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Two Strong Supporters of ALA-APA Elected as New York Local 1930 Officers

Members of the Local 1930, the New York Public Library Guild, DC 37, AFSCME elected Carol Thomas as President and Nina Manning as Treasurer on December 4, 2006. Carol and Nina are long-standing, active members of the ALA-APA Standing Committee of the Salaries and Status of Library Workers. Also elected were Louise Stamp as Vice President and Jean Peterson as Secretary. The new officers face substantial battles over retroactive pay raises and educational benefits. They also had a message in response to the high salaries reported for NY Public Library administrators. Local 1930 sent this response as a letter to the Editor of the New York Times.

Merced City (CA) School District May Cut Librarians

By Doane Yawger, The Merced Sun-Star [CA], November 8, 2006

A cry of “Save the library media teachers” went up at the Luther Burbank School cafeteria as cutting librarians was proposed to ensure that district employees received a promised 8.4 percent raise. Ruth Fromson, a first-grade teacher, asked, “What’s the sense of cutting the No. 1 person responsible for literacy? Please reconsider.” Teachers and parents championed the cause of library media teachers when the community learned that half the media staff might be eliminated to balance the budget. Board members promised to consider the words of supporters as they made their final decision. As of December 7, 2006, no decision had been made.

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