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Contract researchers getting together
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Wednesday November 29, 2006 15:16 by TestTubeBoy
Contract researchers are forming an association to improve their lot A meeting was held on Monday 27 November at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland after the IRCSET conference on ‘The Post-Doctoral Experience’. The meeting was organised by the Trinity Research Staff Association (http://www.gen.tcd.ie/molpopgen/trsa). |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4By coincidence (?!) I received notice by post yesterday that "the Trustees have resolved to exercise their statutory powers to transfer Deferred Members' entitlements to Personal Retirement Bonds", i.e. a compulsory transfer out of the university's pension fund.
Is this a defensive precursor to the outcome of a European Court of Justice decision on pension claims dating from the effective commencement date of Directive 1999/70/EC (10 July 2001) and not from the later date that the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Workers) Act was signed in July 2003?
Perhaps they should look into the feasibility of joining the new Independent Workers Union.
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Great news, the discoveries of science should be for all and not for those whom can pay for it
Interestingly enough, this is a sin in Islamic morality.
The existing academic / research unions (ASA, IFUT, IUA) are as useful as chocolate teapots. They have no policy on conditions for fixed-term workers, who are the majority of their potential members. They have no policy towards workplace harassment, no policy on the systematic elimination of fixed-termers arriving at permanent status and no commitment to equality of any kind. Maternity / paternity leave on fixed-term contracts? Take your chances. Foreign employees exploited in Irish hospitals? Tough. Do you ever see them promoting workplace rights, advocating equality or appearing in court to support victimised researchers?
Their only policy is pay, about which I couldn't give a quack (or squeek).