About this episode

The episode discusses library labor and the ALA union drive with the authors of Organize Your Library.

We’re joined by the authors of Organize Your Library to talk about library labor, the future, the ALA union drive, and more! Media mentioned Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers https://alastore.ala.org/oryrlib ALA union letter: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v8ACD_ltC3ZW1JBJX6qdheD11xq7tBdR/view ALA union announcement: https://afscme31.org/news/american-library-association-employees-forming-union-afscme WNBA players association agreement signed https://www.wnba.com/news/wnba-wnbpa-tentative-cba-deal-2026 NYC Plan https://nycplan.org/ All transcripts: https://podscripts.co/podcasts/librarypunk Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/qWPTurTnkT

People in this episode

Host: librarypunk

Topics covered

• library labor
• union drive
• future of libraries
• collective power
• library workers

Keywords

• library
• union
• ALA
• collective power
• WNBA
• NYC plan
• library workers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Organize Your Library, ALA, WNBA, AFSCME

Books & works: Organize Your Library! Developing the Collective Power of Library Workers

Places: NYC

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