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Campaign for a Living Wage
The Campaign for a Living Wage is a Diggers' Forum initiative bringing together the IfA, Prospect, FAME and David Connolly of BAJR to campaign for improved pay and conditions in archaeology. Download the mission statement here and get involved.
The Diggers’ Forum is looking for you, the voiceless majority, to join us in our efforts to make contract archaeology a viable career for those who might currently feel excluded from the debates. The Forum intends to represent archaeologists primarily involved in excavation and post-excavation roles (as opposed to managers, consultants, county officers etc) across the UK. It is these staff that are poorly represented within the IfA and elsewhere, leading many to feel disenfranchised, helpless and often ultimately disillusioned with their profession.
Plans include seminars, proposals for training, events, and continual campaigning for better pay and conditions. For IfA members, membership of the Diggers’ Forum is free, for non-IfA members the cost will be £10 a year. We intend to campaign for change across the industry for the benefit of all archaeologists, but members will also have access to a web page, and receive newsletters, access to Forum activities and events, plus the support and advice of experienced professional archaeologists.
Can’t be a bad deal for £10!
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Information regarding upcoming meetings at National and Regional level will follow shortly............ To view previous summaries and Minutes - and to take part in an on-line survey of UK contract archaeologists - visit the Invisible Diggers website |
For further information about the Diggers' Forum and forthcoming meetings please contact any of the following
Jez Taylor (Secretary) 020 7410 2242 or 07951 024197 jezt@molas.org.uk
Chris Clarke (Chair) 07751 612574 chrisclarke600@hotmail.co.uk
Newsletters, statements and consultations
June 2007 NewsletterClick here to read the article Jez Taylor and Anthony Francis wrote for Current Archaeology about the Museum of London staff strike
Click here to read a recent article about the Diggers' Forum's activities by Jez Taylor in The Archaeologist
Click here to read the Diggers' Forum statement on the JIS, and the IfA response.
