27th April 2011, 12:23 PM
We as a profession need:
An Institute/guild/union/club/whatever to listen to us and represent us, ALL of US. It should provide a clear career path with clear and agreed pay structures, holidays, conditions etc. It should lay down full specifications and methodologies for ALL parts of our profession. It should be held as a "must" to join. It should support 100% the Valletta terms and agreements. All this should be in clear and concise understandable English. It should not shy away from calling us Field Archaeologists or just Archaeologists for that’s what we are (yes even the pen pushers). Please stop calling me a Heritage Professional...I’m an ARCHAEOLOGIST and proud of it!
An Institute/guild/union/club/whatever to listen to us and represent us, ALL of US. It should provide a clear career path with clear and agreed pay structures, holidays, conditions etc. It should lay down full specifications and methodologies for ALL parts of our profession. It should be held as a "must" to join. It should support 100% the Valletta terms and agreements. All this should be in clear and concise understandable English. It should not shy away from calling us Field Archaeologists or just Archaeologists for that’s what we are (yes even the pen pushers). Please stop calling me a Heritage Professional...I’m an ARCHAEOLOGIST and proud of it!