Maryland Public Library Employees Fight For Choice For A Voice
Wednesday, March 10, 2010(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Library workers from across Maryland went to Annapolis yesterday
to protest the hiring of "union avoidance" and lobby firm of Alexander &
Cleaver by several Maryland counties to oppose legislation granting collective
bargaining rights to county library systems. The librarians, represented by UFCW
Local 1994, testified in Annapolis on Tuesday in support of the bill. Click
here for more on this issue, including why Del. Tom Hucker (D, Maryland
Dist. 20), called it "ironic" that "at a time of tremendous pressure on county
budgets and serious budget cuts, the Maryland Association of Public Library
Administrators has found enough discretionary revenue to hire one of the most
expensive firms in Annapolis to deny librarians the basic right to association
and free speech." - photo by Greg Kenefick