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Organising Migrant Workers in Construction |
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Written by Ian Fitzgerald
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Monday, 29 May 2006 |
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In 2005 the TUC funded a number of migrant worker organising projects in the regions. This report details the Northern TUC project which sort to recruit and organise Polish workers in the construction sector in the North East of England. The report details the nature of the sector at a regional level, the growing influence of migrant workers, and the type of condtions these Polish workers were found to be working under. It goes on to detail the developing strategy used by UCATT, and the project team, to engage with thse workers. This developing strategy not only helped Polish workers to improve their desperate situation but also assisted in maintaining collective local and national agreements. The final section of the report gives an honest assesment of the startegy used and gives reccomendations on the future development of policies with regard to migrant workers in the region.
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