23rd February 2010, 02:31 PM
A fully unionised workforce? And what exactly does that do if the trade union is not voluntarily recognised by the great majority of companies employing less than 21 people?
And I'm not sure that the union (or unions) talking to Fame would do the job. Maybe they could agree industry wide pay minima with companies who have recognised unions, those companies that haven't recognised won't have to abide by the agreed minima.... isn't something very similar in place already?
Companies named and shamed... is all well and good if everybody out there would stop working for companies that had been named and shamed... ???.
Conditions are set... but how do you do this across the board? Same conditions for every employer regardless of turnover, overheads, etc? Who sets the minima?
Yes I support joining a union, talking to Fame, instituting better conditions, pay etc., and the probable result will be gradual improvement of terms and conditions for long term employees. Own goal?
There is one obvious course of action open to each and every individual... stop applying for and taking archaeological jobs with godawful wages and conditions. And if you're dozy enough to take the job and find that you don't like godawful wages and conditions then get up off your backside and walk out of the site hut.
And I'm not sure that the union (or unions) talking to Fame would do the job. Maybe they could agree industry wide pay minima with companies who have recognised unions, those companies that haven't recognised won't have to abide by the agreed minima.... isn't something very similar in place already?
Companies named and shamed... is all well and good if everybody out there would stop working for companies that had been named and shamed... ???.
Conditions are set... but how do you do this across the board? Same conditions for every employer regardless of turnover, overheads, etc? Who sets the minima?
Yes I support joining a union, talking to Fame, instituting better conditions, pay etc., and the probable result will be gradual improvement of terms and conditions for long term employees. Own goal?
There is one obvious course of action open to each and every individual... stop applying for and taking archaeological jobs with godawful wages and conditions. And if you're dozy enough to take the job and find that you don't like godawful wages and conditions then get up off your backside and walk out of the site hut.
Happiness depends on ourselves.