"Posting involves the sending of employees to other EU member states to provide temporary services. Posted workers are often confronted with precarious working conditions or even labour exploitation. As they are only in the host countries for a short period of time and usually do not speak the local language, representation by the trade unions of the host country has so far been virtually impossible. To address this problem, trade unions have developed new strategies to service and organise posted workers. The authors present three initiatives: “Fair Mobility” – an advisory service, the “Membership Light” – an initiative of the German union IG BAU, and a “Transnational Membership” launched by the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF). The examples can be interpreted as forms of inclusive transnational solidarity with varying scope. One of the preconditions is that motives of self-interest (preventing a deterioration of domestic working conditions) are combined with universal class or altruistic motives (supporting the exploited)."

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