Indifference Not the Way to Treat Farmers ; Letters

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It is vitally important that the Government wakes up to the wealth of importance that UK farmers bring to our daily lives. To treat the food makers with anything approaching indifference is defying all the acceptable rules of common sense.

D Harvey Chippenham Join the debate Letters to the Editor, Western Daily Press, Temple Way, Bristol, BS99 7HD Email wdletters@bepp.co.uk Is the present government treating the farmers with the same indifference as the previous government did? It seems possible, following the statement that the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) is in the spotlight for cuts, according to TUC South West regional secretary Nigel Costly, who states that "settled and harmonious" arrangements in industrial relations are at risk. I am particularly drawn to this phrase, because it is bordering on contempt of the present situation between farm workers and paymasters.

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Indifference Not the Way to Treat Farmers ; Letters

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