13th July 2014, 08:41 PM
Tool Wrote:I was being a little tongue in cheek about the simplicity, but I do believe that the pressure to increase our wages and conditions ultimately has to be applied from outside of our little industry - we're not powerful enough to directly influence what a developer is prepared to pay. And yes, stronger legislation would help!But stronger legislation is only likely to have an effect if it limits those allowed to carry out the trade of archaeologist. As there is at present no industry wide 'standard' for what constitutes archaeological proficiency, it seems likely that membership of the IfA and/or academic qualification will become the criteria that define your applicability to work in the profession. I don't believe you and many other folk really want to go down that route....
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