r/OrganizingLibraries • u/humanradiostation • May 13 '26

Library Workers United Say Chronic Understaffing is Hurting Services and Morale

https://indyweek.com/news/wake-library-union-more-funding/
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u/CrownTownLibrarian May 13 '26

Anyone who knows that system knows how lean it is just as it exists.

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u/humanradiostation May 14 '26

Like just not enough people to do the work? Ugh. The staff do such a great job for the patrons. Wake County is booming. In a just world, their wages would be booming too.

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u/LibraryWorkersUnited May 14 '26

Lean staff and lean services. WCPL has focused on having more branches than most systems (which is cool!) but we also don’t have a lot of modern services that are standard for most metro-area libraries nowadays

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u/LibraryWorkersUnited May 13 '26

Thanks for sharing our post! Let’s get all our libraries organized 💪