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The fabled Polish plumber - Eastern European workers face fresh conflict in Scandinavia (Photo: Polish tourist information office in Paris)

Polish embassy under fire over minimum wage in Denmark

Danish trade unions have accused the Polish embassy in Copenhagen of encouraging Polish construction workers to ignore the collective agreements that regulate the Danish labour market.

The trade union has been backed by the June Movement, Junibevaegelsen, Denmark's eurosceptic party.

They argue that the Danish labour model is being undermined but their opponents believe that the Danish trade union model itself undermines the EU principle of freedom of movement.

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The fabled Polish plumber - Eastern European workers face fresh conflict in Scandinavia (Photo: Polish tourist information office in Paris)

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