22nd April 2010, 09:58 PM
I would like to repeat Austins "thanks" - for a while i thought 'maybe its not so bad'....but NOW I remember!
Dinosaur is 'right' - this might be a European Issue - that means we need Even More Solidarity with European Workers, who surely must at some point be exploited, if they can undercut low paid UK workers...
(anyone hear Camerons weak debate on europe just now?)
Problems with Undercutting are already an internal UK problem...Europe makes the pool bigger...strong Unions and Regulatory Bodies are the way forward for All workers and All archaeology...membership and harmonisation must be the way forward...not Reactionary Apathy.
Dino' is also 'right' about the willingness of workers to work that is paid too low because they have no other option (if they want money anyway) - at least, its an important and real situation that should be pointed out...it is at the very heart of Limits To Progression for the profession, and is the very essence of why archaeological workers need Collective Organisation and Negotiating Power - the diggers charter would aim to harmonise different Unions and Professional organisations towards this end, and make the powers of Regulating Bodies more effective in protecting both the archaeologist and the archaeology.
I am heartily glad that majority of members here have realised this.
Dinosaur is 'right' - this might be a European Issue - that means we need Even More Solidarity with European Workers, who surely must at some point be exploited, if they can undercut low paid UK workers...
(anyone hear Camerons weak debate on europe just now?)
Problems with Undercutting are already an internal UK problem...Europe makes the pool bigger...strong Unions and Regulatory Bodies are the way forward for All workers and All archaeology...membership and harmonisation must be the way forward...not Reactionary Apathy.
Dino' is also 'right' about the willingness of workers to work that is paid too low because they have no other option (if they want money anyway) - at least, its an important and real situation that should be pointed out...it is at the very heart of Limits To Progression for the profession, and is the very essence of why archaeological workers need Collective Organisation and Negotiating Power - the diggers charter would aim to harmonise different Unions and Professional organisations towards this end, and make the powers of Regulating Bodies more effective in protecting both the archaeologist and the archaeology.
I am heartily glad that majority of members here have realised this.