Empowering Library Workers: Navigating Unionization in Challenging Environments will be held May 1st, 2:30 – 4:00pm. Register now.

Library workers across the country are facing numerous external challenges involving funding and governance, the alarming rate of book challenges and successful bans, threats of violence, and other crucial issues. Internally, library workers are battling low wages, long hours, and low morale. How do workers look after their own needs while providing vital services to their communities? Join us for a panel discussion to hear encouraging stories and actionable strategies to leverage collective worker power in the workplace. Panelists will have a lively conversation and respond to questions from the audience.

Panelists:

• Sabina Ali, Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana Graduate Workers Coalition, (IGWC)
• Megan Durham, Youth Services Librarian, Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers United
• Moriah Olsen, Labor Relations Specialist, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)

Moderators:

• Rosemary Farrell, Instructor & Reference Librarian, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy
• Ly Nguyen, Adult Services & Outreach Librarian, Forest Park Public Library, IL

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