Library Workers

AFSCME represents more than 25,000 library workers nationwide - more than any other union. AFSCME is a leading advocate for equitable pay for library workers and for full funding for public libraries. From the Library of Congress and public libraries in Boston, New York, the District of Columbia, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Seattle/King County to public, school, college and university libraries nationwide, AFSCME librarians and library workers serve thousands of patrons every day.

MIT library support staff ratify first contract

Find out how MIT’s library support staff came to join the AFSCME Council 93 family.

Recognizing AFSCME library workers

On National Library Workers Day, we celebrate AFSCME’s library workers.

Boston Library carpenter foreperson doesn’t just fix doors – she opens them for others

Ann-Marie Clark-Borden, the carpenter foreperson at the Boston Public Library and member of AFSCME Local 1526 (Council 93), is a winner of our union’s Never Quit Service Award.

Virginia library workers push back on Sunday reopening, demand chance to provide input

By speaking up, workers in Virginia were able to change Arlington Public Libraries’ Sunday openings schedule – the power of the union difference.

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Library Workers

MIT library support staff ratify first contract

Recognizing AFSCME library workers

Boston Library carpenter foreperson doesn’t just fix doors – she opens them for others

Virginia library workers push back on Sunday reopening, demand chance to provide input

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