27th September 2012, 02:24 PM
RedEarth Wrote:My main concern with the IfA is that this seems a waste of effort given the other problems of pay and conditions within archaeology.
I suspect that once again folk are thinking that IfA is a trade union - it isn't.
The only way that pay and conditions will be improved for professional archaeologists is through workers organising and campaigning for improvement. IfA can't do that - it is legally bound NOT to do that. The way that is done in most western democracies is through properly constituted trade unions or workers councils or trades councils and through negotiation with employers....
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