13th February 2014, 01:48 PM
Agreed/... the unions are piss poor. ( sorry to those in the archaeology branch...) they just are. so what to do? wanting the IfA to become a union is not the function of a professional institute.
Now the tricky one... the IfA can only investigate after a complaint has been made. and your complaint will be stronger if you gather together evidence.
So... you gather the info to make the case stronger. ie... you see that although the staffing was supposed to be 5 professional staff you have 4 and 2 of them are students. a quick call to the curator... or even to myself for me to pass onto the curator and they can visit and check...
or you are "employed" but get cash in hand. log the payments, the receipts and the record of your request for a P60 for example.
DIgging muddy holes and filling in context sheets in the van are the practices that can be logged. checked, verified. and if we would like to be professionals, then it is time to act like them./ this is a first step. One that I persona;;ly still don't agree with, as per the issues we still have, but it has happened. and so... rather than wish for an alternative reality to snap into place. what do we do with this opportunity. same old same old? or mould it as we want.
I am suspecting you may have been one of the few that did vote in teh council elections... in which case you have made a difference... as the council is pushing up minimum grade rates as is BAJR. the ones that have not made a difference are those that never voted and risked the takeover by more... shall we say ... corporate interests.
Now the tricky one... the IfA can only investigate after a complaint has been made. and your complaint will be stronger if you gather together evidence.
Quote:Can't the Institute of FA investigate without a complaint?imagine a police force that investigates you even if they have no evidence that you have committed a crime?
So... you gather the info to make the case stronger. ie... you see that although the staffing was supposed to be 5 professional staff you have 4 and 2 of them are students. a quick call to the curator... or even to myself for me to pass onto the curator and they can visit and check...
or you are "employed" but get cash in hand. log the payments, the receipts and the record of your request for a P60 for example.
Quote:Everyone in the IFA knows the appalling reputation of a certain companyEveryone knows the reputation of everyone elses company... you could say that my company are terrible, that they don't pay and use cheap labour. but gossip and heresay can't be the basis of a complaint. "Everyone knows it" is not a valid context for formal disciplinary procedures. I have the same with a company ... I know, they know I know,... but l had to act within the law. Which meant doing things by teh book.
DIgging muddy holes and filling in context sheets in the van are the practices that can be logged. checked, verified. and if we would like to be professionals, then it is time to act like them./ this is a first step. One that I persona;;ly still don't agree with, as per the issues we still have, but it has happened. and so... rather than wish for an alternative reality to snap into place. what do we do with this opportunity. same old same old? or mould it as we want.
I am suspecting you may have been one of the few that did vote in teh council elections... in which case you have made a difference... as the council is pushing up minimum grade rates as is BAJR. the ones that have not made a difference are those that never voted and risked the takeover by more... shall we say ... corporate interests.