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Librarians Bargaining Updates

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  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 24

    work as many hours as management wants — or leave Today at FAM-L bargaining, management told librarians that working regularly in excess of 40 hours every week is just fine, super normal, and if we don’t like it we can find work elsewhere. This is unacceptable. We voted unanimously to form a union because we…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 23

    Today at FAM-L bargaining, it was clear that the people at management’s table were not the ones making the decisions. Instead, they are being forced by upper administration to stall this deal. Who on their side is really making the decisions and why aren’t they at the table themselves? By contrast, we are a united…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 22

    Academic freedom is essential to librarians’ role supporting the crucial work of faculty and students — but management doesn’t believe librarians should have it.

  • Theresa Kulbaga on management’s efforts to undo existing job security

    “They want to make it easier to fire tenured faculty. They are trying to undo current TCPL job protections that came about through years of shared governance. They are refusing to put existing job security and promotion policies for librarians into the contract.”

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FAM-L Bargaining Overview

High-level overview of which proposals are being considered by each team. Notes and Dates of last share after links. Notes key below tracker.