From 2004 to 2007 he was resident in the Baltic states as European Commission-appointed Marie Curie Chair based at the University of Latvia, conducting teaching and research in the three Baltic new EU member states. Recent publications have been on questions of labour migration, labour rights, industrial relations and workplace environment conditions in the context of European accession.

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■ The post-communist New Member States of Eastern Europe have experienced significant forms of labour exploitation, with deterioration in labour standards and the working environment. This is leading to increasing labour force 'exit' on a scale not hitherto anticipated. Migrant workers from the Baltic states, paid lower wages and with poorer working conditions, have been at the centre of a number of high-profile labour disputes in the EU-15. This article uses Latvia as a case study in order to discuss the implications of increasing labour migration for the New Member States and for labour standards in the wider EU.

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