ALA Workers Make Progress Toward Labor Union
Publishers Weekly
American Library Association staff are voting this month to form a union.
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ALA Workers Move To Unionize
American Libraries Magazine
About 100 employees at the American Library Association (ALA) began voting on April 24 to form ALA Workers United (ALAWU), a new union at the 150-year-old association.
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ALA, AFSCME Defend IMLS and Reach Settlement With Federal Government
Publishers Weekly
American Library Association and AFSCME win fight over funding for IMLS.
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American Library Association Sues To Stop Trump Cuts
The New York Times
The American Library Association and a union representing more than 42,000 cultural workers nationwide have filed a lawsuit contesting the Trump administration’s deep cuts to the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – July 18, 2023
Portside
Choosing sides in the longest, hottest summer
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – April 12, 2022
Portside
The right is on the march — but not without resistance
‘All The Shelves Would Be Bare’
Center for Public Integrity
Christine Emeran, an advocate for free expression talks about the push to ban books, especially those about racism, sexuality and gender.
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