8th June 2007, 10:30 AM
Quote:quote:I pointed out once that some grades should be up to 42% upgraded.. but then how do you do that in one go... you can't...
I don't mean to criticize your efforts Mr Host; on its own, there is only so much that BAJR can do.
The real villains of the piece aren't SCAUM either, they are there to represent the interests of (some) employers, not employees (Hmm, employers want to pay workers low wages...Shock!), although it would be nice if they took a more far-sighted view about the state of working conditions in field archaeology.
The IFA? Well, over the years they have shown themselves to represent only the interests of the employers in the wages debate. Why don't they set a 5% increase (a token improvement at least), and then kick the Local Authority units out of the RAO scheme if they can't manage it. That would be the brave and decent thing for them to do at this point but its too much to expect.
What I want to know is what the hell are PROSPECT up to? The sum total of all their years negotiations with SCAUM is a statement that wages should go up by inflation??? I am, and will remain, a subs payer for the legal back-up that it provides, but I wonder what my subs are being spent on; evidently not 'negotiating skills' courses.