Showing posts with label labor history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label labor history. Show all posts

Sunday, October 29, 2023

RUSA John Sessions Memorial Award Accepting Nominations - Deadline Feb. 23, 2024

Since 1982, Reference & User Services Association (RUSA) has presented the John Sessions Memorial Award to celebrate "a library or library system which has made a significant effort to work with the labor community and by doing so has brought recognition to the history and contribution of the labor movement to the development of the United States."

Nominate a library (or library system) by filling out the online nomination form. Submission guidelines are including on the nomination form. Deadline for nominations is February 23, 2024. Read more about John Sessions and past award winners on Wikipedia.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

"...anti-worker liberal hypocrisy..."

Women's College vs. Women Workers

"Don't be fooled by their progressive rhetoric. Even the most 'socially conscious' university administrator is still a boss."

Article by Meghan Brophy in Jacobin 7/13/2017

Although not specifically focused on libraries, Brophy's article describes a dynamic in labor relations all too familiar to library workers.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/07/barnard-adjuncts-ivy-league-feminism-labor-unions-privilege-intersectionality