Question

Many favor the free movement of labor within the United States.

• Is it inconsistent for these same people to also favor restrictions on the international movement of labor? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Free movement of labour means that workers are entitled to look for work in another country, without requiring any visa. Free movement of labour is a fundamental principle of the EU. It means EU citizens are entitled to look for a job in another EU country.

Free movement of labour within United States means that anyone can move from one City to another city without any restrictions for finding a job.

Labour cannot be Treated Like a Factor of Production. When the econmy is no longer stable or booming the foreign workers or temporary workers which tends to be immigrant labour force are the ones to bear the faith of the recessions in terms of redundancy . for instance the eastern European labour in the UK like the Polish workers may be returning to Poland, but there is a similar economic problem in eastern europe.

The free movement of labour has more disadvantage than just the advantage of migrating to other countries without any barriers or required permission of entry in the EU for its citizens it is also has to provide in terms of providing free education,healthcare and child benefits to its members when they relocate for work. which tend to bring huge burden on the welfare services. no doubt the host country has to divert some of its resources away from the citizens in other to take care of the migrant workers thus creating poor social welfare services.