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An advertising campaign by the Swedish contruction worker’s union has the temerity to suggest that preventing immigrants from competing on price helps them avoid exploitation. Basically, by not working, you’re not being exploited, goes the reasoning. Of course, unions, like any other interest group, should look after their members, so if Swedish construction workers want to lobby the government for mercantilist laws to protect them from having to compete with eager hardworking Poles and Latvians, let them; but they must not be allowed to get away with baldfaced lies: They are not<\/b> on the side of the poor; immigrants are not<\/b> being exploited when they undercut Sweden’s union rates. Instead, it is Swedish consumers who are being exploited by high prices when they cannot access competitive labor markets.
 
The whole point of free trade and the free movement of labor — indeed, the raison d’\u00eatre<\/em> of the EU — is that countries specialize in producing those goods and services they have a comparative advantage in. For Poles, their advantage is price. For Swedes, it is technology. Both countries will have far more winners than losers when they trade goods and labor, but it is important to realize that you cannot have those winners without the losers. The solution is not kneejerk protectionism, it is training those who lose out so they can find new jobs. A generous welfare state makes this solution all the easier.
 
No luck getting this message across in Europe. Except for Ireland and the UK, all current EU member states will prevent acceding member states’ citizens (except the minuscule ones) from looking for work on their turf when they join, for up to seven years. Read this Guardian Special report<\/a>. It reads like an ode to callousness.
 
And it is the perfect recipe for disillusionment. Take one EU, problems and all, then throw out the redeeming bits. Now stuff it down the newcomers’ throats. The upshot: Belgian EU citizens can work in Sweden because they are already rich. Polish EU citizens cannot, because they are too poor.
 
At least the British government “says it expects economic benefits from migrant workers,” according to the Guardian. Why can’t anyone else see this? Jean Monnet is turning in his grave.<\/span>Under helgen best\u00e4mde jag mig redan att jag skulle skriva h\u00e4r p\u00e5 svenska om Byggnadsarbetaref\u00f6rbundets<\/a> annonskampanj<\/a> som jag m\u00e4rkte up i tunnelbana f\u00f6rra veckan. Idag, lyckligtvis f\u00f6r er som pratar b\u00e4ttre svenska \u00e4n jag, skrev Peter Wolodarski p\u00e5 DN<\/a> allt som jag ville s\u00e4ga, men i mycket b\u00e4ttre svenska och i mer detalj. Kampanj \u00e4r skamlig.<\/p>\n

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Jag vill bara stryker under n\u00e5gra saker. Jag kan f\u00f6rst\u00e5 att Byggnads vill tillvarata deras medlemmars intressen, och att det betyder att de inte vill ha invandrare som jobbar f\u00f6r mindre pengar h\u00e4r i Sverige, d\u00e4rf\u00f6r att Byggnads inte \u00e4r konkurrenskraftig med invandrare. Men Byggnads ljuger helt enkelt n\u00e4r de p\u00e5st\u00e5r att de vill hj\u00e4lpa invandrare undvika utnyttjande. Invandrare som kommer till Sverige som byggnadsarbetare tj\u00e4nar mer pengar h\u00e4r \u00e4n hemma. Det \u00e4r inte dumpning. Dumpning betyder s\u00e4lja under kostpris f\u00f6r att \u00f6del\u00e4gga konkurrensen.<\/p>\n

EUs utvidgning bevisa att det inte \u00e4r invandrare som utnyttjas, det \u00e4r vi svenska konsumenter som \u00e4r utnyttjat av Byggnadsarbetaref\u00f6rbundet. De \u00e4r f\u00f6r dyra i den nya EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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