15th March 2006, 02:26 PM
From the tone of this discussion (and other threads) it is clear that one of the main 'drags' keeping wages low is the restrictions on the freedom of Local Government owned units.
Personally, I think that LG ownership of units is a bit of an anachronism in the modern world of archaeology, and there are other serious problems with them as well as their effect on wages.
I would favour the idea that all remaining LG units should cut their ties with their authorities, whether that means becoming genuinely independent organisations or being taken over by other commercial organisations. Amongst other benefits, they would then be free of LG restrictions on pay, and it would be much easier to achieve increases across the board.
Uni-based units might still be a problem, but their wage structure has historically had much less influence over the rest of archaeology.
1man1desk
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Personally, I think that LG ownership of units is a bit of an anachronism in the modern world of archaeology, and there are other serious problems with them as well as their effect on wages.
I would favour the idea that all remaining LG units should cut their ties with their authorities, whether that means becoming genuinely independent organisations or being taken over by other commercial organisations. Amongst other benefits, they would then be free of LG restrictions on pay, and it would be much easier to achieve increases across the board.
Uni-based units might still be a problem, but their wage structure has historically had much less influence over the rest of archaeology.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished