13th June 2010, 01:15 PM
Reasonable rights for Parents & Carers are a significant issue, not to be confused with legal provions of Adequate Facilities, or indeed other issues of Gender Discrimination.
Union support will guarantee the rights, and defend the position of women (or men) who refuse to work on jobs that have Inadequate Facilities.
Union support will provide the legal support necessary to investigate and resolve Discrimination at work, though obviously subtle and complex issues are unlikely to have clear and simple solutions.
Union support will assist in the National Problem for All Workers of securing meaningful work-life balance. Parents of all descriptions....increasingly in future also Carers for the Elderly...also Partners for the terminally ill, bedridden/hospitalised, or severely disabled. This is apparently a Big Issue for Camerons 'Big Society' - it certainly goes beyond the archaeological profession, and we as archaeologists must realise that we can not see ourselves in isolation form other UK workers/professionals...we can either look to the Long Term or say bugger it and give up complaining...
Unions provide strong direct support for members who have been discriminated against at work for raising any of these issues - and Even Better, unions can also be used as an intermediary to raise these issues with an employer so that employee-employer Conflict over single issues is avoided in the first place.
Union support will guarantee the rights, and defend the position of women (or men) who refuse to work on jobs that have Inadequate Facilities.
Union support will provide the legal support necessary to investigate and resolve Discrimination at work, though obviously subtle and complex issues are unlikely to have clear and simple solutions.
Union support will assist in the National Problem for All Workers of securing meaningful work-life balance. Parents of all descriptions....increasingly in future also Carers for the Elderly...also Partners for the terminally ill, bedridden/hospitalised, or severely disabled. This is apparently a Big Issue for Camerons 'Big Society' - it certainly goes beyond the archaeological profession, and we as archaeologists must realise that we can not see ourselves in isolation form other UK workers/professionals...we can either look to the Long Term or say bugger it and give up complaining...
Unions provide strong direct support for members who have been discriminated against at work for raising any of these issues - and Even Better, unions can also be used as an intermediary to raise these issues with an employer so that employee-employer Conflict over single issues is avoided in the first place.