In Part II of our four-part story on berry pickers in Finland, we find Jenpreeya and her husband traveling with hundreds of other workers to Finland to begin their work. They encounter frustrations along the way but keep collecting berries day in and day out. Did their gamble to travel so far pay off for the couple?
It was on June 27, 2022 when Jenpreeya and her husband left their two children and elderly parents behind in Nong Bua Lamphu province. After arriving at the Helsinki Airport, they rode in transport arranged by the company to Hollola, about 100 kilometers north. Despite the cold weather, Jenpreeya was sweating as the bus was packed and they had to stand for a long time.
She felt the heat even more once learned that they had to pay an extra transport fee of 100 euros ($107/3,800 baht) to the company.
Finally, before the new workers there appeared a three-storey, yellow…
