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From a statement of the AAUP—Penn Executive Committee on Penn Libraries United:

🔗 https://aaup-penn.org/statement-of-the-aaup-penn-executive-committee-on-penn-libraries-united/

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

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)

🔗 https://pennlibrariesunited.github.io/blog/firstpost/

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

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

🔗 https://thechiefleader.com/stories/city-libraries-face-prospect-of-5-day-weeks,52374

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

Anne Arundel library employees continue push for union despite board's rejection

🔗 https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-power/local-government/anne-arundel-county-public-library-union-afscme-NKBPUZCXUFGLRBS7QKJUUOKNEA/

#AnneArundelCountyPublicLibrary #AnneArundelCounty #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryUnions #AFSCME

A year after forming their union, Newberry Library employees have won their first contract, which includes:
• 15% increase in pay and a ratification bonus
• freeze of employee costs for health care
• doubling of parental leave
• bilingual pay
• continuing education funding
• grievance procedure and quarterly labor-management meetings

🔗 https://www.afscme.org/blog/newberry-library-employees-win-first-contract-a-year-after-forming-a-union

#LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers #NewberryWorkersUnited #NewberryLibrary #AFSCME

The Salt Lake City Public Library began unionization efforts earlier this year, in hopes of receiving higher pay, better benefits and more transparency

🔗 https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2023/11/06/hargis-jarvis-public-library-union/

#LibraryUnions #LibraryLabor #PublicLibraries #SaltLakeCityPublicLibrary #SLCPL #AFSCME

"The [Newberry Library union] notes that the library’s employment requirements and compensation have become increasingly disparate; the training demanded of archival, library, and cultural work continues to increase as compensation dwindles (last year they found that library assistants, a position that usually requires advanced degrees and training, made just above minimum wage in the city of Chicago)."

🔗 https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/making-waves-newberry-workers-united-chiarts-union/

#LibraryUnions #LibraryWorkers #NewberryWorkersUnited #AFSCME