3rd December 2008, 06:47 PM
This may be a somewhat unpopular adition to this debate but I do think we do have to partly blame ourselves for the lack of representation and direction in negotiating anything. It seems that trying to arange any groups of archaeologists to achieve anything is like herding cats.
We (myself included) all rely on David for far too much and we can hardly be relied upon to provide support when it is needed, where was everyone at the last BAJR conerence for example.
But yet BAJR is usually a first port of call when we have a problem... so how are we going to work things if David is expected to run a union as well?
It is a good idea to form a BAJR group but it needs far far more commitment than we as a proffession have provided in the past.
And we would have a much stronger union presence if all archaeologists would join and be active within unions - if you are a circuit digger and you move around most companies dont have representation but if all circuit diggers joined a union then this problem would be eased.
We (myself included) all rely on David for far too much and we can hardly be relied upon to provide support when it is needed, where was everyone at the last BAJR conerence for example.
But yet BAJR is usually a first port of call when we have a problem... so how are we going to work things if David is expected to run a union as well?
It is a good idea to form a BAJR group but it needs far far more commitment than we as a proffession have provided in the past.
And we would have a much stronger union presence if all archaeologists would join and be active within unions - if you are a circuit digger and you move around most companies dont have representation but if all circuit diggers joined a union then this problem would be eased.