10th May 2010, 04:46 PM
All the basics seem to be set out adequately and for the stage we're at it's worth working from the general to the specific. I had an interesting conversation down the pub the other night, about unionisation and discovered that a guy who DJ's occassionally is a UCATT (Union of construction, allied trades and technicians) representative. The up shot of this is that the possibility of the aforementioned union being able to represent archaeologists on large construction projects. I need to talk to the guy in more detail but I can see no reason why archaeologists should not be represented by UCATT . On a recent job which I worked on they had a very visible presence through news letters being left in cabins. They seem to be very proactive for their membership. Worth taking into consideration as they are sizeable union with membership of approximately of 120000, all of whom generally work in the same work environment as archaeologists!:face-approve: