11th May 2010, 06:09 PM
Please try and keep this thread serious... plenty of place for humour elsewhere...
In reply to Jack..
Which brings us back to it again... yes people do have to join in a majority number. However, once again, we are heading off in the wrong direction for what a union does... it is not just about pay and conditions... it is more than that. YEs it would be good to have a method for which employers could discuss with unions about the issues. At the moment... BAJR is all there is... and I would dearly like not to. I sent out over 250 consultation documents... and as the most recent adverts have shown, the 2% rise has been accepted. Its not about rises, or minimum.. its about keeping the momentumn going until we can have a proper negotiation about the fabled IfA Benchmarking
I am in the union, but don't need to worry about pay and conditions, as I set my own, being a self employed person... I tell clients or companies how much I charge and what I will do... plus any expenses I will charge. However I do feel safer with the power of the union to support me should I need it, plus all the other benefits. I am glad that Jack took the time to learn about unions... hopefully, this will show that unions are more than striking and confrontation... its about support and help.
Its not much, and it will help archaeology as a whole... the companies, the archaeologists, the training (we are already ready to launch) the standards, this needs a cooperative effort... and is basicly a last chance... if field staff don't get invovled now, they will have given away the right to whinge. Don't like the way things are.... get invoveld. We are having another meeting in June... and I want to see more comment on teh charter....
There are only three main sections... so any comment.... :face-thinks:
In reply to Jack..
Quote:the majority of archaeologists have to be in a union before anything is likely to happen
Which brings us back to it again... yes people do have to join in a majority number. However, once again, we are heading off in the wrong direction for what a union does... it is not just about pay and conditions... it is more than that. YEs it would be good to have a method for which employers could discuss with unions about the issues. At the moment... BAJR is all there is... and I would dearly like not to. I sent out over 250 consultation documents... and as the most recent adverts have shown, the 2% rise has been accepted. Its not about rises, or minimum.. its about keeping the momentumn going until we can have a proper negotiation about the fabled IfA Benchmarking
I am in the union, but don't need to worry about pay and conditions, as I set my own, being a self employed person... I tell clients or companies how much I charge and what I will do... plus any expenses I will charge. However I do feel safer with the power of the union to support me should I need it, plus all the other benefits. I am glad that Jack took the time to learn about unions... hopefully, this will show that unions are more than striking and confrontation... its about support and help.
Its not much, and it will help archaeology as a whole... the companies, the archaeologists, the training (we are already ready to launch) the standards, this needs a cooperative effort... and is basicly a last chance... if field staff don't get invovled now, they will have given away the right to whinge. Don't like the way things are.... get invoveld. We are having another meeting in June... and I want to see more comment on teh charter....
There are only three main sections... so any comment.... :face-thinks: