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...four children. Coming to Dublin was a "crazy thing," said Oska. He had never left Poland before. A trained electrician, he now makes twice as much sweeping up as he did at home plying his trade. It isn't just the guys who put in the hours. Bozena Ukalska, 47, a shop assistant, is one of those who did not choose Britain or Ireland. She settled outside Madrid and works weekends and holidays. But she knows what is required: "You come here to work," Ukalska says...
...Bozena Ukalska SHOP ASSISTANT A former religion teacher from southeastern Poland, Bozena Ukalska, 47, had already spent fruitless months job hunting when her husband was laid off from the local automobile plant. So in 2005, she says, "we decided to leave. That's better than sitting and crying and begging for help." They went to Spain where at first she worked illicitly, earning cash in hand as a cleaning lady. A year later, Spain opened its labor markets to new E.U. citizens and she took legal employment near Madrid in a shop selling Polish products. Today, Ukalska earns...
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