Hello, Library Workers!
Ontario Public Library Week is here.
From October 18 to 24, let’s celebrate you—the workers who make our community spaces vibrant hubs of creativity, connection, and collaboration.
Yes, people typically think of libraries as quiet spaces to contemplate, study, read, and learn. And that is an apt description. But it tells only half the story. Libraries are a gathering space where ideas flourish, inventions activate, fun unleashes, and kindness permeates.
Library Workers ignite and generate all this positive activity. You are the reason people flock to our spaces. Thank you for making a massive impact in community members’ lives.
Library Workers are also on the front lines defending public libraries. From the bargaining table to community campaigns, we lead the fight for better funding and resources, improved staffing levels, and good working conditions.
In short, we organize and mobilize to ensure that libraries remain the vibrant hubs they are, and that everyone in our communities can access them.
Let’s use Ontario Public Library Week to make this work more visible:
- Join our new Facebook page: Ontario Public Library Workers. Let’s get organized and stay connected.
- Watch for daily posts this week about the work we do in the community. Like, share, and tell us about your own experiences.
- Send this email to support Thunder Bay Public Library workers, on strike for good jobs and public services. Then join this phone action on Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
- Wear these pins with pride. Let’s celebrate each other and the work we do every day.
If you need more pins, please email [email protected].
Thanks again for everything you do—for the library and our communities.
In solidarity,
Melanie Cummings
Chair, CUPE Ontario Library Workers Committee
