labourer

Junior officers enforced the order ruthlessly - contract labourers were told, "No advances, no jobs, unless you get vasectomies."

With every grape having to be picked by hand, producers rely on some 120,000 seasonal labourers every autumn, many of whom are recruited via agencies.

He said he worked for years as a day labourer, but gained citizenship and has four children who graduated from college.

Typically, their gatherings include dozens of day labourers, many of whom are undocumented immigrants, seeking work from shoppers or contractors.

The 35-year-old was working as an agricultural labourer in southern Israel when he was kidnapped.