At pepper raiser Jansen Paprika in Andijk , thing get going ' tight ' , the partition architectural plan did not have to be changed and so there will soon be modular housing unit next to the greenhouse . The same thing is go to happen at tulip agriculturist Scheperswijk in nearby Hem , but here it took three year before the go forward was given .
It is typical of the manner in which people in the Netherlands are currently struggling with the trapping of migratory workers , according to Marc Govers of Blueblox . He aid the above - mentioned agriculturalist with modular housing for their personnel department , as he does for more and more growers .
The growers always take the initiative , but instead of being applauded for solving a job , they run into a lot of opposition . " I occasionally sit at the mesa with municipality , but I only get laid a handful where things are arranged somewhat reasonably , " Marc says . " In the immense bulk of cases , they do n’t seem to sympathize how it works . "
Marc , image here wearing a construction helmet , do work in the greenhouse , on the building land site and in the townsfolk mansion to assist cultivator encounter accommodation .
DefiningIt is light by now that there is a problem with migratory labour . grower are come up it increasingly unmanageable to obtain personnel and are now even competing among themselves to get enough ' hand ' . Meanwhile , there is no living accommodations for migratory workers . As a resolution , stories about using of migrant workers still come out with depressing regularity . " If you sometimes see and hear about the miserable conditions they currently live in … It is my commission to do something about it , " Marc say . After which he hastens to say that " of course ( he ) ca n’t build everything . "
Now , of course , no one is force him to . Growers themselves are also dandy . They have noticed that in the struggle for sufficient good staff , it help to stick out out by offering expert accommodation . " Migrant workers currently have their option of growers . They naturally prefer to choose good caparison . "
An object lesson of how the modular caparison units offered by Blueblox are placed .
MisunderstandingBlueblox offers modular residential unit for that intent , which the grower can place on his own property . Not luxury villas , but an excellent solution for the migratory proletarian , who often stay for only a short time . " If you take a glimpse at the whole , it is n’t now obvious that they are quick to build up and comfortable to move . They have concrete floor , beneficial kitchen , bathrooms and bedrooms . "
And not just undivided way . " That ’s a big mistake among policymakers and others . They take care at this issue too much from their own linear perspective . Why should n’t Polish or Romanian couples be allowed to slumber together in one way ? "
RealismMarc cites the example of the bedrooms because , in his opinion , it shows how plans often get stuck . " The prerequisite for trapping are too extreme . Of course everything has to be nifty and tidy , but if that mean endless discussion without anything being built … Then we wo n’t make any advance at all . "
" Everyone also wants a swim consortium in their garden , but we ca n’t all yield that either . So let ’s be naturalistic . 25 % of the salary that a migrant worker get may go towards caparison . Often the minimum pay , because we are not prepared to pay more for our vegetable , yield , flowers and industrial plant . Say it ’s about 95 euros a hebdomad . You ca n’t work up villas for that . "
Sketch of the housing at Jansen Paprika
FearLocal authorities are often not in favor of agriculturist building living accommodations on their own dimension . And yet growers often have the space . " I know slew of agriculturist who have state on which they could work up , but whose main obstacle is the municipality . Sometimes because it would interfere with the development of greenhouse area , sometimes out of fear of vilification .
They then point out ' the importance of the migrator worker ' who has go close to the facilities and not be too subordinate on the employer , Marc sees . " But migrant proletarian work six days a calendar week and do much less shopping . So what could be more pragmatic ? And they do n’t take to journey to work . That saves on logistics cost .
And the exploitation ? " That is a fear , while in my opinion you should always assume that something could go well instead of badly . That ’s why I always save management plans for clients , in which all potential bottlenecks are describe in advance and solutions are also ply . "
Press onDespite all the obstacles , more and more growers are start out to put in modular lodging unit . " The labour problem will only increase , as will the general living accommodations famine in the Netherlands , " Marc predicts , before end on a irrefutable preeminence . " grower who persevere now will reap the payoff . In doing so , they will also be serve their colleague , by showing them that it is potential . Especially in good cooperation with the municipality , like at Jansen Paprika , where they understand how it should be done . And the balance of the Netherlands benefits as well , because houses become useable for others when migratory workers do n’t have to live in them any longer . "
For more information : Marc GoversBlueBlox+31 ( 0)164 741 644[email protected]www.blueblox.nl
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