27th August 2012, 07:03 PM
Kel Wrote:Archaeology has exactly the same employment conditions as any other employment field then.Not exactly true. The nature of archaeology means that it is dominated by temporary contracts. These precarious working conditions mean that organising labour is very difficult. While there has been a shift in many other workplaces towards temporary contracts, few other industries have a workforce which moves about as much as archaeology. It may be different in the UK? But in Ireland you would more then likely end up shifting from one end of the country to follow work - when there was work. This means it is extremely hard to organise, and difficult to keep an eye on maverick employers.