Librarians and Library Staff

AFT represents public library workers across the country, in separate municipal library bargaining units, and as a part of school and university bargaining units. AFT also represents librarians in state libraries—including the Illinois State Library, and the Connecticut State Library—and in other state agencies: Corrections, Education, Mental Health and Developmental Disability units to name a few. Library staff are organizing with the AFT to protect their work, their professions, and the people they serve.

OHIO

Library workers in central Ohio unite

Librarians and library workers across central Ohio are uniting for job security, fair wages, and a voice in workplace policies.

Read about their organizing victories

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Library Staff Association

The Massachusetts Library Staff Association represents more than 500 public librarians in 34 municipalities across the state of Massachusetts.

MLSA members are taking action

CALIFORNIA

Claremont librarians, library staff choose CFT as their union

The librarians and library staff at The Claremont Colleges Services overwhelmingly chose the California Federation of Teachers in a union representational election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board.

Learn more