The UK construction industry labour market is characterized by high levels of self-employment,
subcontracting, informality and flexibility. A corollary of this, and a sign of the increasing globalization of
construction, has been an increasing reliance on migrant labour, particularly that from the Eastern European
Accession states. Yet, little is known about how migrant workers’ experiences within and outside work shape
their work in the construction sector. In this context better qualitative understandings of the social and
communication networks through which migrant workers gain employment, create routes through the sector
and develop their role/career are needed. We draw on two examples from a short-term ethnographic study
of migrant construction worker employment experiences and practices in the town of Crewe in Cheshire,
UK, to demonstrate how informal networks intersect with formal elements of the sector to facilitate both
recruitment and up-skilling. Such research knowledge, we argue, offers new evidence of the importance of
attending to migrant workers’ own experiences in the development of more transparent recruitment
processes.
The UK construction industry labour market is characterized by high levels of self-employment,subcontracting, informality and flexibility. A corollary of this, and a sign of the increasing globalization ofconstruction, has been an increasing reliance on migrant labour, particularly that from the Eastern EuropeanAccession states. Yet, little is known about how migrant workers’ experiences within and outside work shapetheir work in the construction sector. In this context better qualitative understandings of the social andcommunication networks through which migrant workers gain employment, create routes through the sectorand develop their role/career are needed. We draw on two examples from a short-term ethnographic studyof migrant construction worker employment experiences and practices in the town of Crewe in Cheshire,UK, to demonstrate how informal networks intersect with formal elements of the sector to facilitate bothrecruitment and up-skilling. Such research knowledge, we argue, offers new evidence of the importance ofattending to migrant workers’ own experiences in the development of more transparent recruitmentprocesses.
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