# Labour crisis looms as Pacific meat workers head home - Sheep Central

> Pacific Island meat workers in Australia and New Zealand face expiry of four-year Pacific Labour Scheme terms starting June 2022, with one large processor expecting to lose around 90 Samoan or Solomon Islander workers. Samoa's government and a change of government in the Solomon Islands are driving the repatriation.

- Date: 2022-06-10 · published 2022-06-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/41058-labour-crisis-looms-as-pacific-meat-workers-head-home-sheep-central
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md)

## Why it matters

Labour shortages in Australian meat processing can reduce slaughter capacity and throughput, which could tighten cattle and sheep markets and affect byproduct supply.

## Read by commodity

- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2018-06-28 | [CS Packers, One Year Later - Western Ag Reporter](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64630-cs-packers-one-year-later-western-ag-reporter.md) | -1.2% | +2.2% |
| LCATTLE | 2018-07-30 | [New packing plant already looking to the future \| Western Livestock Journal](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64160-new-packing-plant-already-looking-to-the-future-western-livestock-journal.md) | +0.5% | -2.3% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-03-23 | [Cattle gridlock: EU border delays add to coronavirus strain on meat trade \| Meat industry \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54071-cattle-gridlock-eu-border-delays-add-to-coronavirus-strain-on-meat-trade-meat.md) | +1.6% | -5.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2019-10-01 | [Impacts of the Packing Plant Fire in Kansas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57219-impacts-of-the-packing-plant-fire-in-kansas.md) | +2.9% | +6.4% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-06-30 | [Cattle Futures May Have Difficulty Moving Higher](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24363-cattle-futures-may-have-difficulty-moving-higher.md) | -3.1% | +1.7% |

## Sources

- sheepcentral.com: https://www.sheepcentral.com/labour-crisis-looms-as-pacific-meat-workers-head-home/

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