| 单词 | picker |
| 例句 | Frightful did not see the cherry picker until Flip’s head and arm came up over the horizontal girder. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The pickers went on filling flats, squatting in the numbered rows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She had feuded for years with another picker named Bertha, who finally put a curse on her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Later, while she was awaiting the return of the mulberry pickers, she heard the sound of weeping, heartbroken, heartbreaking. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “My f-farm was so big now, I need to have a manager with me year around. So he is living there, plus room for pickers come picking time.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sunday, only one—the best picker—came to work. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I knew exactly how long it would be before the big wagons would pull into the front yard and load on the cotton pickers at daybreak to carry them to the remains of slavery’s plantations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She had last seen him swooping down on the man in the cherry picker. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z All of them wore woven straw pickers’ hats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At four o’clock a lull took place, and baskets remained empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and bruises. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Would God the Father allow His only Son to mix with this crowd of cotton pickers and maids, washerwomen and handymen? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Me, Maria Virginia Farinango, world-famous lock picker, the expert who flies around the globe, opening locks in the nick of time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she was taken on by some pickers heading home, stopping for a week’s work here and there, wherever they could find it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of the day, everyone in Green Lake had heard that the schoolteacher had kissed the onion picker. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They lived in one of the pickers’ cabins at first: she could smell the perch they cooked there. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The tobacco picker thumped around the attic for a week before a railroad agent took him on the next leg, boxing him up in a crate and shoving the thing through the front door. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z One time in California, the grape pickers went on strike. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As they walked further into the field, I climbed onto the roof of the car, stood on tiptoes, and watched them until I could no longer tell them apart from the other pickers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Lupita quickly realized why the pickers all wore straw hats, because her wool baseball cap was unbearably hot. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Between her and them were the other pickers from Señor Fidencio’s truck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Could you bring the cherry picker up to the nest?” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He was a fast picker in the rows and a joyful instigator outside of them; he brought both kinds of dexterity to this night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It’s odd, but I didn’t hear a single one of the potato pickers say “By gar,” and they must have seen the pictures and known what is right. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z All the pickers, except me, had their own sacks and their own rows to harvest. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The champion picker of the day before was the hero of the dawn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Connelly said he had the makings of a top picker, a rare compliment from him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Just this past week, I’d been stuffed into a locker by a seventh-grade nose picker who is shorter than I am. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But the writers I have in mind are the purists—also known as sticklers, pedants, peevers, snobs, snoots, nit- pickers, traditionalists, language police, usage nannies, grammar Nazis, and the Gotcha! The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z She also kept busy nursing the pickers’ cuts and blisters and other injuries deemed too small to be sent to Dr. Walker. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Arya was a skilled climber and a fast picker, and she liked to go off by herself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was a faster picker than either Papa or Mama. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I know you’re the inventor, but I invented the greatest acorn picker in the world and it’s ready to go.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a much faster picker than I was, so I lost every time, except when Papá helped me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z In order to feed the world’s insatiable demand for cotton goods, he said, every picker’s daily quota will be increased by a percentage determined by their numbers from the previous harvest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In later years I was to confront the stereotyped picture of gay song-singing cotton pickers with such inordinate rage that I was told even by fellow Blacks that my paranoia was embarrassing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Brought back to the Store, the pickers would step out of the backs of trucks and fold down, dirt-disappointed, to the ground. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She recalled trucks shaking the webbing, men on scaffolds and cherry pickers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z By an hour after dawn the first flats were mounded over, and the foreman, a white man, stood writing Roman numerals in a black book beside the name of each picker. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The pickers hurried their last flats in and waited in line while Mrs. Nitta put marks beside their names and paid them from underneath her umbrella. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Dan Martin started the cherry picker and drove it under the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “I have to go settle the payroll for the pickers,” he said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Black sharecroppers, cotton pickers, and miners making even lower wages in Alabama jumped at the chance. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z My daddy—who I called T. Ray because “Daddy” never fit him— had pulled her out of the peach orchard, where she’d worked as one of his pickers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It made him silent and strong and fast, faster than any other picker in his gang. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Liked to wander in his fields, chat with his pickers, taste his berries, smack his lips, smoke his pipe, go to town for a sack of nails. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The school had been little more than slave quarters from which he was sent out as a rock picker, weed puller, and dam laborer. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I don’t know how people can work out in the sun all day. I wouldn’t make it as a fruit picker. I’d be dead.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ito paid Papá more than us because Papá was a better picker and because he had worked for Ito for several summers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The man in the cherry picker had so terrified him, he could not force himself to sit on die bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She picked deftly and had a reputation for speed and efficiency; she filled two flats in the time it took other pickers to fill one and a half. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And for pickers, ten cents a day for the women and a case quarter for the men. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The pickers craned their necks to watch the clouds and held their palms out to check for rain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The rain was falling so hard that he could barely see the cherry picker in the middle of the span. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z It looked like a painting, the ridges of brown earth, the tepees of dark green tomato plants with their bright red fruits, the bent figures of the pickers and the blue sky overhead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I wake to truck motors, the noise of the cotton pickers, the hollers to hurry. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You have a sign out front, pickers wanted.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There he lay blinking up at the clouds until two Canadian Indian pickers pulled him out by the armpits. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That would be from a picker who was taking his lunch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the girls in Troop 11 were from working-class, even poor, families— children of domestic servants, crab pickers, laborers—whose parents spent most of their waking hours trying to make ends meet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Folks call ’em migrants nowadays; then they was just called pickers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Filled the hog trough and walked through the pickers’ cabins to see that they hadn’t relieved themselves in pilfered canning jars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This was about as true of the indie-rock bands as it was of the troubadours and banjo pickers who more directly embody the festival’s legacy. Critic’s Notebook: Newport Folk Festival, With Arlo Guthrie and Jackson Browne 2012-07-30T22:02:03Z Johnson started out as a picker himself, and about 10 years ago he began buying pieces from the back of Loughlin’s pickup truck at the old Chelsea flea market. Home Is Where the Art Is 2010-03-03T13:36:00Z Folklore described Watson as "a powerful singer and a tremendously influential picker who virtually invented the art of playing mountain fiddle tunes on the flattop guitar." Folk musician Doc Watson dies in NC hospital at 89 2012-05-30T00:37:08Z In 2010, after more than a decade of boycotts and legal wrangling, CIW finalized a landmark agreement with local tomato growers and buyers to pay the pickers a higher rate for the fruit they harvest. Will “alt-labor” replace unions? 2013-01-29T20:45:00Z Collectors, pickers and treasure hunters are regulars at the antique shops and emporiums. Destination Design: Leesburg Inevitably, the pickers are always finding dead bodies. Waste Land ? review 2011-02-24T22:20:01Z It's 1 a.m. on a Saturday night, and McKeehan is sitting outside the club, taking a smoke break between sets with lead guitarist Dave Doran, one of the hottest pickers in the city. Honky tonkin' in the city 2011-05-05T15:50:00Z Kahn, the only one of the trio showing color images, captures a different sort of laborer — crab pickers, oyster shuckers, muskrat trappers — as well as places where the life they know is vanishing. In the galleries: Tension and beauty collide in Michael Sastre’s paintings 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z But what kept me there was the people – the welcoming community of jobbing musicians, front-porch pickers and enthusiastic audiences that make up this vibrant world. My love affair with the American bluegrass festival 2013-07-17T12:00:03Z For the romantic ballads "Be Alright" and "Fall," Bieber rose above the crowd in a cherry picker. Justin Bieber fans greet star in Tacoma with shattering screams 2012-10-10T17:28:03Z A woman with a young child looked at my litter picker, which I was leaning on as if it were a cane, and gently asked whether I wanted her seat. Central Park: A green island in Manhattan Calling all tomato pickers, the old ones, wearing frayed radiator masks. Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate With a Working-Class Voice Meant to Be Spoken 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Social media can help a picker determine the value of a piece. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Maybe I was using the wrong approach — absorbing the store as a whole, and not like a warehouse picker in search of a specific item. The Amazon Warehouse Comes to SoHo 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Mushroom picking is already a competitive enterprise; with king boletes it becomes downright cutthroat, as the pickers rush to and fro, claiming productive spots and making their presence in the patch known. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Through a detached cinematic lens, the man engages in discussion with Sicilian characters: an orange picker, men on a train, his mother and a knife-sharpener. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Mr. Iglesias’ and ‘Prehistoric Road Trip’ 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Later, the same picker returned and put a folded piece of paper in her palm. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Intrepid pickers can uncover public jams all over the city. From City Folk, Toe-Tapping Country Sounds 2011-02-24T21:28:59Z In their life before the militias these men worked grinding lives as fruit pickers and field hands, factory laborers and mechanics — much like many of the members of their Knights Templar rivals. California-raised kids vs. Mexico’s violent cartel 2014-01-18T22:00:00Z He was, among his other talents, a terrific picker of extras, and as Ricki performs in bars, or at family gatherings, he dishes up, in passing glimpses, a fine assortment of his fellow-citizens. The Loss of Jonathan Demme 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Greetings, pop pickers – and you are cordially welcomed to an exciting new Lost in showbiz series. Sorry to break it to you, far-righters: James Bond is not on your team 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z On Monday, PBS introduced the first of 20 episodes of its "Antiques Roadshow"-spinoff "Market Warriors," which pits professional antiques pickers in a competition to spot the best bargain. ArtsBeat: Fred Willard Loses PBS Job After Arrest 2012-07-19T19:25:46Z Or you see 100 cherry pickers parked, you know. Mick Jagger explains his Instagram obsession and how he wound up at the Thirsty Beaver Saloon 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z He recounts a story that his father told him right before he died at 68, about a time when he was working as a migrant fruit picker in Florida. Perspective | The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: ‘I’m asking you, please, look’ 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Accommodation for 31 pickers is available at Flint Barns. 10 of the best cooking classes with stays in the UK 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z “Not too many pickers that can find NPR on the dial,” he said. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z As fine a picker as he was, Crowell was always a better songwriter. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell: “Chasing art with great intent sometimes leads you to dangerous places” 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The first was erecting scaffolding to plant it, a problem now averted with the cherry pickers. At 37 feet tall, Jeff Koons’s flower-draped ‘Split-Rocker’ demands a whole lotta love 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Some farmers are having a hard time finding pickers, as tightening immigration policies have slowed the flow of temporary workers from Mexico. Hard Times for a Hot Commodity, the Prized New Mexico Chile 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z It was a ridiculous notion — they were readying for the cherry pickers — but I wondered if the mojo of the sculpture had been creating its own aura of surreality. At 37 feet tall, Jeff Koons’s flower-draped ‘Split-Rocker’ demands a whole lotta love 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Even so, an army of litter pickers is deployed every year for a week following the festival to clean up after messy guests, proving that there is still much to be done. Festivals like Glastonbury and Leeds need to curb their carbon emissions 2010-05-05T11:04:00Z Mr. King, then living across the Virginia state border in Pelham, N.C., was a picker who read orders for delivery. A Wedding on the Perfect Date, After 20 Years Together 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Time it right and you will see pickers scurrying up and down the rows. Watching wine happen during Oregon’s annual grape harvest 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z What I knew, based on the little I had gleaned so far, was that the relationship between pickers and buyers was complicated. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z For example, people think that they are less susceptible to the flu than others. Stock pickers think the stocks they buy are more likely to end up winners than those of the average investor. You are less beautiful than you think 2013-05-21T16:20:00Z Segments on the wine and clothing industries, however, only dilute our building connection to the tomato pickers, showering us with too many examples of exploitation and neglect. ‘Food Chains,’ on Tomato Pickers’ Efforts to Break Free 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z He was a cotton picker; he was a convict. 'Steel Hammer' bangs out a spectacularly inventive social message at UCLA's Royce Hall 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z The prime example is Dorothea Lange’s famous Migrant Mother photograph, which the Library of Congress captioned: “Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age 32. Nipomo, California.” Sleazy bosses, exploited barmaids: US cinema finally discovers the left behinds 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Five decades later, dividing his time between rural Colorado and Manhattan, where he works as a “picker,” hunting in thrift shops for antiques to resell, Mr. Morea remains ambivalent about his public resurfacing. The Artist Ben Morea Returns to the Site of the Revolution 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The sun was high and warm, with a slight breeze carrying the voices of fruit pickers from across orchards heavy with grapes, pears, pomegranates, plums, kiwis and figs. In Italy, a poetic walk in Dante’s footsteps 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “Come on, guys,” he said, thumbing hundreds and fifties out of his money clip for the pickers. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z “It’s family entertainment — no alcohol, no riffraff,” said Burl Mast, owner, founder and banjo picker. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z "The scanner brings the alert to a manager, and the manager would do the writing up," Robert, a picker who worked at an Amazon Fresh warehouse in 2020, tells Mental Floss. 16 secrets of Amazon warehouse employees 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z “Yours truly was the garbage picker,” Mr. Reading said in an interview. Antiques: The Furniture and Life of Paul Evans 2014-02-20T23:33:55Z The resourceful 14-year-old garbage pickers who leap and somersault through mountains of refuse in Stephen Daldry’s “Trash” are an irresistibly adorable triumvirate of adolescent charmers. Review: Stephen Daldry’s ‘Trash’ Is in the ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Vein, With Sugar 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The 72-year-old actor previously lost his job as narrator of a new PBS series, "Market Warriors," which pits professional antiques pickers in a competition to spot the best bargain. ArtsBeat: ABC Shelves Fred Willard's 'Trust Us With Your Life' 2012-07-31T14:45:17Z Money magazine called him “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century.” The science of forgiveness: “When you don’t forgive you release all the chemicals of the stress response” 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Other songs on “Revival” were first-person laments, confessions, or boasts from moonshiners, migrant fruit pickers, and bootleggers. Twenty Years of Listening to Gillian Welch 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The pickers laughed together and then Doug told me he was just kidding around. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z More than half of Mexico works in the informal sector—as taxi drivers, street venders, waste pickers, and domestic help—and many can’t meet basic needs. The Missing Story of the Drug War 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z So last night, a suitably impressive cast of pickers, warblers and icons gathered in , D.C. to “blow out the candles,” as his daughter Nora Guthrie put it. Woody Guthrie’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party 2012-10-15T16:43:47Z "I knew exactly how long it would be before the big wagons would pull into the front yard and load on the cotton pickers at daybreak…" Maya Angelou, a daughter of the South, a voice for us all 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z There were also “the Italian dandelion pickers, women who scoured New York’s vacant lots for wild salad greens,” as well as urban goose farmers who raised poultry in basements and hallways. Books of The Times: Jane Ziegelman?s ?97 Orchard? Is a Culinary History 2010-07-27T18:33:00Z Kyle says proficient pickers who meet a quota can sometimes get their name on a robot. 16 secrets of Amazon warehouse employees 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z The best way I can summarize what happened is that my addiction had done something to my “picker” and as a result, the men I was drawn to weren’t the healthiest specimens. Is rehab harder for women? 2014-01-01T17:00:00Z "We buy piñons from local pickers. When we have time, we go out and try to spend a few weekends and pick some ourselves." How climate change is hurting this new Mexican coffee 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The space is all brick and original rough-hewed wood floors; products sit on shelves inspired by the ladders used by fruit pickers. | Striking a Balance 2014-04-09T15:00:26Z An increasing number of the sites are moving to automated robots to take the burden off pickers, who can walk up to 15 miles a day searching the cavernous buildings for ordered items. 16 secrets of Amazon warehouse employees 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z They bought two 12-foot fruit pickers — think back scratchers, but bigger — and Ms. Grey went on Nextdoor, an online community message board. Porches, Yards, Driveways, Parking Lots: Where the Neighborhood Is Now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z His technical prowess humbled other aspiring pickers and sent many back to the woodshed. A look back at guitarist Danny Gatton and the rise of ‘Anacostia Delta’ blues 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Skin pickers should prioritize working with a provider who is knowledgeable about the disorder and its treatment options, Grant said. Skin picking can be a troubling, visible mark of pandemic stress 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Goodman once knew a book scout — the biblio-equivalent of an antiques picker — who “was so far off the grid he lived in the woods under a tarp.” Review | I love books about books. Here are seven of my current favorites. 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z "My picker's broken," she says with a laugh. | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z I'm going to give her a broken picker.' | Halle Berry 2012-10-18T20:21:12Z “You want to play with good pickers,” said Jan Hickman, “but you want to learn, too.” Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World The show was already a special occasion with four of country music's greatest pickers joining together. Paisley, Gill, Wariner and Skaggs rock the Opry 2010-05-26T01:01:00Z He was a gifted mandolin picker and was known to strum a banjo, but it was on fiddle that he became a celebrated sideman. Johnny Gimble, Who Fiddled His Way to Fame, Dies at 88 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Grizzled garbage pickers and panhandlers went about their business as people streamed down sidewalks. Paris is still closed for business. But you can’t keep the French from their cigarettes. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Eight of us total, six crew and two leaders, carried an oversized heavy-duty garbage bag in one arm and mechanical pickers in the other. "Finding the bones was heartbreaking": What I learned about migrants picking up trash at the border 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z The fretwork is marvelous even by his lofty standards, and some credit for inspiration probably goes to producer Buddy Miller, a fair picker himself. Review: Soaring solos from Thompson on 'Electric' 2013-02-04T13:24:09Z When the Smithsonian Institution held its first Folklife Festival, on the Mall in 1967, it celebrated traditional American arts and crafts with banjo pickers and lion dancers, sand painters and basket weavers. Coming soon to the Mall: A circus, and a chance to learn how it’s done 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Loughlin was famous among designers as a "picker," someone who visits flea markets and thrift stores looking for vintage furniture to re-sell. NY artist & furniture dealer Robert Loughlin dies 2011-09-29T01:05:08Z Only the Duncan Fire on the Entiat Ranger District will be closed to both commercial and personal mushroom pickers because steep slopes there present a high potential for debris flows. Bracing for onslaught of mushroom hunters in Wash. forests 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The pickers stuffed the bills into their jeans pockets without counting them, without even looking at the money. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Kyle, a picker who grabs items from inventory to prepare for shipping, tells Mental Floss that adult novelty items are steady sellers. 16 secrets of Amazon warehouse employees 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Even in these days of relative scarcity, with less money moving and more pickers gunning to outmaneuver each other, there are still moments of solidarity. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z A bulldozer was used to knock down MOVE's fence, a hydraulic cherry picker knocked out the home's windows. Philadelphia's deadly MOVE bombing: Why we can't settle for apologies now 2020-08-15T04:00:00Z On Saturday, at a Nashville antiques store, Mike Wolfe, a co-host of the History Channel’s “American Pickers” reality series, will present scholarship awards, including a grand prize of $10,000, to three “kid pickers.” Antiques: Retrospectives for Harry Bertoia’s Grids and Gongs 2013-07-11T21:43:46Z So he used a cherry picker to get leverage. He was a D.C. graffiti artist and spent time in prison. Now, a photo he took hangs in the National Portrait Gallery. 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Wheat recalls one time when a picker bought a piece of furniture off her. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z With all the fires last summer, this spring is going to be good for morels in Eastern Washington, he predicts, but that’s also going to attract a lot of pickers. Last year’s fires should bring a springtime of tasty mushrooms 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z He held numerous odd jobs — bellhop, fruit picker, construction worker — before entering the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied mining engineering, physics and eventually journalism, though he never graduated. Jack Vance, Writer of the Fantastical, Dies at 96 2013-06-03T02:51:11Z She is unfazed in the scenes here, where he appears as a fruit picker, shepherd and vintner. ‘Grand Design’ Showcases Pieter Coecke Tapestries at the Met 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Using spray paint and a cherry picker he painted the mythological father and son Aeolus and Sisyphus locked in an imagined struggle. Street Art Goes Mainstream in Rome 2010-04-16T10:00:00Z Meanwhile the picker — the person who read the back cover aloud — writes the book’s actual first sentence on another slip of paper. Down to the Sea Again, Impersonating Writers 2011-07-01T16:12:05Z It helps a picker to have picker friends. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z When a novice vendor sets up shop, veteran pickers descend like vultures. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Louvin recounted meeting a lonely teenager -- a young cotton picker named Johnny Cash -- while selling tickets to a show in Arkansas. Country music legend Charlie Louvin dies 2011-01-26T18:52:19Z "On this slope the grape pickers are singing merrily at their work, on the other the batteries are roaming. Boom! Boom!" 100 years later: Alan Seeger's global commitment lingers 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z And naked castaways, Long Island princesses, breakaway Amish, storage warriors, pawn stars and pickers. PBS: Acting like a network as well as service 2013-07-29T13:11:18Z That pickers are exposed to pesticides is only the tip of the iceberg. Books of The Times: That Perfect Florida Tomato, Cultivated for Bland Uniformity 2011-07-05T21:04:11Z But the podcast form is kind to the cherry picker. You Know Your History? These Podcasts Aren’t So Sure 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z Nashville has this amazing pool of artists, pickers, writers, an influx migrating here from all over the country. Buddy Miller, Jim Lauderdale take 30-year journey to first album together 2013-02-14T17:56:00Z Already occupying a marginalized corner of society, the pickers in many cases simply ignore the regulations. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Only the Duncan Fire on the Entiat Ranger District will be closed to both commercial and personal mushroom pickers because steep slopes there present a high potential for debris flows. Bracing for onslaught of mushroom hunters in Wash. forests 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Paxton learned the song was a hit only when he heard it on the radio while working as a cherry picker in Washington State. Gary S. Paxton, Whose Life of Extremes Brimmed With Music, Dies at 77 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z He got in a cherry picker for Space Oddity, and managed to sing and dance. Bowie and me 2013-02-23T08:00:24Z Following the advice in his book, which suggests avoiding “fresh paint jobs,” “landscaping” and “shiny new cars,” his house wouldn’t rate a second look from a picker. At Home With Mike Wolfe: Mike Wolfe, of ?American Pickers,? at Home in Iowa 2011-08-24T22:41:38Z The predicament of the pickers — who the author Eric Schlosser suggests in the film may constitute one facet of “a new peasantry” — is more than enough to move and shame us. ‘Food Chains,’ on Tomato Pickers’ Efforts to Break Free 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z And watching Mr. Blaauw being carted around the stage on a manually manipulated cherry picker — while wearing a cheesy silver spacesuit and matching makeup — seemed a rather literal-minded way of dramatizing his journey. Summing Up the Lincoln Center Festival 2013-07-31T12:30:54Z "In Dubious Battle," one of Steinbeck's lesser-known books, follows a labor activist who tries to organize a strike among fruit pickers in Central California. James Franco will bring lesser-known John Steinbeck book to screen 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Experts emphasized that instead of trying to solve the problem on their own, skin pickers and their loved ones should approach the situation with empathy. Skin picking can be a troubling, visible mark of pandemic stress 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Elsewhere there lurk the Hollywood studios, Paramount to Universal and so on – and BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster that every amateur stock picker knows is 39.1% owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Amazon's Lovefilm deal could turn every home into a multiplex 2011-01-24T07:00:08Z Someone else picks a book, and you repeat the process until a round ends – that is, until each person has had a turn at being the picker. Down to the Sea Again, Impersonating Writers 2011-07-01T16:12:05Z And so the guru has some words of wisdom for anyone thinking about becoming a picker: “My advice is do something else.” Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z A truck equipped with a cherry picker soon arrived, and an officer donned a helmet and climbed in it. The Tree Man Outside My Window 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The habitat is so limited in California that punitive laws have been enacted to keep the pickers out. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z William Force, a treasure hunting “picker,” and Lee Mangin, his financial backer, who both scour small auctions for mislabeled items, saw photos of the colorful cardboards and eventually snagged the lot — for about $15,000. In Orlando, 25 Mysterious Basquiats Come Under the Magnifying Glass 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Most pickers operate behind the scenes and keep their methods closely guarded. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z For pickers who rely on flea markets and secondhand stores, the rise of online shopping has made the process harder. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z After the honors were announced in September, Jones, the son of potato pickers, said he could recall dreaming of big things as a 9-year-old boy in upstate New York. Winfrey, McCartney in DC for Kennedy Center Honors 2010-12-06T01:58:00Z In front a ruler-straight seam was running through the head of St. James, a problem that a man high in the basket of a hydraulic cherry picker was trying to correct with a small paintbrush. ?Last Supper? for the Laptop Generation 2010-12-02T23:00:00Z For their part, the pickers have tried to argue that harvesting mushrooms is no different from plucking fruit from a tree. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Doug Carnell, the picker, is an Olympic Peninsula knockabout with a checkered past and an internal atlas of prime mushroom patches from the North Cascades to the Klamath Mountains. ‘The Mushroom Hunters’: foragers in the fungal wild 2013-09-06T14:16:07Z This is true of the white sharecropper and black cotton picker in the Deep South panel. Thomas Hart Benton’s ‘America Today’ Mural at the Met 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z A crew of grape pickers might not be available at the moment a grower wants to harvest. Ideal Ripeness Varies by Opinion, Not by the Moment 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z At a worktable at the Camera Club, he acknowledged the incongruity of the trash pickers, overworked children and grimy, desecrated landscapes in his photos staring back at his show’s invited audience in the Hamptons. Up Close : The Marginalized, Front and Center 2013-07-31T20:00:36Z Other fruit pickers lingered with picnics and drinks, spending the day in this idyll, a popular wedding site. Orchard-hopping for pears in Oregon’s scenic fruit loop 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The quartet of accomplished pickers will join together May 25 in Nashville, Tenn., to launch months of celebrations at the Opry through December with a birthday party and shows planned for Oct. 8-9. All-star country jam band opens Opry's 85th party 2010-04-29T12:30:00Z Sandy’s father is a blues man, a guitar picker with an itch for traveling, who leaves his wife and his son for months on end. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z Gone are Bulosan’s pea pickers, drifters and gamblers, hopping freight trains up and down the coast. A Debut Novel Traces the Filipino Experience in the United States 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z One player, the “picker” for this turn, selects a book from the pile and shows its cover around. Down to the Sea Again, Impersonating Writers 2011-07-01T16:12:05Z Commercial pickers, I was quickly learning, don’t think highly of the patchwork quilt of rules that’s been stitched together to regulate their work. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Even so, who are "they", the shadowy cabal of pop pickers who have decreed that Bonnie will sing Believe In Me at the contest in Malmö in May? In its bid to win the Eurovision war, the BBC is going nuclear with Bonnie Tyler 2013-03-07T17:42:09Z The album is a joyous document of Americana music, a brash young band of pickers playing with – and paying homage to – their elders. Arthel 'Doc' Watson dies 2012-05-30T02:19:00Z And sure enough the first picker into the house scored a walnut coffee table with a nougat marble top for $200. The Gimlet Eye: Flea Market Vendors Take Stock in Things of Others 2010-05-12T22:10:00Z Mr Baptist cites the testimony of a few slaves to support his view that these rises in productivity were achieved by pickers being driven to work ever harder by a system of “calibrated pain”. Blood cotton 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z A waste picker and her daughter, on a street in Gurgaon, near Delhi. The Delhi Walla’s Visions of a Possibly Vanishing India 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z It's run by second-generation winemaker Daniel Sauer, who declares that some parts of his vineyard are so steep that grape pickers must be harnessed in to do their job. Oktoberfest means wine in Franconia, the enchanting German region you don’t know yet 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The friend was a successful stock picker and that "made his advice easy to follow," Gorelick said. As music sales fall, sax player Kenny G turns to stockpicking 2014-09-12T04:00:00Z More pickers started arriving, pulling into the driveway and idling on the street. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Henderson is a picker, part of an invisible corps of tastemakers who haunt auctions, yard sales, estate sales, church sales and art shows. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z “There are professional pickers who have been running through here before we have, and they’ve grabbed a lot of those kinds of items.” Bob Richter and John Bruno of ‘Market Warriors’ on PBS 2012-07-15T21:48:10Z My mother taught for a decade in Immokalee Middle School, and regularly brought home horror stories about tomato pickers’ lives, and those of their children. Books of The Times: That Perfect Florida Tomato, Cultivated for Bland Uniformity 2011-07-05T21:04:11Z Local Thought: Players gather at 2 p.m. on Sundays for a public picker’s jam. Dallas Like a Local 2010-09-16T18:31:00Z Factory workers and Shein order pickers are obtained via dispatch agencies, “a controversial practice in China that can prevent workers from defending their rights,” as explained by Sixth Tone. The 6 most shocking fast fashion revelations from Hulu's “IMPACT x Nightline: Unboxing Shein” doc 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Compelling as this tragedy is, the novel warps into something more surreal when Eddie’s mother gets lured into working as a fruit and vegetable picker at a farm called Delicious Foods. Novel will make you think twice about those beautiful fruits at the store 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z My own “investigation” corroborated the pecan pickers’ poll. Pecan vs. pecan: The divide over how to say the word can drive you nuts 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z After all, he was a mushroom picker; the cops knew that all the pickers smoked weed. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z “Might not be mushroom pickers at all,” I suggested, fearing a confrontation. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z One of her quilts, which looks like a mosaic of tiny rectangles in many colors, showcases the words: “In essence, I am a sophisticated cotton picker.” ‘I can’t breathe’: How one Black quilter channels social justice into her work 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Indeed, Mr. Bergé’s hubris gets plenty of airing, including a meltdown over photographers at a runway show to a sneering set piece in a cherry picker high above the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The YSL Documentary Pierre Bergé Did Not Want Anyone to See 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z He is part executive producer, part set designer, part decorator, part picker, part psychologist. Hollywood Powerhouse Sandy Gallin Shifts His Talents to Interior Design 2014-02-20T05:00:00Z A temporary causeway opened less than two weeks after the storm, allowing a convoy of electrical companies’ cherry picker trucks to reach the island. ‘There’s No Spring Break Here’: Florida’s Gulf Coast Fights to Rebound After Hurricane Ian 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z He held up a grape and he described the horrible conditions under which the grape pickers were forced to work. The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z She separates soldiers from pickers, who pick through owl pellets. 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole': Animated combat fantasy shows its talons 2010-09-23T20:21:00Z Join "pickers" Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz as they scour the country's flea markets, barns and basements in search of antiques, memorabilia and historical artifacts. TV Picks: Search for treasure with 'American Pickers' on History channel 2010-07-23T22:02:00Z Any picker, regardless of their success, can think back on times they whiffed badly. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Before the war my family had a grocery store and a barber's shop, but after internment it was destroyed and they had to start again as strawberry pickers. Linkin Park: 'We're famous, but we're not celebrities' 2011-07-07T22:30:00Z Photos shared to Facebook show the firefighters and park employees used a cherry picker to reach the children. Panic strikes as school children get stuck near top of roller coaster 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z To stay alive they are forced to become rubbish pickers. Broken Glass by Sally Grindley - review 2012-07-25T08:00:00Z Despite a lack of formal schooling, his eloquence and passion about improving conditions and recognition for garbage workers in Brazil's deeply unequal society helped him rise to become president of the local garbage pickers' association. Movie may take Rio garbage worker to Oscar stage 2011-02-01T17:10:53Z For “Up!,” the title song of her blockbuster 2002 album, she was literally back in the saddle, one that was mounted on a cherry picker to lift her up and closer to the audience. Review: Shania Twain in Concert Recalls Glory Days 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z To focus on it you have to get the stuff together, and he’s one of the world’s greatest pickers. Art: Jim Linderman Collects It All, Vintage Sleaze to Baptism Photos 2012-02-12T15:28:58Z Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. Tony Rice, master bluegrass guitarist, dies at 69 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z If Waste Land wins an Oscar, the pickers may be besieged by no-win-no-fee lawyers persuading them they should sue for a share of the movie profits. Waste Land ? review 2011-02-24T22:20:01Z I always wondered how his self-taught engineering skills might have been put to other uses, perhaps even taken him out of a lifetime of working in the fields as a grape picker. Rigoberto González grew up in a family of immigrant farmerworkers. Now he writes award-winning books. 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Eventually, Tree Man lost his footing and dropped a few feet down, within the cherry picker’s reach. The Tree Man Outside My Window 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z It's interesting to mention a study where waste pickers were asked how they know when food is safe to eat. What to do with your refrigerated or frozen food during a power outage 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z BlackRock, the biggest fund company in the world, made waves earlier this year when it announced it was replacing some highly paid human stock pickers with computer algorithms. Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs? 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z "People see garbage as something insignificant and invisible, and that's the way garbage pickers were seen too," he said. Movie may take Rio garbage worker to Oscar stage 2011-02-01T17:10:53Z “The pickers are not picking as rapidly, but supply should increase during the summer,” as the availability of live lobsters increases. In demand and pricier than ever, lobster rolls have become the cupcakes of the sea 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z We drove a ways north on the peninsula to check out a chanterelle patch, only to find out another picker or crew had beaten us to it. Don’t shoot me! I’m just picking mushrooms! 2013-09-08T13:30:00Z Coming to the flea market, a picker used to be able to unload their whole van of stuff. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z After Trump announced his immigration ban on April 20, the executive order exempted farm workers and crop pickers, whose numbers have actually grown under his administration. As states weigh human lives versus the economy, history suggests the economy often wins 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z These days the antiquing is easier in Stamford because so many pickers and dealers sweep through the estate sales and bring the better old stuff to one hub, on and around Canal Street. Treasure Hunting Along the Old Canal 2011-07-07T21:28:24Z The rebellious fruit pickers are soon feuding among themselves, and before long organized protest morphs into dissension, chaos, arson and death. Review: James Franco Tackles Steinbeck’s ‘In Dubious Battle’ 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z A pilot is being readied for “Antique Warriors,” starring Manhattan and Massachusetts antiques pickers who drive a vintage bus powered by corn oil. Antiques: Antiques Dealers on TV (Casting Calls Posted) 2011-03-24T21:17:07Z Some pickers hit 15 to 20 stops in a day, often clashing with competing pickers scrambling to uncover that polychrome painted shade or wrought iron plant stand. Meet the pickers who helped you furnish your home 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Labor leader and United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez was jailed for 21 days in Salinas in late 1970 for refusing to call off a strike of lettuce pickers in the valley. California's rural Latino voters feed the nation, but hunger for recognition by Senate candidates 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Darmanin said the bill aimed to be "welcoming to the nanny, the waiter, and fruit pickers, while giving more powers to expel delinquents." Explainer: What's at stake in Macron's new immigration bill? 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z They started yelling, and the olive pickers stopped what they were doing and began to run. How a Campaign of Extremist Violence Is Pushing the West Bank to the Brink 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z As Israel calls 360,000 reservists up for military service, posts from pickers to truck drivers have been left abandoned, the Agriculture Ministry says. War plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis, raising fears for its farming future 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The group includes a cadre of 10 to 20 volunteers — all seniors — who serve as the park’s “litter pickers.” Hospice volunteers bring peace to patrons, earn personal fulfillment along the way 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z At the launch site, the flight path of every delivery is monitored on a screen and there's a pair of human eyes watching from a cherry picker, too. Amazon plans drone deliveries for UK parcels next year 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Confronted with a barren job market, the Vientiane resident holds no hope of finding work at home, and instead aims to become a cleaner or a fruit picker in Australia. ‘I feel hopeless': Living in a country on the brink 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z This understanding is dittoed for the batter who’s on a hitting streak, the poker player who’s drawing strong hands and the stock picker who has a run of soaring successes. Your Brain Looks for ‘Winning Streaks’ Everywhere—Here's Why 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Benefield, 31, is a picker and packer, moving parts from shelves in packets for later shipment. UAW aims for drivers' attention by striking parts warehouses, including two in the Inland Empire 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The men had been inside a cherry picker working on pipes near a gas holder at the time of the blast on 19 September 2019. Redcar SSI blast: No manslaughter charges after pair killed 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z Or it could be a program to pay "waste pickers," the uncontracted workers who make their living by collecting refuse from dump sites and the natural environment and selling it to recyclers. Companies are claiming to be "plastic neutral." Is it greenwashing? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z From the owners to the planters, pickers and sellers. Rant and Rave: Praise for agricultural workers 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Signs throughout the forest can help pickers identify some plants, but the labeling is a volunteer-run work in progress, Evans said. Where to pick your own free produce around Seattle 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Jessie Conde, a regular at a court built by waste pickers in the slums of Tondo, said he always turns to basketball when things get tough at home or at school. In FIBA World Cup host Philippines, basketball is life Authorities advised grape pickers to start and end their work in the morning to avoid extreme heat exposure. 'Exceptional vintage': French hot spell to cut wine output but boost quality 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Budris called it "preposterous" to frame plastic credits as a way to support waste pickers in the developing world. Companies are claiming to be "plastic neutral." Is it greenwashing? 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Getir, which employs couriers, pickers and office staff, said it had made the latest job cuts "regrettably" and "with a heavy heart". Getir delivery firm cuts more than a tenth of workforce 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Some of the new pickers looked like they were no more than 15 years old, several current and former workers at the farm told The Times. Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z Leadon, an old-fashioned bluegrass picker, was unhappy with the new sound and left after the 1975 album “One of These Nights.” Randy Meisner, founding member of the Eagles and singer of ‘Take It to the Limit,’ dies at 77 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z The vast landfill, where mountains of trash once attracted hundreds of pickers, was gradually covered with clay. Mangrove forest thrives around what was once Latin America’s largest landfill 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Migrant workers and traveling pickers who usually follow the seasons north have been put out by irregular seasons and an inability to pick some crops. California's big cherry harvest leaves small WA farmers high and dry 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a gauge tracked by the National Association of Active Investment Managers showed stock pickers' exposure to equities at its highest since November 2021, months before the Fed began its rate hiking cycle. Wall St Week Ahead Relentless U.S. stock rally faces Fed test 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z She’s still working as a picker at a nearby farm, she said. Exploitation, retaliation, alarming conditions: Inside the crisis at West Coast mushroom farms 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The new line sits along one edge of the world's second-largest building by usable space, alongside a row of stores where robotic pickers will select parts and tools for workers. Airbus opens new assembly line for small jets in A380's shadow 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z That would typically lower risk and offer more opportunities for stock pickers. Analysis: Out-of-sync U.S. stocks hide market risks 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z This 9-year-old boy worked as a picker at the American Sumatra Tobacco Company in 1917, before the U.S. government restricted child labor. States weaken child labor restrictions 8 decades after US government took kids out of the workforce 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z A South African woman has described working as a fruit picker on farms in the south of England as "slave labour". UK fruit picking farms like prison, migrant worker tells peers 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Now, strawberry pickers like him are following the strawberry harvests as they shift north in the state to Santa Maria and Salinas as well as to Oregon. This is why your strawberries were so meh this season until now 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Stocks' steady march higher may be drawing the human stock pickers in, market watchers said. Rallying U.S. stocks are pulling in sidelined investors, Deutsche Bank says 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z "You have this view in the market that this is a stock picker's market because correlation is low," EAB Investment Group's Holzer said. Analysis: Out-of-sync U.S. stocks hide market risks 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Following the lead of other strawberry pickers waiting to pay for their loot, I added a bunch of rhubarb to my cart, wondering aloud what I would do with it. Pucker up: Along with strawberries and roses, June is time for rhubarb picking 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Waste pickers and some advocacy groups said they were initially denied access to the talks. Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft a draft treaty 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z The adage “there are bold mushroom pickers and old mushroom pickers, but are there no old, bold mushroom pickers” is unfortunately true. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mr Sunak has taken a less hard-line approach, and has said more seasonal fruit pickers will be allowed to come to the UK if required. Legal migration is too high, says Rishi Sunak 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z He said the number was "appropriate" and the allocation was not used in full this year for fruit pickers and lorry drivers. PM announces extending seasonal visas for fruit pickers 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z It also pledged invest £30m to "unlock new technologies" and make 45,000 visas available again to the horticulture sector next year to recruit fruit and vegetable pickers from overseas. Food industry leaders to meet PM as prices soar 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z We must not "forget how to do things for ourselves" she will say, adding: "There is no good reason why we can't train up enough HGV drivers, butchers or fruit pickers." UK must train own workers to curb migration - Braverman 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z His nightly narratives touch on the many who have contributed ingredients or inspiration: farmers, pickers, packers, makers, Indigenous peoples, writers, elders and community activists. Students explore the Filipino American story through food at Archipelago 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Roof beams, or trusses, had collapsed at a construction site one building over from the station, trapping three construction workers in the rubble at ground level and three on cherry pickers. 6 people rescued after collapse at Glendale construction site 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “The city is not good for us,” said Marclésio Teles, 35, a coffee picker standing outside the shack he built for his family of five, his disabled daughter in a wheelchair beside him. If You Don’t Use Your Land, These Marxists May Take It 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z His comments come after the Home Secretary Suella Braverman said there was "no good reason" the UK could not train its own fruit pickers to bring immigration down. Food industry leaders to meet PM as prices soar 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It sells gold panning equipment like sluice boxes, plastic pans with ridges to trap gold, metal detectors and small glass vials to preserve any pickers and flakes that amateur prospectors might find. Eureka! After California’s Heavy Rains, Gold Seekers Are Giddy. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Essex Police used a "very tall cherry picker crane" to bring the pair down by about 17:30 the following day. Just Stop Oil: Dartford Crossing protesters jailed 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z Of the three people trapped on the cherry pickers, one was rescued using a firetruck ladder while two others were hoisted off by a Los Angeles Fire Department helicopter. 6 people rescued after collapse at Glendale construction site 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Those who wait for more lucrative rides are cherry-pickers, or pickers. Column: Are you a victim of algorithmic wage discrimination? If not, just wait 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z In the forest, the two join other pickers, mainly women working side by side with their children, combing through the morning dew for shoot-ups under trees and dried leaves. In Zimbabwe’s rainy season, women forage for wild mushrooms 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Brock, 53, began working the night shift at the fulfillment center in November 2021 as a “picker,” to sort, scan and prepare packages for delivery. His parents died. Then Amazon fired him for seeking time off, a worker’s suit alleges 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z This is happening mainly in the Global South where waste pickers are already working in many communities and cities. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z At Monterey Mushrooms, which has operated under a contract since the 1980s, U.F.W. officials say the average annual income for a mushroom picker is $45,000 and includes vacation time and a pension. Farmworkers Union, a ’60s Liberal Icon, Seeks a California Revival 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z Avedian is a picker himself because all the data he’s seen suggests that ants get offered lower rates — the algorithm knows it can pay them less, so it tries to do exactly that. Column: Are you a victim of algorithmic wage discrimination? If not, just wait 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z This is the main reason stock pickers watch buybacks. Opinion | Stock buybacks benefit corporations, not society 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z I wonder if tea pickers and rose growers are aware of the extraordinary geometry and symmetry of the fields they work in. Pictures from above: What a bird's eye view of Africa reveals 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Millions of people worldwide make a living as waste pickers, collecting, sorting, recycling and selling materials such as plastics, paper, copper and steel. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Billy, whose shock of red hair earned him the lifelong nickname “Red,” showed an entrepreneurial bent as early as age 9, when he began selling bags of peanuts to migrant cotton pickers. Red McCombs, Used Car Salesman Turned Media Mogul, Dies at 95 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Firecrews used cranes and cherry pickers to peer into the upper floors of damaged buildings, hoping to find people alive despite the destruction. After huge Turkey quake, Diyarbakir residents pray for missing families 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z Above him, colleagues in a cherry picker are hard at work, hauling a new high voltage line up to a pylon. Ukraine war: On the front line with engineers working to fix stricken power grid 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z It's a reform Mr Rajadurai says has been proven to increase yields where it has been adopted, but he says the pickers are resisting. Can Sri Lanka trade its way back to prosperity? 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Waste pickers there developed a system themselves to collect organic waste from hotels and restaurants, but few other waste pickers collect food waste. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Brexit has aggravated those shortages by choking off the pipeline of workers from the European Union — whether waiters in London restaurants or fruit and vegetable pickers in fields. Brexit Quietly Turns Three 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z His remains were discovered by litter pickers in nearby Billing Brook Road on 28 January 2016. Adeyemi Olugbuyi: Cold case detectives plea for help over 2013 murder 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z “Out-of-town people would come to see them, especially out-of-town pickers.” Gary Oelze, who made the Birchmere a local music staple, dies at 80 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Waste pickers sift through landfill sites and bins and collect plastic from the environment. Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Jeane dos Santos in Salvador said she started working as a waste picker at the age of 7. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Even when the pickers learned about their legal rights to medical treatment and some degree of compensation, the need to keep working overrode their ability to exercise those rights. Why being a farmworker is a health risk 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z With the aid of a cherry picker and several spotlights, workers disassembled the box around 9:30 p.m. to the jubilation of passing motorists on Broad Street who honked car horns and whistled. Philadelphia removes box covering Christopher Columbus statue 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Some of the purchasers are mushroom pickers who long for the sensations of the pastime but are too cautious to enter the forests. In Forests Full of Mines, Ukrainians Find Mushrooms and Resilience 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Research by a team including Velis and Cook has shown that these people’s efforts add up: “The waste pickers are behind more plastics recycling globally than the formal industry,” Velis says. Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Dos Santos is part of a cooperative of waste pickers whose income derives solely from the recyclables they sell. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z Among strawberry pickers, back pain and injury is endemic, but going to the doctor usually means taking off work and making an advance appointment. Why being a farmworker is a health risk 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Delegates from more than 160 countries, plastic industry representatives, environmentalists, scientists, waste pickers, tribal leaders and others affected by the pollution attended in person or virtually. Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Within weeks, reports began coming in of mushroom pickers stepping on mines. In Forests Full of Mines, Ukrainians Find Mushrooms and Resilience 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z However, waste pickers and collectors in Ghana and other low- and middle-income countries tend to be living in poverty, often come from marginalized communities and their waste-collection activities are sometimes criminalized. Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z She said she’s interested in collecting organic waste if it could be segregated, because then the recyclable items won’t be contaminated and the waste pickers could earn money if the state supports these efforts. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The attitude of strawberry pickers is like that of the Triqui workers losing their thumbnails — earning enough money to survive is the overriding necessity. Why being a farmworker is a health risk 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Waste pickers are seeking recognition of their work and a just transition to fairly-remunerated, healthy and sustainable jobs. Negotiations begin for a global treaty on plastic pollution 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Chavez suspended a grape pickers’ strike so picketers could take the day to vote for Kennedy. Paul Schrade, union leader wounded in Robert Kennedy slaying, dies at 97 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Recognition of the waste pickers’ contributions and concern for their working conditions is prompting efforts to include them in waste-management planning, such as in Ghana’s National Action Roadmap for plastic waste that launched in 2021. Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Local waste pickers could educate households, and society, about how to properly separate their waste, dos Santos added. Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It also has a seasonal workers scheme to cover jobs such as fruit pickers, and a health and care visa for medical staff. Solve worker shortages with immigration - CBI boss 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z During harvest season, which typically lasts from July to October, the pickers set up camp on National Forest land, where they can stay for free while they work. In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z “When commercial pickers hear ‘burn,’ they come here,” Maxwell said. WA may see its ‘worst foraging season’ in decades. What to know if you do go mushroom hunting 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Some of the plastic collected by waste pickers ends up at recycling plants in larger countries such as Brazil and Indonesia, which have local plastics industries. Why It’s So Hard to Recycle Plastic 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z The threat to democracy is not top of mind for many of the residents of the working class West Phoenix neighborhood where Maria Madrid, a former lettuce picker and hotel worker, is out canvassing voters. "Perfect storm": Arizona could prove pivotal in attempts to subvert the next presidential election 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The Muñoz children, including Frances, attended segregated Mexican schools while their father worked as an agricultural picker. Frances Muñoz, first Latina trial judge in California, dies at 92 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z David DeRoulac and his small team of pickers have been working for the Forest Service to harvest cones across the American West for nearly 20 years. In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z As he likes to say, “I’m a professional pig nose picker.” To thwart the next pandemic, ‘swientists’ hunt for flu viruses at U.S. hog shows 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Foraging in public parks has been illegal in New York City for decades thanks to a blanket ordinance intended in part to protect parks from imagined hordes of plant pickers. The Optimistic Art of Mary Mattingly 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z “It isn’t just a warehouse, and it isn’t like an Amazon order picker, where you can go along and read a bar label,” she said. Are Trump presidential records still missing? The answer could take years — or may never come 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Indigenous hop pickers also took the opportunity to vend their own goods to local Seattleites. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The work can be full of risks and requires pickers to move slowly. In Utah, Restoring Spruce Forests One Cone at a Time 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Today, it announced a new shortcut that lets you easily insert an emoji while writing, so you no longer have to pull up your computer’s picker or copy and paste the icons from other places. Google’s making it easier to add emoji in Docs 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Southern cotton planters paid workers only twenty cents for every one hundred pounds of cotton picked, meaning that the strongest picker might earn sixty cents for a fourteen-hour day of work. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z AppleOne hired him to drive a cherry picker at Cardinal for $14 an hour, but he found Black workers were largely kept off the vehicles. In California’s largest race bias cases, Latino workers are accused of abusing Black colleagues 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z After agreeing on the terms of employment, the pickers dispersed, traveling by canoe up the rivers and to the various farms where they camped during the harvest, returning to Seattle again at the season’s end. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z One big change: unsophisticated meme-stock pickers are increasingly turning to highly speculative options trading, alarming some market watchers. McDonald’s Orders a Board Shake-up 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Edinburgh Festival litter pickers hired to collect discarded flyers say they have been left to clear a "nightmare" of rubbish from the city's bin strike. Edinburgh Festival litter pickers clean up bin strike waste 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Ferguson said Wednesday that Ostrom fired more than 140 U.S.–based pickers, mostly women, who had years of experience with the company. Ostrom Mushroom Farms faces civil rights lawsuit on gender, other discrimination 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z The son of grape pickers, he was raised in Pomona and after high school was a paratrooper in the Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade, stationed in Japan. How a kid from El Monte became one of Hollywood's few Latino executives 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Puget Sound growers saved on transportation costs by relying on Indigenous pickers, who provided their own transportation in the form of canoes. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The country has struggled to bring in fruit pickers, hotel maids and truck drivers. Brexit is Boris Johnson’s singular achievement. How well is it working? 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z Another group of litter pickers from Essential Edinburgh, which represents city centre businesses, is also assisting to clear street waste during the strikes. Edinburgh Festival litter pickers clean up bin strike waste 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Automated agriculture: California’s strawberry harvest relies on tens of thousands of pickers, but robots may change that, The Los Angeles Times reports. Behind the Story: The Plan to Save Yosemite by Cutting Down Trees 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z But California’s current dominance rests on a workforce of tens of thousands of skilled pickers. California's strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z In New York, by contrast, growers carried local pickers to and from their homes each day in wagons, and paid train fares for those coming from out of town. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z A former drag racer lets the pickers check out his museum-quality goods. What to watch this weekend: ‘Hotel Portofino’ finale airs on PBS 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Walmart, for instance, recently announced a deal with Symbotic to bring its system of belts, pickers and autonomous vehicles to all of the retailer’s 42 main sorting facilities. Robots Aren’t Done Reshaping Warehouses 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The Chesapeake Bay’s watermen have endured one crisis after another over the decades: persistent pollution, falling seafood populations, oyster-decimating diseases, shuttered processing plants, scarce pickers and rising prices for everything from gasoline to equipment. New challenge for Chesapeake Bay watermen: A shortage of crab sperm 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z One picker in Santa Maria is already receiving such training. California's strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Growers often had no idea when their pickers would arrive or how many would show up in any given year, an issue that Indigenous negotiators were well aware of. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z It would specifically prohibit subcontracting for pickers of avocados and berries, billions of dollars of which are exported to the United States annually. Mexico to prohibit subcontracting of avocado, berry pickers 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Designed by MurWalls founder, Marc Silver, and painted by project artist, Mr Meana, the mural has gone up over the past few days using a cherry picker to get to the location. Watford: New Sir Elton John mural goes up at Vicarage Road 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Along with the efforts of Mr. Rivers and Mr. Dennis, a second team, usually consisting of people sentenced to community service, uses nets and pickers to clean harder to reach nooks and the bayou’s banks. Saving a Texan Bayou, ‘16 Bottles’ at a Time 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Since hitting this field in May, the robots are on their way to picking nearly as many berries as human pickers, and with 95% accuracy, according to Tortuga. California's strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Because hop growers needed pickers only for a short period, three weeks at the most, the labor contractors often diverted workers from other projects for the harvest season. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Plans are being discussed to issue baggage handlers and check-in staff with temporary visas similar to those issued to fruit pickers, musicians and religious figures, the report said. UK transport minister explores temporary visas for EU workers to ease airport staffing crisis 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z "We need pickers, there is a limit to the amount of time you could expect anyone to pick fruit," he says. UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Thousands of freelance waste pickers work on the streets of the sprawling metropolis as well as at the landfill site. Environmentalists meet in South Africa to stem plastic waste 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z But he is concerned that as the economy has tanked, scrap pickers have become less discerning. To Survive, Some Afghans Sift Through Deadly Remnants of Old Wars 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z Growers also turned to Indigenous pickers with more frequency because, in the words of a Puyallup Valley hop farmer, “They are more likely to return another season” than the Chinese. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z GameStop became the emblematic “meme stock,” meaning that it was pumped up by online stock pickers with a story to tell. Column: Bitcoin, NFTs, SPACs, meme stocks — all those pandemic investment darlings are crashing 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z "We have 11 pickers now but we'd like to get 15 or 16." UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z "The spotters are those that would follow the target. The pickers are those who move in to kidnap the victim." South Africa kidnapping: 'I survived but part of me died that day' 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z You hear all the time that “It’s a stock picker’s market,” implying that conditions are tough, so that good stock selection is needed to better results. Financial advice from the things that aren’t said 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Each group of pickers selected a labor negotiator, or “Boston man,” to deal directly with growers and settle in advance issues such as payment and the number of pickers required. How Indigenous and Asian workers established Seattle as an early hub of labor migration 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z The son of an orange picker, Rivera grew up in a wooden house built from the planks of old boxcars. Column: At Tom Rivera's memorial service, his dream of 'Future Leaders' is fulfilled 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z "The constant battle of balancing supply and demand is probably the biggest worry but you've got to have the supply, you've got to have the pickers to get into that position of concern," he says. UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Many of the pupils' parents work as trash pickers at the site. India too hot, says Modi, sending fire warning nationwide as Delhi landfill burns 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I hate that saying, because it’s always a stock picker’s market. Financial advice from the things that aren’t said 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z "The volunteers who come out with us are great, they give up their own time just to come out and look after a place they love," said one of the pickers, Alf Bodenham. Snowdon: Volunteer litter pickers tackle rubbish 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z A picker at the JFK8 Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, Anthony estimates he is expected to move an item every nine seconds. Robots are learning to think like humans. Can they meet Amazon’s demands for speed? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z "It was very easy to get pickers and now it's not very easy," he adds. UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Their letters, asking potential boyfriends to write back, were found by litter pickers on Saturday. Boyfriend message in a bottle appeal found in Humber Estuary 55 years later 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z These days, many index investors are “tactical investors,” not the classic buy-and-hold index pickers inspired by Vanguard Group chairman Jack Bogle to own the stock market, the bond market and to let it ride. Financial advice from the things that aren’t said 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z A picker for Amazon, he also wrote and performed a cover of the classic labor song "Union Train" specifically for the Amazon campaign. How Amazon workers turned union-busting "captive audience" meetings against the corporate giant 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Schenkel, who used to work as a picker at an Amazon fulfillment center, would wait for a robot to arrive at his station with items to pick and send along. Robots are learning to think like humans. Can they meet Amazon’s demands for speed? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z He believes there is a lack of fruit pickers "because of Brexit". UK labour shortage: 'It used to be easy to get fruit pickers' 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Later in the hallway, the same classmate called her a “cotton picker,” and she heard others talking about dressing up like the Ku Klux Klan for Halloween, she recalled. Students Planned a ‘Gangsta Night’ Event. Some Thought It Was Racist. 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z An “index picker’s market” would be one where the advice is “Buckle up, this will be scary until you come out the other side.” Financial advice from the things that aren’t said 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Android 13’s first preview launched in February, showing off a new theming option and a system-wide photo picker. Android 13 will ask your permission to send notifications 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Wall Street's star stock picker has seen her fortunes wane over the past year as her flagship tech innovation fund slid more than 50%, losing $13 billion in market value. How Wall Street star Cathie Wood is defying her doubters 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z In much of the world, the task of collecting, sorting and recycling plastics often falls to informal waste pickers who work among fires and toxic vapors for little pay. The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Viktor came to the UK last year as a fruit picker. Ukraine crisis: Ukrainians prepare to go home to fight 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z He drove a cherry picker but spent many hours on his feet lifting bulky boxes. Millions of baby boomers have left the workplace since 2020. Are they coming back? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Two men in a cherry picker, engine roaring, guided the door from the floor up to the fuselage and into place. Pandemic legacy: Israeli company transforms jets for cargo 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The interviews with the people close to 66-year-old Wood offer a window upon a day in the life of the celebrated stock picker. How Wall Street star Cathie Wood is defying her doubters 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z In a landmark move, the agreement in Nairobi for the first time formally recognized the importance of waste pickers in the plastics economy. The World Is Awash in Plastic. Nations Plan a Treaty to Fix That. 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Avocado pickers stood on a roadside this week outside the city of Uruapan, Michoacan, asking for donations after they lost their work. Experts see avocado price rise, damage to Mexican producers 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z A new photo picker will let users share photos and videos with an individual app without the app needing permission to see all the photos you have on your device. Android 13’s first developer preview includes more theming options 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z On May 11, 2018, Brian Hess, a state wildlife biologist, rode a New Haven city cherry picker up to the nest and removed the chicks. If Rover Can Make It Here, Perhaps Bald Eagles Can Make It Anywhere 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z More than 2,000 trash pickers, as well as scrubbers, choppers, haulers on horse-drawn carts, middlemen and wholesalers make a living by finding, preparing and transporting the waste for recycling. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z "Theoretically this year could be a stock pickers market," Gokhman said. Early data show January losses for stock picking hedge funds 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z In 2021, GameStop became the emblematic “meme stock,” meaning that it was being pumped up by online stock pickers with a story to tell. Column: Remember the GameStop stock craze? Looks like it's over 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z December’s warmer than average temperatures pushed back the harvesting, but a cold spell this month has had the pickers out in numbers. For ‘ice wine’ vintners, frigid temps are reason to rejoice 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z Quite crucially, following the Nasdaq's positive close, tech stocks in Hong Kong made a 4% jump, which suggests that stock pickers aren't yet writing the sector off just yet. Humble and nimble 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Around us, herds of white, long-horned cattle munched on garbage as dozens of pickers descended on each dump truck emptying its load. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Even for those who want a career in nursing, becoming a picker and packer at Amazon carries strong appeal. Nursing homes bleed staff as Amazon lures low-wage workers with Prime packages 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z Hulme worked as a tobacco picker, dropped out of law school and was a charity worker before becoming an unusual literary star when The Bone People, her first novel, won one of fiction’s greatest prizes. Booker Prize-winning novelist Keri Hulme dead at 74 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z For years, Carolyn Kitto has trekked through the Himalayan foothills in northern India to assess the working conditions of pickers who gather tea leaves for global brands. Microsoft, Apple suppliers exposed by anti-slavery law 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z Maintenance crews had begun to set up cherry pickers along the roadside to start the long work of repairing severed power lines and snapped electrical poles. ‘It’s just devastating’: Communities smashed by historic storms take stock of mass destruction 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Most of the pickers who target plastic, like Ms. Diop, sell it, at about 13 cents a kilogram, to two Chinese plastic merchants who have depots on the landfill site. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z He walked through the cavernous warehouse as many as 30 miles a day, carrying a laptop that showed him how quickly pickers were doing their jobs, using data taken from scanners. Amazon’s employee surveillance fuels unionization efforts: ‘It’s not prison, it’s work’ 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Those pickers, then, put the items into bins that slide down a conveyor belt to be packed into boxes by other workers, whose pace is also tracked by computers at their workstations. Amazon’s employee surveillance fuels unionization efforts: ‘It’s not prison, it’s work’ 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The grape picker said the majority of her colleagues in the fields have been vaccinated. TikTok conspiracies, infertility myths and other disinformation hinder Central Valley COVID fight 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z "Because the house was so bright last year I wanted to do the roof so I hired a cherry picker in October half term," he said. Norwich: 'Mr Christmas' installs 16,000 lights on his house 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z “There are many changes,” said Maguette Diop, a project officer at WIEGO, a nonprofit organization focused on the working poor worldwide, “and the place of the waste pickers in these changes is not clear.” ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z So the pickers can place a ladder on either side of the tree, and from that perch quickly reach most of the apples. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z It most recently used CubeSat imagery to map the makeshift camps of Bangladeshi fruit pickers in Greece. Six ways shoebox-sized satellites are trying to change the world 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z The bay, where 23 Chinese cockle pickers died in 2004, is notorious for quicksand, fast-rising tides, swirling currents and deep tidal channels. Cedric Robinson: Queen's Guide to Morecambe Bay sands dies 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Strong and his brother got hired in the 1990s; he eventually operated not only tractors, but big equipment like combines and cotton pickers. Black Farmworkers Say They Lost Jobs to Foreigners Who Were Paid More 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z For now, though, hundreds of waste pickers have to keep on picking. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z Already, some growers have invested in elevated platforms, which move slowly down the rows on self-driving machines and enable pickers to do away with ladders. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Here in London, hand pickers wearing gloves and masks are the first line of defence against the wishcyclers. Wishcycling: The dos and don'ts of being good at recycling 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z But that worries waste pickers like Farha who have been doing this job all their lives. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Gunvalson then took to the comment section to not only thank her friend, but to explain what happened, first admitting that her "picker is obviously off" when it comes to finding men. 'RHOC' alum Vicki Gunvalson accuses ex-fiancé of cheating: 'No Christian man would do what he's done' 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Waste pickers searching for plastics at the main dump in Dakar, Senegal. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z During the past five years, there also has been a push to figure out a way to harvest the apples with mechanical pickers. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Relieved some of my things have passed muster, I'm shown some of the more extreme items rejected by the hand pickers. Wishcycling: The dos and don'ts of being good at recycling 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The waste pickers who manage to sneak in are often beaten, detained and sent back. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z For many months, industry leaders across the economy have warned about chronic labor shortages — of truck drivers, yes, but also fruit pickers, meat processors, waiters and health care workers — disrupting supply chains and impeding businesses. Opinion | Britain Is Heading Into a Nightmarish Winter 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z The trend has changed the focus of the waste pickers who have worked the dump for decades, gleaning anything of value. ‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling. 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z In the orchards Clark oversees, pickers still climb up and down ladders to pick the apples. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, fruit is rotting in fields due to a shortage of Bulgarian and Romanian pickers who are willing to work for much lower wages. Opinion | Boris Johnson tells France to get ‘un grip.’ I say: ‘Sortez-out’ our border problems first. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The 19-year-old waste picker has been scavenging through these heaps in the Deonar suburb for as long as she can remember. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z She writes about doing canopy research from a cherry picker bucket while pregnant and how she hid her scientific journals inside copies of Woman's Weekly magazine so her mother-in-law wouldn't find fault in her homemaking. Book review: A scientist’s life in the treetops 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z They're being turned into litter pickers, with 45 masks being used to make each one. Covid: Pret starts hiring again and 'rock bottom' morale 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z As he spoke, Mexican music blasting from a radio resonated through the orchard rows as pickers filled bag after bag with Pink Lady apples. How trellises are transforming Washington’s apple orchards 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z All schools and colleges in Cornwall are being given litter pickers made from old hospital masks. PPE masks transformed to help fight plastic waste 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z The municipality has increased security to prevent waste pickers from going in and lighting fires - the flames melt the lighter trash, bringing up metal that fetches high prices. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z During the delay, state officials used drones and cherry pickers to study the condition of the statue and the bolts holding it in place. Robert E. Lee statue is removed in Richmond, ex-capital of Confederacy, after months of protests and legal resistance 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The CBI said members also cited shortages of fruit and flower pickers, food and meat processing operatives, livestock and arable workers, factory assembly workers, scaffolders, carpenters, chefs, cleaners and housekeepers. Staff shortages could last two years, says CBI 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Jenny I'Anson, 73, of Hinckley, Leicestershire, said she can spend up to five hours a day clearing rubbish and she even takes her litter picker with her on holiday. 'I hid my litter picker in my suitcase' 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z A large crane or cherry picker also appears to be being used close to where the smoke is. Firefighters tackle blaze at Caerphilly recycling plant 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z So, she hangs close, watching pickers wear protective gear in the rain to keep collecting plastic to resell. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, the online retail giant said it would pay a £1,000 bonus for "urgently needed" warehouse pickers and packers in the UK amid a growing recruitment crisis. Fruit picker shortage spreads to Christmas workers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The online retail giant is advertising for "urgently needed" warehouse pickers and packers in the UK to meet demand, amid a growing recruitment crisis. Amazon offers £1,000 joining bonus for new UK staff 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z "I hid my litter picker in my suitcase, unknown to my husband," she said. 'I hid my litter picker in my suitcase' 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z The teaser video includes a brief look at improvements to the font picker, brushes, and a dark mode for Paint. Microsoft’s new Paint app redesign for Windows 11 includes a dark mode 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The city was sending new trash, and as they had for years, the mountains had to accommodate it and pickers had to collect and resell it. The nightmare of India's tallest rubbish mountain 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z In the run-up to Christmas, Mr Grant said The Entertainer's online warehouse staff gradually increases from between 60 and 80 pickers in August spread over two shifts to a 24 hour operation with 300 pickers. Fruit picker shortage spreads to Christmas workers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Beginning in the rural Alabama town of Gadsden, it spans six states and attracts vacationing motor home enthusiasts, antique pickers and anyone who just loves to haggle. America’s 690-mile-long yard sale entices a nation of deal hunters 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Roughly 25 acres are devoted to freestone peaches, so it’s a picker’s paradise. 5 fun pick-your-own fruit farms in the D.C. area 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The tools look a lot more usable now, with a quick picker that shows all the different brushes and their effects. Microsoft’s new Paint app redesign for Windows 11 includes a dark mode 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z As a child, he worked as a hop picker near Sacramento. Meet the "scholar-activists" fighting Big Ag 2021-08-07T04:00:00Z A shortage of fruit pickers in the UK is set to spread to warehouse workers in the run-up to Christmas, the boss of toy chain The Entertainer has warned. Fruit picker shortage spreads to Christmas workers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “The government is sending a message that money is more important than doctors, fruit pickers and families who are separated from their children,” ACT deputy leader Brooke van Velden said in a statement. Google founder gets New Zealand residency, raising questions 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z A picker selects a basket, collects items and packs them in bags for the rider. Groceries in 10 Minutes: Delivery Start-Ups Crowd City Streets Across Globe 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Outside from the balcony, they flagged down rescue teams outside and a cherry picker brought them to safety. As condo crashed down, they escaped through smoke and ruin 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Outside from the balcony, they flagged down rescue teams outside and a cherry picker brought them to safety. As condo crashed down, they escaped through smoke and ruin 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z However, it is not only a shortage of box pickers which is putting pressure on companies like The Entertainer. Fruit picker shortage spreads to Christmas workers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Fire and rescue crews arrived and tried to save people from the remaining portions of the building complex with a cherry picker. Biden consoles families of people missing in Florida condo collapse: 'They're going through hell' 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z At any one time, two or three pickers are weaving through the aisles, and in Battersea, the atmosphere is calm and quiet, belying the fact that their movements are being measured down to the second. Groceries in 10 Minutes: Delivery Start-Ups Crowd City Streets Across Globe 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Cherry pickers and other farmworkers tend to work under contract, paid for what they pick, Naranjo said, unless there’s an hourly wage outlined in a contract. Farmworkers push through hottest temperatures on record in Washington 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Her grooming introduced me to the ear spoon — a long-handled curette, also known as an ear pick, ear picker or ear scoop, that is a common implement in Asian households. The Best Way to Clean Your Ears: With a Spoon 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z "You don't need pickers to pick stock you haven't received," says Mr Grant. Fruit picker shortage spreads to Christmas workers 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z TerraClear’s rock picker minimizes the disruption of soil underneath the rock, leaving the ground virtually untouched. Smartsheet co-founder’s latest venture tackles ‘the worst job on the farm’ 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Several sectors of the economy are reporting serious difficulties in finding new recruits, including drivers of HGV lorries, fruit pickers and people working in the hospitality industry. How many more EU nationals in UK than previously thought? 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z After dropping out of community college, he worked in a string of warehouses, joined Amazon and was now a “picker” at JFK8, pulling products off robotic shelves. The Amazon that customers don’t see: Inside a key warehouse during the pandemic 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z One company, Ox, is promoting smart glasses with “head-mounted displays” for pickers to wear, saying eliminating hand-held devices will save money. It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z In a railway arch in south London, pickers and packers are in a race against time: to get fresh food to the door of Alastair Dean within 15 minutes of his order hitting an app. Richemont doubles dividend as jewellery performance, finance gains lift profit 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Ben Hesse, a farmer in Moses Lake who recently tested TerraClear’s rock picker, said this feature is important because farmers carefully maintain their soil to optimize plant growth. Smartsheet co-founder’s latest venture tackles ‘the worst job on the farm’ 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z What led to the research with the litter pickers? To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z They didn’t commandeer a cherry picker or smash through barricades. Perspective | Would a ‘normal tourist’ carry bear spray to the nation’s capital? 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z The pandemic prompted millions of Americans to buy their groceries online and pick them up curbside or have them delivered, fueling new demand for so-called pickers like Mr. Fraser. It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The pickers will get the edges and the placers will put them together. 'Interest is growing and change is happening' 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Hesse, who owns several other rock pickers, was surprised at how precise TerraClear’s picker is. Smartsheet co-founder’s latest venture tackles ‘the worst job on the farm’ 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z If the prosthesis and the litter picker were not extensions of the body, how were they represented in the brain? To the Brain, a Tool Is Just a Tool, Not a Hand Extension 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z It shows white-hooded men pointing guns at Black cotton pickers and ends with a lynching. How China’s Outrage Machine Kicked Up a Storm Over H&M 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Grocery stores are also designed for browsing, meaning an order that sends a picker to the bakery or in search of flowers can derail their attempts to be efficient. It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z At one point, officers were lifted onto the roof in a cherry picker. Boulder shooting: 10 people killed, including police officer; suspect in custody 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Still, the time savings that a robotic rock picker might offer are crucial. Smartsheet co-founder’s latest venture tackles ‘the worst job on the farm’ 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z He’s a data scientist who also built the website and picker software for Out of Darts. The engineers building ridiculous dart blasters that Nerf won’t touch 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Longtime garbage pickers are finding “equal or less” usable garbage because more people are competing for it, García said. Venezuelan children pick through garbage for food, valuables 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Its website says the average picker spends 705.6 hours per year touching a screen, adding, “Which means, you spend about $12,750 per associate per year to touch buttons on a scanner or tablet.” It’s Hard Work to Make Ordering Groceries Online So Easy 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The stock picker also pointed to Invitae Corp, another holding which is getting “hammered” despite being “one of the most important companies in the genomic revolution.” ARK's Wood says rotation to value a long-term positive despite tech selloff 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z The company says the pricing of its rock picker is a moving target but will probably end up at about $30,000. Smartsheet co-founder’s latest venture tackles ‘the worst job on the farm’ 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Personal injury specialist David Short, from Edinburgh firm Balfour and Manson, is representing the tea pickers. Kenyan farm workers launch Scottish legal bid against tea giant 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z “Most of the pickers are making well over minimum wage, but people are moving away from wanting to work on a farm or in a processing facility.” 2020 marks increase for hot pepper production in New Mexico 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Dozens of other farmworker clinics are popping up across the state, including for strawberry pickers in San Diego and Monterey and date packers in the Coachella Valley. Vaccine rollout for farmworkers is fraught with confusion and bad timing 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Outside a building that the legendary labor leader worked out of decades before, a United Farm Workers organizer held a small meeting to hear strawberry pickers fret about their work and home conditions. Column: What Oxnard can teach L.A. and the rest of California about COVID-19 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z As a picker, Richardson takes merchandise out of large metal bins that robots carry to his workstation, and he then hurries to put the items in various totes that a conveyor belt takes to packing. 'We deserve more': an Amazon warehouse’s high-stakes union drive 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z The tea pickers appealed against that decision and a judgement is expected in May. Kenyan farm workers launch Scottish legal bid against tea giant 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Being a picker required a strong back and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Richardson is a “picker,” which means he removes products from shelves that robots bring to his station, sometimes climbing a ladder to do so, scans them, and sends them to be packaged for shipment. Alabama warehouse workers prepare to face down Amazon in union vote 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z But the coming strawberry harvest means an influx of pickers from across California will move in. Column: What Oxnard can teach L.A. and the rest of California about COVID-19 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z Darryl Richardson was delighted when he landed a job as a “picker” at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. 'We deserve more': an Amazon warehouse’s high-stakes union drive 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Last February, the tea pickers staged a demonstration of how they work at another tea farm in Kenya, watched by members of their UK legal team. Kenyan farm workers launch Scottish legal bid against tea giant 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z They also connected him to a hiring company, which landed him a job as a “picker” in an Amazon warehouse, a 12-mile drive from Corona in a town named Eastvale. Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z An army of around 3,000 pickers nationally are needed to harvest the stems and each field is picked many times to select the flowers at exactly the right time. 'I harvest 70 million daffodils a year but £1 a bunch can't last' 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z “Some of the people who are on that thread are probably on par with the stock pickers of these hedge funds,” he said. Fight The Man: What GameStop’s surge says about online mobs 2021-01-31T05:00:00Z The entire workforce, including the factory, fruit pickers, tea rooms and office personnel fluctuates between 400 and 500 people. Covid 19: Tiptree jam maker's 'sticky year' 2021-01-10T05:00:00Z Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker, has died at the age of 69. Master bluegrass picker Tony Rice dies aged 69 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z In the Inland Empire, more than 40,000 people now work for Amazon warehouses as pickers, packers, sorters, unloaders and managers, as well as independent drivers, contract truckers, pilots and aircraft technicians. Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z The province, home to the city of Medellín, needs around 32,000 coffee pickers from other parts of the country each year to collect its harvest, which takes place between September and December. No pickers, no coffee: How Covid threatens Colombia's harvest 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z Now 35 and working as a warehouse “picker” preparing orders for shipping, she questions the commitment of Memphis police to solving her mother’s case. Samuel Little has confessed to killing 93 people. Now, police must find them. 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Professional pickers this year are also finding an abundance of the common toadstool. ‘I Have Never Seen So Many Toadstools.’ A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine. 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z After workers voted overwhelmingly for the union, the blueberry pickers chose a ranch committee and eventually negotiated a contract with Gourmet Trading. The Supreme Court poised to overrule farmworker union rights 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z In places like the Inland Empire, openings for warehouse pickers and sorters became seemingly infinite. Amazon’s Great Labor Awakening 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Law enforcement arrested and cited pickers without permits, often those who misunderstood the process entirely, and soon the price for a pound of berries reached $5. The strange, booming market of Florida's palmetto berries 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z Not long ago, for example, Levin bought two unmarked brown wax cylinders from a picker he knew in the Midwest. Meet the guardians of the world's earliest musical recordings 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z An air and sea search for a missing cockle picker is continuing off the Welsh coast. Missing cockle picker: Air and sea search resumes for Darren Rees 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z To start with, Amazon chose the wrong flag: the Argentine flag appeared where the Swedish flag should have been placed on the country picker. Amazon hits trouble with Sweden launch over lewd translation 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z However he only managed to recruit five British pickers - and they left before the end of the season to prepare for going to university. UK farmers to need 'thousands of foreign workers' next summer 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Shrewd pumpkin pickers will pluck up the best of the lot the first or second weekend in October, the grower said, but last weekend’s rains probably reduced the crowds. Growers raise giant pumpkins despite squashed festivals 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z The district also includes Delano, where Cesar Chavez and Mexican and Filipino grape pickers staged a five-year strike half a century ago for more humane working conditions for field workers. In a toss-up Central Valley district, Republicans and Democrats wage a vicious campaign 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z The Fair Food Program, a Florida-based initiative that promotes humane treatment of farmworkers, credits the grower with keeping the tomato pickers healthy by restricting them to the farms. Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z She participated in the Delano grape strike, a five-year fight for better conditions for grape pickers that received national attention and resulted in a collective bargaining victory that benefited more than 10,000 farm workers. She was a farmworker. Her grandson is a Lyft driver. A fight for workers' rights unites them 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z A child of the Deep South, Haywood, a 2015 Hall of Fame inductee, has said that his only goal growing up was to be the best cotton picker in all of Mississippi. Granderson: Spencer Haywood's efforts for equality helped pave road to Lakers' 17th NBA title 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine said the virus outbreak of migrant apple pickers at the Champlain Orchards in Shoreham is continuing to be monitored. More Vermont schools are moving to more in-person learning 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The ambition of most is to collect enough tiny fragments — or “pickers” in panning jargon — to create a ring for a loved one. There’s Gold in Them Thar Braes 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Florida’s spring harvest made the state the earliest test ground for vulnerabilities among fruit and vegetable pickers. Virus’s unseen hot zone: The American farm 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z He’s also concerned about the well-being of those working the vineyards and doesn’t want pickers exposed to hazardous air. Washington winemakers hoping impact of wildfires on grapes remains minimal 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Not just with January’s tragedy or March’s closures, but rather an all-encompassing look at this remarkable team, which traces back to a 13-year-old Black boy who wanted to be the best cotton picker in Mississippi. Granderson: Spencer Haywood's efforts for equality helped pave road to Lakers' 17th NBA title 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The area is also a significant site for cockle pickers. Environmental impact of train fire to be assessed 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In San Francisco, a picker who fills orders at an Amazon Fresh center sued over safeguards. Workers and customers are catching COVID-19. Should businesses escape blame? 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z |
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