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!
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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
museum_bob
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From: Ross Weeks[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 1998 4:43 PM
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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.