Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Woolfson, Charles

Titel

Labour Standards and Migration in the New Europe: Post-Communist Legacies and Perspectives

Ist Teil von

• European journal of industrial relations, 2007-07, Vol.13 (2), p.199-218

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2007

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The post-communist New Member States of Eastern Europe have experienced significant forms of labour exploitation, with deterioration in labour standards and the working environment. This is leading to increasing labour force `exit' on a scale not hitherto anticipated. Migrant workers from the Baltic states, paid lower wages and with poorer working conditions, have been at the centre of a number of high-profile labour disputes in the EU-15. This article uses Latvia as a case study in order to discuss the implications of increasing labour migration for the New Member States and for labour standards in the wider EU.