Employees at the Geneva Public Library District in Illinois are coming together to form a union with AFSCME Council 31 to strengthen their voice on the job and improve the services they provide to their community. The workers filed a majority interest petition with the Illinois Labor Relations Board on May 28. Once certified, about 55 Geneva library employees will be represented by Council 31.
For the workers, this effort is about respect, stability and having a real say in the decisions that shape their workplace.
In a letter to their co-workers, members of the union organizing committee said, “An empowered and unified workforce leads to greater employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity, resulting in a better library for everyone. To that end, we have filed to form a worker’s union of Geneva Public Library staff in order to collectively claim a seat at the table where decisions are made in this institution that means so much to us and to our community.”
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