[Publib] Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters

[Robert Balliot]

I think it is always good to paraphrase the word 'conservative'.

To me, it is incredibly ironic how the word 'conservative' has been
appropriated.
Libraries are one of the most conservative institutions.  They conserve and
preserve  resources.  They make materials and services available at a lower
cost and more efficiently that any other government institution.

The personality that the article addresses has always been around. It
is the same bully who extorts lunch money.  They go after anyone who will
not
speak up.  You can't throw a rock without hitting one here.  And, they
scream with each rock you throw.

Rock on - Speak up!

R. Balliot
http://oceanstatelibrarian.com




On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Kevin Okelly <KOkelly at minlib.net> wrote:

> "By the way, I forwarded that article to a couple of "conservative" men I
> know.  They both commented that librarians shouldn't be paid very much
> and that the library should simply throw open its doors, let people read
> the books, and save lots of money on personnel expenses.  We should try
> that for a couple of months and see what happens, eh?"
>
> <shaking my head at human stupidity>
>
>
> Kevin O'Kelly
> Reference and Community Languages Librarian
> Somerville Public Library
> 79 Highland Ave.
> Somerville, MA 02143
> (617)-623-5000
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Backwage at aol.com
>  To: fostersm1 at gmail.com, melissa at mannon.org
> Cc: publib at webjunction.org
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:30:45 EDT
> Subject: Re: [Publib] Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to
> Teamsters
>
>  > I have seen lots of guys like this.  You tell them that they owe  a few
> > hundred dollars in wages to their employees and they say:
> >
> > "I would rather pay a hundred grand to fight this then give in to a law
> > I
> > hate."
> >
> > And I am always happy to oblige them by making their lawyers wealthy,
> > after
> >  which they have to pay the few hundred in wages as well.
> >
> > Some people are simply vile.  Nearly all of them are men.  A good
> > proportion of them are "self-made," which means that they used other
> > people and any
> > means to get on top, after which they spend their entire  lives lying
> > about
> > how they did it all alone against enormous odds and the  opposition of
> > lesser folk.
> >
> > By the way, I forwarded that article to a couple of "conservative" men
> > I
> > know.  They both commented that librarians shouldn't be paid very much
> > and
> > that the library should simply throw open its doors, let people read
> > the
> > books,  and save lots of money on personnel expenses.  We should try
> > that for a
> > couple of months and see what happens, eh?
> >
> > M. McGrorty
>
>
>
>
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