Resources

Union Basics

• “Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations, and Labor Unions.” Cornell University Library Libguides. (2023).

• “Your Rights.” National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

• Labor Notes

• No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in The Gilded Age. Jane McAlevey, 2016. Ebook available through Dartmouth Library.

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Library Unions

• “Library Professionals: Facts and Figures.” The Department for Professional Employees (DPE), AFL-CIO.

• The Union Library Workers Blog: News About Union Activity in Libraries, Archives, and the Information Sector

• AFSCME Cultural Workers United

• “Special Issue Introduction: Labor in Academic Libraries.” Emily Drabinski, Aliqae Geraci, and Roxanne Shirazi. Library Trends 62:2 (Fall 2019). Full special issue available through Dartmouth Library.

• “University of Vermont staff members win their 1st union contract.” Ella Ruehsen, VT Digger. (2022).

• “MIT library support staff ratify first contract.” Peter Levine, AFSCME. (2022).

Dartmouth

• Ad-Hoc Council on Work-Life Issues: Annual Report for AY 21-22, Response from the Provost and Executive Vice President

• Council on Libraries Annual Report for AY 21-22

• Other Dartmouth Unions

  • GOLD (gaduate student workers)

  • Student Worker Collective at Dartmouth (Dartmouth Dining Services student workers)

  • SEIU Local 560 (covers hundreds of Dartmouth employees including Safety and Security and the Hood Museum visitor services guides)

  • IATSE 919 (theater and production technicians serving Vermont and Western New Hampshire)