Germany labor market polish workers 04 29 2011

People chat on April 12, 2011 during a job fair in Wroclaw, Poland. Once feared by workforces in Austria as well as Germany, the proverbial Polish plumber is now being wooed as Vienna and Berlin seek to top up a shortage of skilled laborers as they fully open their job markets on May 1 to the eastern members who joined the EU in 2004.