12th October 2011, 10:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 12th October 2011, 10:28 PM by GnomeKing.)
I have made my views on this know before ;
this absolutely is Exploitation !!! it is UNACCEPTABLE !!! -
use the union middle-person if you can - but remember ALL employees have the right to act Collectively at ANY time...
The idea that "these are hard times" or that the company itself is hard up against 'the wall' is a total DEAD END !
The concept if the 'criss of capitalism' is hardly new - however now we face a Business World that has adopted the concept as an excuse and justification for whatever they want ("sorry, its the recession...")
Unfortunately, if companies can not operate in manner consistent with our (Non-Existent) Charter and remain financially viable, then they MUST go bust (sorry)
(same as on the larger scale: i.e. some banks also need to fail, and European nations to default en mass)
Managers/Executives must be forced into the embarrassment of explaining to a client why they only get 5.5 hours on site a day, or why the costs must go up to meet the requirement for equitable employment conditions.
The collapse of companies that can not meet the requirements for a sustainable future for archaeologists (not to mention equitable pay and conditions NOW) will create the space for better systems to be put in place.
This is not a new issue : 10+ years, not an awful lot changed - people need to take a stance, make a stand NOW, even though it might not benefit them immediately, or even perhaps never directly....
2 hours unpaid travel time (on standard archaeological salary) is absolutely unacceptable > maybe the company (and any others operating the same) should be named (but not here!) and reported to the IFA, and any other relevant employment law body....
!
this absolutely is Exploitation !!! it is UNACCEPTABLE !!! -
use the union middle-person if you can - but remember ALL employees have the right to act Collectively at ANY time...
The idea that "these are hard times" or that the company itself is hard up against 'the wall' is a total DEAD END !
The concept if the 'criss of capitalism' is hardly new - however now we face a Business World that has adopted the concept as an excuse and justification for whatever they want ("sorry, its the recession...")
Unfortunately, if companies can not operate in manner consistent with our (Non-Existent) Charter and remain financially viable, then they MUST go bust (sorry)
(same as on the larger scale: i.e. some banks also need to fail, and European nations to default en mass)
Managers/Executives must be forced into the embarrassment of explaining to a client why they only get 5.5 hours on site a day, or why the costs must go up to meet the requirement for equitable employment conditions.
The collapse of companies that can not meet the requirements for a sustainable future for archaeologists (not to mention equitable pay and conditions NOW) will create the space for better systems to be put in place.
This is not a new issue : 10+ years, not an awful lot changed - people need to take a stance, make a stand NOW, even though it might not benefit them immediately, or even perhaps never directly....
2 hours unpaid travel time (on standard archaeological salary) is absolutely unacceptable > maybe the company (and any others operating the same) should be named (but not here!) and reported to the IFA, and any other relevant employment law body....
!