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

Charles Woolfson

University of Latvia, Latvia and University of Glasgow, UK, C.Woolfson{at}law.gla.ac.uk

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.

Key Words: labour migration • labour standards • Latvia • New Member States • post-communism

European Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 13, No. 2, 199-218 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107078253
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