Saturday, January 10, 2009

'No Irish' on Polish Construction Sites

Not a totally unexpected backlash to the abuse meted out to Polish Construction workers who had been working in Ireland for the past few years. I think the Trade Union movement warned about ensuring Migrant workers were paid decent rates and treated with dignity. Unfortunately cash hungry employers took complete advantage of the cheap labour coming from Europe. They will continue to do so until the Government accept the need for tight regulation and strong Union agreements in the vulnerable areas such as Construction and the Food Industry.

1 comments:

David Lindsay said...

We, too, will reap the whirlwind as a result of our the importation of a new working class whose members understand no English except commands, know little or nothing about workers’ rights here, can be moved around this country at will, and can be deported if they step out of line.