Support Newmarket library workers

The library is the heart of a community, and that’s especially true in a growing city like Newmarket.

But the city and library board are preventing our library from serving our growing population.

The library’s operating budget hasn’t kept up with inflation, much less with growth. Wages for library workers have likewise failed to keep up.

The strangling of the library’s budget has also led to staff cuts, overwork and safety issues that keep library workers from being able to provide the incredible services you expect.

Send an email to the library’s management today. Tell them you value your library and want a fair contract for library workers and proper funding for library services.

Subject: Support for our public library

I love Newmarket Public Library, and the workers are what makes it so special. I urge you to intervene to provide a contract that respects library workers and services.

For years, wages and funding have failed to keep up with inflation and a growing demand for services. Understaffing is destroying morale and losing us programs and services we rely on.

In a growing and very diverse city like Newmarket, library services are critically important.

I call on you to intervene and secure a contract for library workers that shows respect to them, improves safety for workers and the public alike and that demonstrates you value the library as much as I do.