20th October 2010, 01:51 PM
monty Wrote:ain't we just...and for all the talk (and action) in the last few years...... we are still right down there and it be gettin' deeper by the day !!! :face-rain:course joining and getting involved in either/and a union/DF seem to fill most staff with fear. i'm the only union member at my employer, and when i have spoken to other colleagues of their joining - solidarity sister/brother - their reaction has been less than enthusiastic - by the by, my younger sister, who is not an archaeologist, but who has had work related problems would not dream of joining a union; this despite a long history of conservative union members (indeed the old printers' chapels were more true blue than dead red) - and i wonder whether it is an age-related problem
any answers?
Also at the DF annual meeting there were i believe 8 attendees - pretty woeful - even if it was in London and hard to get to for most - at least 4 of which came from outside