Trade union responses to migrant workers from the ‘new Europe’: A three sector comparison in the UK,Norway and Germany

Abstract

This article compares trade union strategies towards migrant workers from the ‘new Europe’. The analysis focuses on three sectors in the UK, Norway and Germany. We conclude that trade union responses to these migrant workers are shaped by the complex interplay of national industrial relations systems, sectoral dynamics, EU regulation and the agency of individual trade unions.

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construction elder care food processing Germany migrant workers Norway trade unions UK

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