ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Polish and Lithuanian Workers: Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Unions, 2004-2006 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6284</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> Anderson, B.<br>University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)<br>Trades Union Congress<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Data Collector</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Trades Union Congress<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsors</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Trades Union Congress<br>University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> September 2009 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> Anderson, B. and Trades Union Congress, <i> Polish and Lithuanian Workers: Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Unions, 2004-2006</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], September 2009. SN: 6284, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6284-1 </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> B. Anderson and Trades Union Congress </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 6284 . Polish and Lithuanian Workers: Opportunities and Challenges for Trade Unions, 2004-2006<br> </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>Anderson, B. , University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>Anderson, B. , University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)</h5> <h5>Trades Union Congress</h5> <H3>Data Collector:</H3> <H5>Trades Union Congress<br></H5> <H3>Sponsors:</H3><H5> Trades Union Congress<br>University of Oxford. COMPAS (Centre on Migration, Policy and Society)<br> </H5> <h3> Other Acknowledgements: </h3> <h5>Translation and data input: Dr Violetta Parutis<br> Analysis: Nick Clark<br></h5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>This research project, conducted jointly by the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford, and the Trades Union Congress (TUC), surveyed Polish and Lithuanian nationals working in the UK who had requested TUC leaflets on employment rights and the role of trades unions. The survey explored the kinds of difficulties experienced by Polish and Lithuanian workers in the UK labour market, and their potential for joining trades unions. More specifically, it addressed:<ul><li>who is a member of or wants to join a trades union and why?</li><li>what are the obstacles to joining a trades union?</li><li>where are prospective union members working?</li><li>what are the kinds of difficulties that Polish and Lithuanian workers in the UK face in their employment relations and conditions?</li></ul>Further information about the project may be found in the documentation, and more generally, on the Compas <a href="http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/research/labourmarkets/" title="Compas: Labour Markets">Labour Markets<a/> web page.<br> <br></h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'> Time Period Covered:</i> May 2004 - February 2006 <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> August 2005 - February 2006 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> United Kingdom <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> Workplace regions in the UK <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Polish and Lithuanian nationals working in the UK in 2004-2006 </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Cross-sectional (one-time) study <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Purposive selection/case studies; Volunteer sample<br> Questionnaire sent to Workers Registration Scheme participants who had requested TUC leaflet <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 508 individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Postal survey; Self-completion <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> No weighting used </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 29 September 2009<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5> B. Anderson and Trades Union Congress</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>10 January 2012</h5> </body></html>