Historic AFSCME Library Photos & Audio

Librarian: An AFSCME member works as a librarian, 1984.
Librarian : Among its many public employees, AFSCME represents librarians and library workers.
Children's Librarian : AFSCME Local 426 member children’s librarian Margaret Dixon hosted “Your Library Story,” a popular weekly television show in Milwaukee.
Librarian : Librarian Carol Fortman checks in resources for blind library patrons such as audio recordings and braille books. She was a member of AFSCME Local 426, Milwaukee Public Library & Museum Employees.
Detroit Librarian : Helga Herz, librarian and member of Local 1259 in Detroit, shows a book on the Knights of Labor to Alvin Ruthenberg, staff representative for Detroit Area Council 77.
Detroit Public Library : Members of Local 1259, Detroit, Michigan Public Library Employees, look at a library display on labor history at the Detroit Public Library.
Contra Costa librarians strike : Librarian members of AFSCME Local 1675, Contra Costa & Solano County, California, picket in August, 1968.
Pay equity strike, San Jose, CA : Members of AFSCME Local 101 in San Jose, CA struck for pay equity for women in 1981, the first strike of its kind in the nation.
Pay equity strike, San Jose, CA : Members of AFSCME Local 101 in San Jose, CA struck for pay equity for women in 1981, the first strike of its kind in the nation.

AFSCME Radio Spot (1970s): Public Librarians During the 1970s, AFSCME created a series of radio spots that highlighted the wide range of jobs conducted by the union's members. Each spot features a different set of public employees, interviewing the workers about their jobs, and raising the listening public's awareness of the contribution these workers make. This spot focuses on public librarians.