been giving serious consideiation to the •problems of the forthcoming sugar-beet campaign and especially to that of labour. It has come to the conclusion that adequate labour will be almost impossible to obtain and has made three principal recommendations. The first is that labour gangs should be provided at tie factories in order that vehicles may be unloaded quickly, the second that arrangements should be made for assistance in loading at farms. and the third that, so far as possible, mates should be provided for individual lorries, always bearing in mind that it is a legal requirement for lorries drawing trailers to carry statutory attendants..
So far as drivers are concerned there is undoubtedly a shortage and, wherever possible, steps should be taken to obtain temporary release of old employees accustomed to this work. It may be possible to obtain leave up to 28 days from the man's Commanding Officer if application be made through the County War Agricultural Executive Committee.
Normally, leave cannot be granted to men under training, but, in the circumstances, this rule may be suspended. If it should be, operators should note that, during the period of any leave granted under thee. conditions, the men concerned will receive no pay or allowance from the Army. The employee will have to give an undertaking to pay them a minimum wage, the amount of which is laid down in Regulations.