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Hyper-mobile migrant workers and Dutch trade union representation strategies at the Eemshaven construction sites
Nathan LillieLisa Berntsensubject
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementLabour economicsmigrant workersStrategy and ManagementLabour lawposted workersRepresentation (politics)workManagement of Technology and Innovation0502 economics and businessTrade union050602 political science & public administrationUKIndustrial relationsEnforcementLABORUNITED-KINGDOMConstructionindustryMigrant workersDutch industrial relationsSPAIN05 social sciences050209 industrial relationsta5142FINLANDGeneral Business Management and Accounting0506 political sciencemigrant8. Economic growthNORWAYmigrant organizingBusinessNexus (standard)RESPONSESdescription
The EU regulatory regime and employers’ cross-border recruitment practices complicate unions’ ability to represent increasingly diverse and transnationally mobile workers. Even in institutional contexts where the industrial relations structure and labour law are favourable, such as the Netherlands, unions struggle with maintaining labour standards for these workers. This article analyses Dutch union efforts to represent hyper-mobile construction workers at the Eemshaven construction sites. It shows that the nexus of subcontracting, transnational mobility, legal insularity and employer anti-unionism complicate enforcement so that even well-resourced unions can, at best, improve employment conditions for a limited set of workers and only for a limited period of time.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-01 |