New Technology, Work and Employment
Volume 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-105

The Internet, employment and Polish migrant workers: Communication, activism and competition in the new organisational spaces (Article)

Fitzgerald I.* , Hardy J. , Lucio M.M.
  • a School of the Built and Natural Environment, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
  • b University of Hertfordshire Business School, United Kingdom
  • c Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Abstract

This article discusses the content of Polish community-administered websites and trade union engagement. It is based on three sources of data, firstly, semi-structured interviews with Polish web administrators and trade union officers in the north of England. Secondly, audits of the location of Polish administered UK websites undertaken in April 2007 and 2008. Lastly, an in-depth thematic questionnaire was undertaken of websites in November 2008. The key findings are that the Internet is an increasingly systematic feature of new migrant politics and representation. Further the trade union movement is not 'at odds' with independent and virtual forms of communication and representation. It does pose questions of how to combine and coordinate these and create a more meaningful and sustainable dialogue based on a politics of empowerment. © 2012 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Author Keywords

activism Information hubs Community support Polish websites Migrant workers trade unions

Index Keywords

United Kingdom England trade union Internet World Wide Web empowerment Communication employment migrant worker
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862835856&doi=10.1111%2fj.1468-005X.2012.00279.x&partnerID=40&md5=04e72bc853b41105625cf1587aa79a0d
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2012.00279.x
ISSN: 02681072
Cited by: 15
Original Language: English