[Publib] Union

[Roslyn Yerman]

On a purely local level, and I appreciate that you are looking at the 
broader picture, full time employees of the Madison Heights Public 
Library are unionized, as are all full time City staff. As Ms. 
Rawles-Heiser suggests, the library is a City Department.  The 
Department Heads (including the Library Director) belong to an AFSCME 
union and the three other full time library staff, the Head Reference 
Librarian, the Youth Services Librarian, and the Library Technician 
(circulation and automation) belong to the City Municipal Employees 
Union, formerly the TEAMSTERS, and now TPOAM.  Of course, the majority 
of library staff is part time, and covered by a City wide part time wage 
policy, that provides minimal wage increases and no benefits.  My 
understanding is that our situation is the exception, rather than the 
rule, in our cooperative.

Hillary Webb wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Here's a question I don't really have any answer to...  Is there a 
> union?  Have there been any attempts to make a union?  If no union, 
> then why no union? 
>
> Other than a union, are there any levels of job protection?
>
> Thanks!
> Hillary
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Roslyn Yerman
Director
Madison Heights Public Library
240 W. 13 Mile Road
Madison Heights, MI 48071

tel:  (248) 837-2852
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