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Union thanks Urbana Free Library board for bargaining progress, urges staff-centered budgeting
Summary
Cale Wilson, speaking for the union, thanked trustees for recent bargaining progress and urged the board to consider staff economic needs as talks move to pay and benefits, noting some members rely on SNAP and an internal food bank that "isn't really enough."
Cale Wilson, speaking on behalf of the union, thanked the Urbana Free Library Board of Trustees for “a great bargaining session” and urged trustees to factor staff economic needs into upcoming budget deliberations as bargaining moves into economic issues. “We have members of our unit who rely on SNAP,” Wilson said, adding that the staff-run break-room food bank "isn't really enough."
Wilson said the union hopes the library “can be the kind of place that’s fair to all its workers” and asked trustees to keep the entire staff in mind when making budget choices. The comment came during the board’s public-comment period at the start of Wednesday’s meeting, ahead of formal consideration of payroll and other budget items.
No board response to the public comment was recorded in the transcript; trustees proceeded to approve the consent agenda, which included payroll and bills for October.
