This should not be taken as a personal slight on your extremely valid comment, but The Tech seems to be offering some (relatively) high paying jobs lately that are mor inline with the private sector; good for them (and eventually we hope for all of us). -- Daniel Robert Director/Curator Scugog Shores Historical Museum 16210 Regional Rd. 7 Port Perry, Ontario, Canada L9L 1B4 (905) 985-3589 [log in to unmask] http://www.durham.net/~ssh-chin Susan Wageman wrote: > > At 09:37 AM 4/16/98 -0500, you wrote: > >... there is a labor shortage in the > >U.S. Why not take advantage of it and strengthen our collective positions > >by standing up. > > There may be a labor shortage in some professions, but not in the museum > field. The reality is that museums (and other nonprofits) just don't pay as > well as for-profit ventures that require similar experience and/or > education. We are in a free market, here in the U.S. and in many of the > other countries represented on this list. As long as museums can find good, > qualified people who are willing to work for the pay offered, not much is > going to change. > > Susan B.F. Wageman > Grants and Research Manager (408) 279-7178 > The Tech Museum of Innovation (408) 918-0253 fax > [log in to unmask] http://www.thetech.org