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Re: A Musician's Union Victory

Author: SolidRockMan
Date: 2006-03-03 12:28

This controversial issue (dubbed 'the race to the bottom') has arisen in more than one area of employment in Ireland recently. Workers from Eastern Europe are indeed prepared to accept wages much lower than Irish norms, because even these rates are much better than what they can get at home.

On the one hand it's just the market ruling, but on the other hand there's a real risk that people will be exploited. Sadly the way of the world is that the latter outcome is very likely and there is plenty of evidence in Ireland to back up that conclusion.

I didn't know it was happening in music too but it's exactly the same issue and diz has missed the point. It's not about the nationalities of the musicians at all, but about maintaining minimum standards and the dignity of workers.

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