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'Getting a whole new group of people who you can treat badly until they get sick of it is not a plan,' EU trade union chief Esther Lynch warns (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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Non-EU workers to fill gaps 'not a plan', warns union boss

Attracting people from outside the EU to fill its acute labour shortages is not a "fair" solution for workers, European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) general secretary Esther Lynch has told EUobserver in an interview, saying the drive to fill employment gaps has to start at home.

"We are absolutely not against labour migration (...) but we don't want to create an exploitative tool in the hands of employers," Lynch said, referring to the

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

'Getting a whole new group of people who you can treat badly until they get sick of it is not a plan,' EU trade union chief Esther Lynch warns (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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