Memphis City Council confirms Eric Harris as library director

"This really feels as though it's an opportunity that my entire career has been built towards," Harris told the Memphis City ...
FOX13 Memphis

Memphis Public Library workers push for same job protection as other city employees

Library workers are classified as appointed employees, meaning the mayor can hire or remove them at will. Now, they want Memphis City Council to allow voters to decide whether library workers should ...

Memphis Public Library's new director on programs to improve literacy

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg anticipate 55,000 new positions will be shown in February's jobs data, a decrease from the ...
AOL

Memphis library workers fight for civil service protection

Memphis library workers, including those who staff the Benjamin Hooks Library, aren't granted civil service protections as other city workers are. (Photo: Memphis Public Libraries) As Memphis pauses ...
Memphis Flyer

Memphis Voters To Decide On Library Worker Classification

Library workers representing Memphis Public Libraries-Workers United (MPL-WU) were joined by members of the Memphis ...
Columbus Dispatch

Union push is about more than pay, Memphis public library workers say

Memphis library workers are seeking union recognition and reclassification from "appointed" to civil service status. Workers cite low pay, safety concerns, and languishing building repairs as key ...
FOX13 Memphis

Memphis public library workers demand same job protection as other city employees

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Public Library workers said they want the same job protection as other city employees. Currently, they're classified as appointed employees meaning the mayor can hire or ...