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Labour Standards and Migration in the New Europe: Post-Communist Legacies and Perspectives
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Free Keywords
labour migration; labour standards; Latvia; New Member States; post-communism;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Page/Pages
p. 199-218
Journal
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 13 (2007) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680107078253
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)