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#protectlibraryworkers — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. "This summer the administration of Western Illinois University undertook radical action: it eliminated every one of its nine (9) professional librarians. When current contracts expire on May 14 (2025), Western will no longer employ a practicing academic librarian. … Join us in urging WIU to reverse this disastrous decision!"

    🔗 savewiulibrarians.org/

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  2. Western Illinois University is laying off all nine of its library faculty—eight of them tenured or on the tenure track—as part of wider efforts to offset a $22 million budget deficit driven by rising operational costs and a 21 percent enrollment drop since fall 2019

    🔗 insidehighered.com/news/busine

    #WesternIllinoisUniversity #WesternIllinois #WIU #WesternIllinoisUniversityLibraries #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #LibraryLayoffs #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  3. On Thursday, August 1st, join Run For Something and For The People: A Leftist Library Project to get the inside scoop on how public libraries function as political institutions, and learn how you can make a difference in strengthening and expanding them

    🔗 mobilize.us/runforsomething/ev

    #PublicLibraries #Libraries #RunForSomething #ForThePeople #ProtectLibraryWorkers #InvestInLibraries
    #FreedomToRead #BannedBooks

  4. 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

  5. Upcoming #LibraryFreedomProject webinar:

    Labor Organizing in Libraries
    February 28 at 7:00PM ET

    With Kelly McElroy and Meredith Kahn, attendees will brainstorm talking unions to skeptical colleagues and discuss strategies to combat disinformation

    Registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist

    #LibraryUnions #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers

  6. #DeathPanel speaks with #MariameKaba and #MelissaGiraGrant about the importance of understanding the library as a site of political contestation and a rare expression of the commons in contemporary US life, and how left organizers are fighting back against right wing attacks on public space

    🔗 soundcloud.com/deathpanel/taki

    #PublicLibraries #ProtectLibraryWorkers #DefendLibraries #NoBookBans #FreedomToRead #ReadBannedBooks

  7. A #LibraryLabour comrade is editing a special issue of a journal that focuses on the labour activism of postsecondary information workers in Canada. They are seeking feedback on what you'd like to read about in terms of academic libraries, archives, museums and organizing. Please take a minute to chime in!

    reddit.com/r/OrganizingLibrari

    #LibraryLabor #LibraryWorkers #ProtectLibraryWorkers #ArchivalLabor #CAUT #ArchivalWorkers #HigherEdWorkersUnite #InformationWorkers