Jan
28
The Australian Workers Union claims staff who work for Australia’s largest tomato producer haven’t been paid wages. The AWU says at least 100 of the workers who pick and pack the fruit for SP Exports haven’t been paid properly for months. SP Exports employs farm workers in the field and packing sheds at Childers, south …
Jan
16
Over the years, Julie and I have done business with Michell Co., S.A. purchasing everything from alpaca tops to top coats. We visited the Michell sorting sheds and spinning plant on our first trip to Peru in 1991. More recently I was invited to visit “Los Sauces,” or Mulkini, the Michell hacienda near Juliaco in …