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Library staff urge higher pay as Camden County summer programming resumes; board clarifies negotiation process

5429930 · July 18, 2025
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Camden County librarians pressed the board for higher pay and a clearer negotiating process during public comment, saying recent offers fall short of professional benchmarks while summer library programs resume.

Sarah Junich, a youth-services librarian with the Camden County Library System and president of a local union unit, told commissioners the library's contract negotiations had not proceeded in good faith and that proposed raises recommended to staff were not commensurate with New Jersey Library Association minimums. Junich said the most recent offer to library staff was 3 percent while administration and other bargaining units were offered 3.25…

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