Immigration and European Trade Unions : a Comparative Study of the British and Finnish Trade Union Response to Immigration and Immigrant Workers
Ristikari, Tiina I. (2006)
Lataukset:
Ristikari, Tiina I.
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
2006
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20201214100462
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20201214100462
Kuvaus
1. Introduction
2. Methodology, terminology and conceptual issues
3. Immigration Regimes in the Western European Context
4. Immigrant groups, their rights and labour market disadvantage
5.Differences in Western European Trade Unions
6. Basis for comparison
7. The First Dilemma
7.1. Trade Unions and Immigration: the case of Britain
7.2. Trade Unions and Immigration: the case in Finland
8. The second dilemma
8.1. Trade union treatment of immigrant workers: the case of Britain
8.2. Trade union treatment of immigrant workers: the case of Finland
9. Conclusion
References.
2. Methodology, terminology and conceptual issues
3. Immigration Regimes in the Western European Context
4. Immigrant groups, their rights and labour market disadvantage
5.Differences in Western European Trade Unions
6. Basis for comparison
7. The First Dilemma
7.1. Trade Unions and Immigration: the case of Britain
7.2. Trade Unions and Immigration: the case in Finland
8. The second dilemma
8.1. Trade union treatment of immigrant workers: the case of Britain
8.2. Trade union treatment of immigrant workers: the case of Finland
9. Conclusion
References.
Tiivistelmä
This thesis will explore how European trade unions have in practice reacted to immigration and immigrant workers’ disadvantage in the labour market. Specifically in this study will attempt to answer two related questions:
1. What kinds of positions have trade unions taken towards immigration and immigrant workers in Western European countries, as exemplified by the response of the trade unions in two significantly different types of Western European countries, the United Kingdom and Finland, since immigration first became significant in each national context (post war Britain and late 1980s/early 1990s Finland)?
2. How were the newcomers treated upon arrival by the unions and, in the light of the labour market disadvantage of immigrants, how are trade unions dealing with issues of equal versus special treatment?
1. What kinds of positions have trade unions taken towards immigration and immigrant workers in Western European countries, as exemplified by the response of the trade unions in two significantly different types of Western European countries, the United Kingdom and Finland, since immigration first became significant in each national context (post war Britain and late 1980s/early 1990s Finland)?
2. How were the newcomers treated upon arrival by the unions and, in the light of the labour market disadvantage of immigrants, how are trade unions dealing with issues of equal versus special treatment?