I was not suggesting that we organize like coal miners and dock workers. I was suggesting that we not roll over and accept the idea that because we are "service" workers we don't deserve to be paid a livable wage. One writer suggested that we just accept our plight or go into another career. I suspect that this kind of idea comes from someone who merely supplements a spouse's salary. There are people in this industry who must support a families; probably some single parents. Can they do that on their current museum pay or must they work a second job? Point: let's not roll over! ------ Robert Handy Brazoria County Historical Museum museum_bob [log in to unmask] http://www.bchm.org ---------- From: Ross Weeks[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 4:43 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The Value of an M.A. - $7.25/hr? To encourage museum people to organize, in the fashion of dockworkers and coalminers, as one writer suggested, will simply shut many of our institutions down.