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Library worker tells Alameda County board of staffing shortfalls, alleges safety lapses
Summary
Barbara Hamsey, a librarian and union shop steward, told the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that part-time library staff lack benefits, scheduling changes and understaffing have shifted hours to temps and that facility problems—including a reported person videotaping a child—warrant an audit.
Barbara Hamsey, who identified herself as “a librarian and a shop steward,” used her three minutes of public comment at the countyboardmeeting on Nov. 8 to press the board for an audit of library staffing and safety practices.
"I've worked at the library since November 2007," Hamsey said. She told the board that 168 part-time workers were unable to access full medical benefits or retirement and that extra hours created by understaffing were being given to temporary…
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