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On 12 Mar 09, at 12:32, Michael Kenward wrote: > We do not have a Wellcome Trust out there shaming the Research > Councils and universities into thinking about their treatment of > young workers. But we do have a trade union for media workers which is quite effective in protecting its members' financial and other professional interests, and on the whole avoids pointless political posturing. I refer to the National Union of Journalists, membership of which is open to PR workers as well as journalists proper. http://www.nuj.org.uk As Hilary Jones says, those of us who accept rubbish salaries and say it's ok because we love our work aren't doing anyone any favours. Francis -- Dr Francis Sedgemore journalist and science writer http://sedgemore.com ********************************************************************** 1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] with the following message: set psci-com nomail -- [include hyphens] 2. To resume email from the list, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: set psci-com mail -- [include hyphens] 3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message: leave psci-com -- [include hyphens] 4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including list archive, can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html 5. The psci-com gateway to internet resources on science communication and science and society can be found at http://psci-com.ac.uk 6. To contact the Psci-com list owner, please send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] **********************************************************************