#LibraryUnions

William Dentonwdenton@cosocial.ca
2024-11-22

I bought a variety of cool stickers and buttons from @Anneheathen and will be giving some to union-librarian colleagues. There are dozens available: if you like books and libraries and dislike interfering bigots, you'll find something you want.

miskatonic.org/2024/11/21/anne

#librarians #anarchism #LibraryUnions

Stickers that say: pro-union; radical librarian — decenter, decolonize, dismantle; without rulers, not without rules; no gods, no masters; eat the rich; and librarian.  There is a Canadian quarter for scale.
William Dentonwdenton@cosocial.ca
2024-11-13

A union arbitration (on a grievance about lack of librarian hiring) set for next week was abruptly cancelled today by the Employer and rescheduled for April ... of 2026.

"How about never—is never good for you?"

#LibraryUnions #Librarians #YorkUniversity

2024-08-29

the somerville city worker union's statement on why the main public library is closed every weekday afternoon

#SomervilleMA #Unions #LibraryUnions

reddit.com/r/Somerville/commen

2024-08-19

Three hundred and forty Halifax Public Library workers could be on the picket lines in less than two weeks if an agreement is not reached with library management

🔗 hotcountry1035.ca/2024/08/15/8

#HalifaxPublicLibrary #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NSUPE #NSUPELocal14 #NovaScotia #Halifax

2024-06-28

On June 21, 2024, librarians, curators, developers, and other staff at the Penn Libraries delivered a letter to the Vice Provost/Director of the Penn Libraries announcing that they are unionizing as Penn Libraries United (PLU)

🔗 pennlibrariesunited.github.io/

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnionization #LibraryUnions #PennLibrariesUnited #PennLibraries #Penn #UniversityOfPennsylvania #Unionization #AFSCME #DistrictCouncil47

2024-06-18

Librarians describe their path to unionization at Miami University for the Journal of Radical Librarianship

🔗 journal.radicallibrarianship.o

#MiamiUniversity #LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers #JournalOfRadicalLibrarianship #Unionization

2024-05-09

Leaders of New York City's three library systems have for months warned that if budget cuts instituted last year and funding reductions that together total nearly $60 million included in Mayor Eric Adams' executive budget are enacted, Saturday service across the five boroughs' 219 branches could be eliminated

🔗 thechiefleader.com/stories/cit

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NYC #AFSCME #DC37 #NYPL #NewYorkPublicLibrary #QPL #QueensPublicLibrary #BPL #BrooklynPublicLibrary #EricAdams

2024-04-22

The Machinists (#IAM) union, which represents Baltimore County Public Library (#BCPL) workers, is celebrating the passage of the Library Workers Empowerment Act, a milestone piece of legislation initiated by the IAM last year that will grant library staff across Maryland the right to organize

🔗 aflcio.org/2024/4/18/service-s

#LibraryWorkersEmpowermentAct #BaltimoreCountyPublicLibrary #HB609 #SB591 #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions

2024-04-17

The ALA Allied Professional Association's (ALA-APA) Salaries and Status of Library Workers (SSLW) committee invites you to join them for two sessions:
• 5/1: Empowering Library Workers: Navigating Unionization in Challenging Environments
• 5/8: What Comes after Unionization: Effective Engagement with Library Workers

🔗 ala.org/news/member-news/2024/

#ALA #ALAAPA #LIbraryUnions #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers

2024-04-08

This week, @librarypunk is joined by Derya of the WPEA to talk about the Fort Vancouver Regional Library and the library staff represented by the union fighting for a living wage

🔗 librarypunk.gay/e/125-fvrl-and

#LibraryPunk #WPEA #WashingtonPublicEmployeesAssociation #FortVancouverRegionalLibrary #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions

2024-03-14
2024-02-24

On Reddit: "For private universities where librarians are non-tenure track, how are bargaining units determined?"

🔗 reddit.com/r/OrganizingLibrari

#LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #NLRB

2024-01-26

More than two-thirds of library workers at the Upper Arlington Public Library have signed union cards, the first step toward formal organization with the Ohio Federation of Teachers union

🔗 dispatch.com/story/news/local/

#LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #OhioFederationOfTeachers #UpperArlingtonPublicLibrary #LibraryLabor

2024-01-24

30,000 California State University professors, librarians, coaches and other workers reached a tentative contract agreement with the university system, ending their planned week-long walkout to demand higher wages

🔗 theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j

#CFAOnStrike #CaliforniaFacultyAssociation #CalState #LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLabor

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