Immigrant workers are increasingly essential to the EU economy as Europe's population continues to decline. In Ireland there has been an influx of approximately 250,000 migrants into the country since 1997. Using a recent survey of citizens in the European Union the attitudes of Irish workers...

Purpose – The paper's purpose is to examine the propensity of recent immigrants to join Irish trade unions compared to Irish workers. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on the 2005 Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), a quarterly survey carried out by the Central...