Columbia, Missouri: “Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers Vote to Unionize”
From the Columbia Missourian:
Workers at Daniel Boone Regional Library made state history on Monday, becoming the first library staff to unionize in Missouri.
The results of the vote showed 101 employees in favor of unionizing to 55 opposed, for 65% approval, per the Missouri State Board of Mediation.
The approval of the motion to unionize under the name DBRLWorkersUnited was acknowledged in a news release from the Daniel Boone Regional Library early Monday.
The library employees covered by the union will be represented by the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME.
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See Also: Video Report/Additional Coverage From KMIZ TV
See Also: “We Won Blog Post” (via Daniel Boone Regional Library Workers United Website)
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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