18th May 2004, 02:31 AM
You are right and right Bolton.. If too much pressure is placed on companies then the reverse effect is seen with companies collapsing... wages increasing and nobody winning... 200 quid aweek is not bad when you comare to other jobs that are out there (and lets not forget that we should also enjoy what we are doing... and getting paid a reasonable ? per week)
What we will ahve to work on is the fact that (and I am talking as someone who used to make ?500 a week but still only took home 11grand a year!!) we have no real structure to our profession, no career ladder, no security from one week/month/year to the next... only by getting married to a non archaeologist am I actually sitting in a house!
BAJR and many others are working on this... because it affects us all...
?200 is not bad if it was every week... but.......
Stick with BAJR, The Digger, et al and we can make a difference
What we will ahve to work on is the fact that (and I am talking as someone who used to make ?500 a week but still only took home 11grand a year!!) we have no real structure to our profession, no career ladder, no security from one week/month/year to the next... only by getting married to a non archaeologist am I actually sitting in a house!
BAJR and many others are working on this... because it affects us all...
?200 is not bad if it was every week... but.......
Stick with BAJR, The Digger, et al and we can make a difference