Growing income gap “the untold story” at the public library
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Presented by CUPE 2669 members at the Saskatoon Public Library
There is a story about the Saskatoon
Public Library that needs to be told.
It involves the growing gap between
those who make a good living working
at the library and those who struggle
to make ends meet.
Library managers received big increases:In 2007-08, the Saskatoon Public Library’s managers and non-union support staff received big compensation increases that averaged 34 per cent. For example: *
• Payment to the Library Director rose 23.1 per cent to $134,064.
• PaymenttothePayandBenefitsCo-ordinatorincreased 52.5 per cent.
By 2011, most of the library managers received more than $90,000 a year.
* BasedoninformationobtainedthroughtheCityofSaskatoon Public Accounts
CUPE library workers are struggling to make ends meetIncontrast,mostCUPEmembersattheSaskatoonPublicLibrary are paid considerably less than other library workersinRegina—orevenwesternCanada.Oneofeverythree earns about $10 or less an hour and receives few ifanybenefits.Aswell,somelibrarianswithMaster’sdegrees earn less than non-union administrative support staff at the library.
Fix the pay problem for CUPE library workersThelibraryboardfixedthepayproblemformanagers. ItistimetheydidthesameforCUPElibraryworkers.
CUPEwantsthelibraryboardtoestablishaminimumwage of $12 an hour and provide pay increases of 15 per cent over three years.
UrgetheLibraryBoardtonegotiateadecentincrease. It’s overdue.
For more information: readallaboutus.net
The untold story at the public library.
CUPE library worker Sue Emson