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Miguel Cambezes also points out that today's processing tomato harvest is almost entirely mechanized, but that labor is still needed, at a time when recruitment difficulties are increasingly common in many sectors. "As manufacturers, we recruit a large number of employees for the season, who were obviously easier to find in the past when we called on students on vacation, many of whom wanted to work in the factories, take training courses and boost their incomes. Today, the situation is less straightforward, but I think the difficulties are comparable to those that exist in the most diverse sectors," he stated. Without making any value judgments, as Mr. Cambezes pointed out, these difficulties are linked to the "new attitudes" that people have adopted in relation to work, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic. 
AIT maintains that the processing tomato industry must adapt to this new reality, even if existing scenarios are impractical, such as the four-day working week. "During the campaign, we work seven days a week, 24 hours a day. It's a sector that won't accept human resources management that doesn't involve full utilization and maximization of resources. During the campaign, we may only stop to clean and maintain the equipment," he explained.
