Library employees plan to picket tonight

Employees of the Washington-Centerville Public Library will conduct informational picketing at a library public event tonight.

Librarians and support staff — represented by the Washington-Centerville Public Library Staff Association — will inform the public that colleagues are still being punished for using family leave after having a child, and also that management’s continued stall tactics continue to deny them a first union contract, according to a release.

The event will be from 5:30-7 p.m. today at Woodbourne Library, 6060 Far Hills Avenue.

The picketing comes after contract negotiations and mediation over important issues, like family leave policy, have failed to result in a first contract for WCPLSA members, a release said.

Employees voted more than six years ago to form a union.

The Washington Centerville Public Library Staff Association is affiliated with the Ohio Education Association.

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