Workplace Rights at Risk-John N. Berry III

Workplace Rights at Risk
SOURCE: Library Journal 130 no10 10 Je 1 2005



John N. Berry III
THERE IS FEAR, CONCERN, AND COERCION IN TOO many libraries these days. Morale is falling. Directors and administrators who used to be library champions are losing touch. Many are infatuated with new buildings and new technological solutions, even while tough economic times demand deep budget cuts and even staff reductions. Salaries remain stuck at their low levels. No new hiring is possible, and many older librarians are postponing retirement, waiting for better times. Technological experimentation continues, and new management fads and theories are forced on the disgruntled work force.
Unions get more militant as contracts sit unrenewed, layoffs mount, and staff get spread more thinly throughout the library system. Everyone discovers how difficult it is to make staff happy without money, more help, or more hours.

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Workplace Rights at Risk
SOURCE: Library Journal 130 no10 10 Je 1 2005