“About 70 Chicago Public Library custodians learned this morning they’re out of work. The city told them in May it was privatizing their jobs, but the workers say they were hoping to keep working. Their Union, SEIU Local 73 had been in negotiations with the city but was unable to get them work in another department. They were making about 16 dollars an hour.”
via CBS Chicago
“Despite initiatives to centralize its workforce, the Harvard Library System will not be significantly reducing its approximately 930 person staff, according to an emailed announcement from Harvard University Library Executive Director Helen Shenton and Senior Associate Provost for the Harvard Library Mary Lee Kennedy. “We are pleased to share that, due to the Voluntary Early Retirement Incentive Program and the Schools’ careful management of vacancies, nearly all library staff members with roles designated as Harvard Library Shared Services or Support Services will have a position in the new Harvard Library organization,” Shenton and Kennedy wrote.”
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