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Responses to the Oral History Worker Survey will help inform future organizing and advocacy efforts to support people who do oral history work in various fields (deadline: April 25)

#OralHistoryWorkers #OralHistory #CritArch #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor

🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB8ok0odbMTqh6T3NdmSumVi_nx2rA2oIO2oI_Z8LwVrpVQA/viewform

Now available: the @archivalworkerscollective's 3rd survey tracking impacts of the pandemic on archival workers, pervasive themes of burnout emerged, largely due to expanding job duties, low pay, inflation, and toxic work environments

#ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalWorkersCollective #CritArch #LISPrecarity #Archives

🔗 https://awefund.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/archival-workers-collective-2022-survey-summary/

Tomorrow (3/23): the SAA Committee on Ethics and Professional Conduct will host a call on labor issues in archives with #ChrisTanguay, who will provide a brief overview of their work and involvement with issues such as accessibility, inclusive hiring practices, contingent labor (temporary, student, and interns), unionization, and general labor advocacy

#CritArch #ArchivalLabor #ArchivalWorkers #accessibility #LISPrecarity #LibraryUnions #SAA

🔗 Register at https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkc-qspz0oHtzqdEmPpoM_CiNk3kKAOj5l

On the agenda for the February 1/3 #SocietyofAmericanArchivists Council Meeting (https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-council/february-1-3-2023-council-meeting-agenda):

"Developing Organizational Support for Archival Workers Labor Needs," which proposes a task force to explore which labor issues #SAA could provide support for, funding methods, resource distribution, et al.

#ArchivalWorkers #ArchivalLabor #Archives #AWEFund #CritArch #AWC

🔗 https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/0223-V-A-ArchLaborSupport.pdf