Finland
Unions across the public sector have been taking a range of measures in support of migrant workers. In particular, they have been demanding tighter controls on sub-contracting to prevent migrant workers being exploited in a two-tier labour market. With more contracting out in the public sector and then further sub-contracting it becomes harder to monitor the application of collective agreements and unions want more effective legislation to solve this problem. A recent case taken up by the electricians’ union exposed how Turkish employees of a sub-contractor were not being paid the agreed rates.
Read more at > Trade union news (EN)
And on the Turkish electricians at > Trade union news (EN)
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