Cultural Workers

May. 09, 2025

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Chicago Public Library workers sound the alarm about unsafe working conditions

Libraries should be safe spaces for all. But members of AFSCME Local 1215 who work for the Chicago Public Library say frightening and unsafe conditions have been on the rise in recent years—and management isn’t doing enough to keep workers and patrons safe.

Chicago Public Library workers sound the alarm about unsafe working conditions

May. 02, 2025

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Court stops Trump administration effort to gut Institute of Museum and Library Services

A federal court granted a temporary restraining on May 1 blocking the Trump administration from gutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) after AFSCME and the American Library Association (ALA) filed a joint lawsuit.

Court stops Trump administration effort to gut Institute of Museum and Library Services

May. 02, 2025

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Mississippi Valley Library District workers form union with AFSCME

In the Mississippi Valley Library District, workers at the Fairmont City and Collinsville libraries have a simple mission: to keep libraries safe, open, and welcoming to all members of the community, no matter who they are.

Mississippi Valley Library District workers form union with AFSCME

Feb. 12, 2025

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Chicago History Museum employees form union with AFSCME

Chicago History Museum employees are making history of their own: On Feb. 12, they announced they're forming their union with AFSCME Council 31.

Chicago History Museum employees form union with AFSCME

Members of AFSCME Local 699 with the Bookmobile.

Dec. 16, 2024

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Meet the big rig-driving librarians of AFSCME Local 699

Brittany Adams sticks out among the long-haul truckers at the DMV when she goes to renew her Class B Commercial Driver’s License. That’s because she’s not an over-the-road trucker; she works at the Bloomington Public Library, and she drives the library’s 32-foot-long Bookmobile.

Meet the big rig-driving librarians of AFSCME Local 699