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Library staff and union leaders urge higher wages, warn of grant cuts to Camden County Library System
Summary
Library employees and an AFSCME union leader told commissioners they face staffing shortages and possible budget cuts if federal Institute of Museum and Library Services funding is reduced; speakers urged higher county salaries to retain staff.
Sarah Junich, head of youth services at the Camden County Library System and president of AFSCME Local 1454, told the Board of Commissioners the library system is facing staffing shortages and possible program cuts if federal funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is reduced.
Junich said the State Library of New Jersey receives IMLS funds that then support local library programs and that Camden County Library could…
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