Workaway: The Human Costs of Europe's Common Labour Market
Jonathon W. Moses
Abstract
The drive to create a common labour market in Europe has proceeded with little thought given to the particular needs of labour. After all, a large (geographic) market benefits investors and consumers more than workers, ceteris paribus, as it is costly for workers to move great distance. This book examines the process of market integration in Europe to show how it has undermined the power and influence of European workers, and results in a market that generates significant human costs. In the absence of tools for stabilizing local labour markets, European workers now bear the main burden of eco ... More
The drive to create a common labour market in Europe has proceeded with little thought given to the particular needs of labour. After all, a large (geographic) market benefits investors and consumers more than workers, ceteris paribus, as it is costly for workers to move great distance. This book examines the process of market integration in Europe to show how it has undermined the power and influence of European workers, and results in a market that generates significant human costs. In the absence of tools for stabilizing local labour markets, European workers now bear the main burden of economic adjustment. This burden comes in the form of high unemployment levels, falling wages, shrinking welfare supports and market-forced migration, or workaway.
Keywords:
Migration,
EU,
Optimum Currency Area,
Labour power,
Migration,
Justice
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2021 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781529211016 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: January 2022 |
DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781529211016.001.0001 |
