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
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Dr Francis Sedgemore
journalist and science writer
http://sedgemore.com
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