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(Add #LIBREV and Creating National Library Worker Union)
(Adding: ALA-APA, ALIA, APALA, CUNY Adjunct Project, Death to Museums, IAM MAM, Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems, Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee, Libraries for All STL, MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee. Adding to: #PROTECTLIBRARYWORKERS, AAM, Labor Notes, Precarity in LIS, Rutgers AAUP)
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* [https://discourse.libraryworkers.net/ #LIBREV]
* [https://discourse.libraryworkers.net/ #LIBREV]
* [https://twitter.com/lib_rev Twitter]
* [https://vimeo.com/librev Vimeo]


=== [https://www.afscme.org/ AFSCME] ===
=== [https://www.afscme.org/ AFSCME] ===
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* [https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/resources-for-the-museum-industry-to-discuss-the-issue-of-unpaid-internships/ Resources for the Museum Industry to Discuss the Issue of Unpaid Internships]
* [https://www.aam-us.org/programs/resource-library/resources-for-the-museum-industry-to-discuss-the-issue-of-unpaid-internships/ Resources for the Museum Industry to Discuss the Issue of Unpaid Internships]


'''Bibliography:''' [https://museumsetc.com/products/for-love-of-money-confronting-the-state-of-museum-salaries For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries]
'''Bibliography:'''
* [https://museumsetc.com/products/for-love-of-money-confronting-the-state-of-museum-salaries For Love or Money: Confronting the State of Museum Salaries]
* [Mutual Aid in a Time of Crisis https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/12/mutual-aid-in-a-time-of-crisis/] (August 2020)


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* [https://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians Facebook]
* [https://www.facebook.com/AHAhistorians Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/AHAhistorians Twitter]
* [https://twitter.com/AHAhistorians Twitter]
=== [https://ala-apa.org/ American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)] ===
'''Issues:''' advancement, salaries, unions
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://ala-apa.org/wellness/ ALA-APA Wellness]
* [http://ala-apa.org/certification Certified Public Library Administrator Program]
* [http://ala-apa.org/lssc Library Support Staff Certification Program]
* [https://ala-apa.org/nlwd/ National Library Workers Day]
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/standing-committee-on-the-salaries-and-status-of-library-workers/ Standing Committee on the Salaries and Status of Library Workers]
'''Resources:'''
* [https://ala-apa.org/ala-apa-salary-surveys/ Salary surveys]
* [https://ala-apa.org/occupation-fact-sheets/ Occupation fact sheets]
* [https://ala-apa.org/occupation-resources/ Occupation resources]
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/pay-equity/ Pay Equity]
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/salary-negotiation/ Salary Negotiation]
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/unions/start-a-union/ Start a Union]
'''Bibliography:'''
* [https://ala-apa.org/files/2010/02/2017-ALA-APA-BETTER-SALARIES-TOOLKIT-6th-ed.pdf Advocating for Better Salaries Toolkit] (6th edition, April 2017)
* [https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/ ''Library Worklife'' newsletter]
* [https://ala-apa.org/improving-salariesstatus/resources/pay-equity-bibliography/ Pay Equity Bibliography] (August 2013)
* [https://ala-apa.org/files/2015/06/State-Library-Salary-Data-2016.pdf State Libraries Collecting and Reporting Salary Data] (August 2016)
* [https://ala-apa.org/workplace-wellness-reports/ Workplace wellness reports]
'''Communication:'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/ALA.AlliedProfessionalAssociation/ Facebook (ALA-APA)]
* [https://www.facebook.com/NationalLibraryWorkersDay/ Facebook (National Library Workers Day)]
* [https://www.facebook.com/Library-Support-Staff-Certification-Program-LSSC-192645064116398/ Facebook (Library Support Staff Certification Program)]
* [https://twitter.com/alaapa Twitter]


=== [https://www.archives.org.uk/ Archives & Records Association] (UK) ===
=== [https://www.archives.org.uk/ Archives & Records Association] (UK) ===
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* [https://medium.com/@artandmuseumtransparency Medium]
* [https://medium.com/@artandmuseumtransparency Medium]
* [https://twitter.com/amtransparency Twitter]
* [https://twitter.com/amtransparency Twitter]
=== [https://www.apalanet.org/ Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO] ===
'''Issues:''' BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, funding, unions
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://www.apalanet.org/aapi2020.html #AAPI2020]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/aapi-worker-stories.html AAPIs Are #EssentialNotExpendable]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/communityfund.html IAPALA's COVID-19 Community Fund]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/census.html Count Us In. Take the 2020 Census.]
'''Resources:'''
* [https://www.apalanet.org/chapters.html Chapters]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/emerging-leaders-training.html Emerging Leaders Training​ (ELT)]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/covid-19.html In response to COVID-19]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/organizing--leadership-development.html Organizing & Leadership Development]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/organizingtips.html Protest Tips + Organizing for Black Lives]
* [https://www.apalanet.org/worker-resources.html Worker Resources in response to COVID-19]
'''Bibliography:'''
* [https://www.apalanet.org/untapped-power.html Untapped Power: The Strength of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Working People] (2019)
* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6JJwjwwJgBPbFRaaS1mdUZreHc/view Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders Behind Bars: Exposing the School to Prison to Deportation Pipeline] (December 2015)
* [https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/apala/pages/123/attachments/original/1421265427/breaking-ground.pdf Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: Report from the First National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing] (2009)
'''Communication:'''
* [https://www.apalanet.org/contact-us.html Contact form]
* [https://facebook.com/APALAnational Facebook]
* [https://instagram.com/APALAnational Instagram]
* [https://twitter.com/APALAnational Twitter]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvoun8paqpAJiP30ECBZ3sQ YouTube]


=== [https://aamd.org/ Association of Art Museum Directors] ===
=== [https://aamd.org/ Association of Art Museum Directors] ===
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* [http://www.facebook.com/artmuseumdirectors Facebook]
* [http://www.facebook.com/artmuseumdirectors Facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/MuseumDirectors Twitter]
* [https://twitter.com/MuseumDirectors Twitter]
=== [https://www.alia.org.au/ Australian Library and Information Association] ===
'''Issues:''' mentoring, salaries, temporary positions, volunteers
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://www.alia.org.au/advocacy-and-campaigns/advocacy-campaigns-0 Advocacy campaigns]
* [https://membership.alia.org.au/pdinfo/certified-professionals/certified-professionals Certified Professionals]
'''Resources:'''
* [https://www.alia.org.au/employment-and-careers/alia-lis-education-skills-and-employment-trend-report ALIA LIS Education, Skills and Employment Trend Report]
* [https://read.alia.org.au/alia-lis-pay-and-employment-snapshot-2020 ALIA LIS pay and employment snapshot 2020] - includes supplements on [https://read.alia.org.au/public-libraries-glance public], [https://read.alia.org.au/school-libraries-glance school], [https://read.alia.org.au/special-libraries-glance special], [https://read.alia.org.au/tafe-libraries-glance technical and further education (TAFE)], and [https://read.alia.org.au/university-libraries-glance university] libraries
* [https://www.alia.org.au/alia-research-agenda ALIA Research Agenda]
* [https://www.alia.org.au/groups/alia-students-and-new-graduates ALIA Students and New Graduates]
* [https://www.alia.org.au/employment-and-careers/career-and-professional-development-advisory-service Career and Professional Development Advisory Service]
* [https://www.alia.org.au/which-sector-are-you-interested/library-technicians Library Technicians]
* [https://membership.alia.org.au/resources/member-resources/salary-scales-and-work-level-guidelines Salary Scales and Work Level Guidelines] (members only)
'''Bibliography:'''
* [https://www.alia.org.au/alia-supplementary-statement-about-casual-work-library-and-information-sector-australia ALIA supplementary statement about casual work in the library and information sector in Australia] (September 2020)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/news/21406/peak-body-libraries-opposes-changes-university-fees-lis-courses Peak body for libraries opposes changes to university fees for LIS courses] (June 2020)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/news/21394/alia-urges-lower-university-fees-teacher-librarians ALIA urges lower university fees for Teacher Librarians] (June 2020)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/professional-development-library-and-information-professionals Professional development for library and information professionals] (2019)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-non-standard-employment Statement on non-standard employment] (2008, 2018)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-library-and-information-services-staff-appointments Statement on library and information services staff appointments] (2008, 2018)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/senior-library-and-information-services-appointments Senior library and information services appointments] (2008, 2017)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/statement-voluntary-work-library-and-information-services Statement on voluntary work in library and information services] (2017)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/foundation-knowledge-skills-and-attributes-relevant-information-professionals-working-archives Foundation Knowledge, Skills and Attributes relevant to Information Professionals working in Archives, Libraries and Records Management] (amended 2015)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/policies-standards-and-guidelines/library-and-information-sector-core-knowledge-skills-and-attributes The Library and Information Sector: Core Knowledge, Skills and Attributes] (amended 2014)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/The%20role%20of%20volunteers%20in%20a%20contemporary%20professional%20association.pdf The Role of Volunteers in a Contemporary Professional Association] (September 2010)
* [https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/documents/Publishing/Archivedreports/Libtech%20Education%20State%20of%20the%20Nation%20Report%202010.pdf Library Technician Education in Australia: State of the Nation Report] (April 2010)
'''Communication:'''
* [http://alia.org.au/our-communities/alia-groups ALIA Groups]
* [http://alia.org.au/our-communities/connect-us/elists Elists]
* [https://www.facebook.com/ALIANational Facebook]
* [https://www.instagram.com/alianational/ Instagram]
* [https://twitter.com/alianational Twitter]


=== BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid ===
=== BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid ===
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'''Resources:''' [http://www.crowdconsortium.org/national-meeting-engaging-the-public Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)]
'''Resources:''' [http://www.crowdconsortium.org/national-meeting-engaging-the-public Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)]
=== [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/ CUNY Adjunct Project] ===
'''Issues:''' organizing, temporary positions
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/current-initiatives/ Current Initiatives]
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/funding/ Full and Fair Funding]
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/7k-for-cuny-adjuncts/ $7k for Adjuncts]
* Toward a Just Contract
* Tuition payments/permanent tuition remission for GC doctoral students
'''Resources:'''
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/teaching-resources/ Teaching Resources]
'''Bibliography:''' [https://issuu.com/cunyadjunctproject/docs/justcontract Toward a Just Contract, Vol. 1] (June 2017)
'''Communication:'''
* [https://cunyadjunctproject.org/category/uncategorized/ Blog]
* [mailto:TheAdjunctProject@gmail.com Email]
* [https://www.facebook.com/CUNYAdjunctProject Facebook]
* [mailto:LISTSERV@GC.LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU?body=SUBSCRIBE%20ADJUNCT-L Listserv]
* [https://twitter.com/CUNYadjuncts Twitter]
=== [https://deathtomuseums.com/ Death to Museums] ===
'''Issues:''' COVID-19
'''Initiatives:''' [https://deathtomuseums.com/archive.html Dialogue series]
'''Communication:'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/deathtomuseums Facebook]
* [https://www.instagram.com/deathtomuseums/ Instagram]
* [https://twitter.com/deathtomuseums Twitter]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLyLYvXIWghzWezCjZEJXQ YouTube]


=== [https://wiki.diglib.org/Labor DLF Labor Working Group] ===
=== [https://wiki.diglib.org/Labor DLF Labor Working Group] ===
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'''Communication:'''
'''Communication:'''
* [https://humtech.ucla.edu/blog/ Blog]
* [https://humtech.ucla.edu/blog/ Blog]
=== [https://iammam.org/ IAM MAM] ===
'''Issues:''' organizing, unions
'''Initiatives:''' Union drive at the Milwaukee Art Museum
'''Communication:'''
* [mailto:mamioc2020@gmail.com Email]
* [https://www.facebook.com/iammamunion Facebook]
* [https://iammam.org/contact-us/ IAM Organizer]
* [https://www.instagram.com/iammam_union/ Instagram]
* [https://www.twitter.com/@iammam_union Twitter]


=== [http://themaintainers.org/info-mc-about-us Information Maintainers] ===
=== [http://themaintainers.org/info-mc-about-us Information Maintainers] ===
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'''Communication:''' [https://groups.google.com/a/themaintainers.org/forum/#!forum/information-maintainers Google Group]
'''Communication:''' [https://groups.google.com/a/themaintainers.org/forum/#!forum/information-maintainers Google Group]
=== [https://imaafuss.com/ Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems] ===
'''Warning: animated interface'''
'''Issues:''' COVID-19
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://imaafuss.com/Reading-Group Anti-Museum Reading Group]
* I'm at a Museum During a Pandemic! [https://files.cargocollective.com/c795327/WORKSHEET-WITH-QR-CODE-.pdf Worksheet] & [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFD2H482efZsF6BQMv1onTYYMdIKQPFr2wL6Q7OxCkaRWm9g/viewform Form]
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J9EB8hqXbcmwVHWxy1fDDVa49oIDCI_xeXUkIJ7yjXA/edit#gid=0 NYC Museum Re-Opening Spreadsheet]
'''Communication:'''
* [https://imaafuss.com/contact-form Email]
* [https://www.instagram.com/imaafuss/ Instagram]
=== [https://www.kswoc.org/ Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee] ===
'''Issues:''' organizing, unions
'''Initiatives:''' wall-to-wall union drive
'''Communication:'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/KenyonSWOC/ Facebook]
* [https://www.instagram.com/kswoc/ Instagram]
* [https://twitter.com/KenyonSWOC Twitter]


=== [https://labornotes.org/ Labor Notes] ===
=== [https://labornotes.org/ Labor Notes] ===
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* [https://labornotes.org/secrets Secrets of a Successful Organizer] / [https://labornotes.org/secretos Secretos de un organizador exitoso]
* [https://labornotes.org/secrets Secrets of a Successful Organizer] / [https://labornotes.org/secretos Secretos de un organizador exitoso]
* [https://www.labornotes.org/coronavirus Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources]
* [https://www.labornotes.org/coronavirus Organizing in a Pandemic: Labor Notes Resources]
* [https://labornotes.org/blogs/2020/04/what-are-my-rights-paid-leave-and-unemployment-during-pandemic What Are My Rights to Paid Leave and Unemployment During the Pandemic?] (April 2020)
* [https://labornotes.org/concessions ''Concessions and How to Beat Them'' by Jane Slaughter] (1983)


'''Communication:'''
'''Communication:'''
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* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031604 LACUNY Statement on COVID-19]
* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031604 LACUNY Statement on COVID-19]
* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031645 Letter of Support and Solidarity]
* [https://lacuny.org/news/9031645 Letter of Support and Solidarity]
=== Libraries for All STL ===
'''Issues:''' COVID-19
'''Initiatives:''' [https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/we-need-libraries-for-all-demand-black-lives-Matter-at-st-louis-county-libraries/ We Need Libraries For All: Demand Black Lives Matter at St Louis County Libraries]
'''Bibliography:'''
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl/we-demand-transparency-justice-and-jobs-back-858e15580ff4 We Demand Transparency, Justice, and Jobs Back] (August 2020)
* [https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/letter-library-eliminating-part-timers-but-not-management/article_cb7bc482-f940-50a5-bf88-059141bcf17f.html Library eliminating part-timers, but not management] (August 2020)
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl/kristen-sorth-is-harming-our-community-american-libraries-association-must-rescind-leadership-33cec838fb24 Kristen Sorth is Harming Our Community — American Libraries Association Must Rescind Leadership Award] (September 2020)
'''Communication:'''
* [https://www.facebook.com/Libraries-For-All-101092635024182/ Facebook]
* [https://medium.com/@librariesforallstl Medium]
* [https://twitter.com/Lib4AllSTL Twitter]


=== Library Salaries Inequity ===
=== Library Salaries Inequity ===
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'''Resources:''' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YXCBN4gxetizJMfKWYcZWRjHHCntD42minrgiPqh-9Y/edit resource list]
'''Resources:''' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YXCBN4gxetizJMfKWYcZWRjHHCntD42minrgiPqh-9Y/edit resource list]
=== MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee ===
'''Issues:''' COVID-19, mutual aid, organizing
'''Initiatives:''' [https://www.gofundme.com/f/fq6sj-mfa-boston-mutual-aid-fund MFA Boston Staff Mutual Aid Fund]
'''Resources:''' [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8uzyroutpeq72c8/AAD22bCh7-NdPb2ImuZf5yija?dl=0 How to start a museum mutual aid fund]
'''Bibliography:''' [https://www.aam-us.org/2020/08/25/open-source-solidarity-starting-a-mutual-aid-fund-at-your-museum/ Open Source Solidarity: Starting a Mutual Aid Fund at Your Museum]
'''Communication:''' [mailto:MFAMutualAidFund@gmail.com Email]


=== [https://www.marac.info/ Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)] ===
=== [https://www.marac.info/ Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)] ===
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'''Initiatives:'''
'''Initiatives:'''
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/home Museum Workers Relief Fund]
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/home Museum Workers Relief Fund]
* [https://www.bonfire.com/museum-workers-relief-fund/ Museum Workers Relief Fund (Bonfire shop)]
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/news#h.iec1eee9p2e8 2020 Museums & Race Imagine a [Radical] Future virtual conference]
* [https://sites.google.com/view/museumworkersspeak/news#h.iec1eee9p2e8 2020 Museums & Race Imagine a [Radical] Future virtual conference]


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* [https://osf.io/qnujw/ Let’s talk precarity (or not):  Libraries, community, and conversation] (June 2019)
* [https://osf.io/qnujw/ Let’s talk precarity (or not):  Libraries, community, and conversation] (June 2019)
* [https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5169 Perceptions and Experiences of Precarious Employment in Canadian Libraries: An Exploratory Study] (September 2019)
* [https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/5169 Perceptions and Experiences of Precarious Employment in Canadian Libraries: An Exploratory Study] (September 2019)
* [https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/29783 Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board] (September 2020)


'''Communication:''' [https://twitter.com/LISprecarity Twitter]
'''Communication:''' [https://twitter.com/LISprecarity Twitter]
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* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/salary-equity-program/ Salary Equity Program]
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/salary-equity-program/ Salary Equity Program]


'''Resources:''' [Union Fireside Chats https://www.rutgersaaup.org/campaigns-2/fireside-chats/]
'''Resources:'''
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/campaigns-2/fireside-chats/ Union Fireside Chats]
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/here-are-the-facts-about-the-fiscal-emergency/ Here Are the Facts ABotu the Fiscal Emergency]
* [https://www.rutgersaaup.org/cares-act-commission/ CARES Act Commission]


'''Bibliography:'''
'''Bibliography:'''

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Related Groups, Initiatives, and Resources

This wiki page collects information about groups and campaigns working on labor issues in and adjacent to libraries, archives, and museums. Assembled and maintained by the DLF Labor Working Group.

Recommend a group or campaign for the list

Each entry below includes at least some of the following elements:

  • Group/campaign name
  • Issues covered
  • Initiatives
  • Resources
  • Bibliography
  • Communication channels

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#PROTECTLIBRARYWORKERS

Issues: COVID-19, organizing

Initiatives:

Resources:

Communication:

AFSCME

Issues: unions

Initiatives: Cultural Workers United

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

AFT Academics

Issues: COVID-19, organizing, unions

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

American Alliance of Museums

Issues: hiring, salaries, volunteers, gender equity

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

American Association of University Professors

Issues: temporary positions, unions

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography: Reports & Publications

Communication:

American Historical Association

Issues: hiring, temporary position, unions

Resources:

Bibliography: Statement on Right to Engage in Collective Bargaining (2019)

Communication:

American Library Association Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA)

Issues: advancement, salaries, unions

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

Archives & Records Association (UK)

Issues: salaries, volunteers

Initiatives: Pay Review 2018

Resources:

Archival Workers Emergency Fund

Issues: COVID-19, funding, temporary positions

Initiatives:

Resources: Resources for Displaced Archival Workers

Bibliography: Open Letter to the Archival Community re: Police Brutality

Communication: Twitter

Archive Staff Impact During COVID-19

Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives: Tracking spreadsheet

Archivist Salary Advocacy

Issues: salaries

Resources: Salary Spreadsheet

Communication: Google Group

Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York

Issues: hiring, internships, salaries

Resources: COVID-19 Resources

Bibliography: New Job Submission Policy

Communication:

ARLIS/NA Advocacy & Public Policy Committee

Issues: hiring, internships, salaries

Initiatives: News Alerts (see “Workplace” section)

Bibliography: Statement on Staff Reductions in Art Museum Libraries and Visual Resources Collections (December 2013)

Art + Museum Transparency

Issues: internships, salaries, unions

Resources:

Communication:

Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO

Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, funding, unions

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

Association of Art Museum Directors

Issues: internships, salaries

Initiatives: Annual salary survey

Bibliography: Association of Art Museum Directors Passes Resolution Urging Art Museums to Provide Paid Internships (June 20, 2019)

Communication:

Australian Library and Information Association

Issues: mentoring, salaries, temporary positions, volunteers

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

BIPOC Library Residents Mutual Aid

Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid, temporary positions

Initiatives:

Bibliography: COVID Residents Open Letter

Campaign for a Better MIT

Issues: benefits, salaries, temporary positions, unions

Initiatives: Forming a union: Support the MIT Library Workers

Communication:

Canadian Association of University Teachers / Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d’université (CAUT)

Issues: COVID-19, unions

Initiatives: Librarians' and Archivists' Committee

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

Coalition on the Academic Workforce

Issues: temporary positions

Resources: A Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members: A Summary of Findings on Part-Time Faculty Respondents to the Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey of Contingent Faculty Members and Instructors (2012)

Collections on Contract

Issues: temporary positions

Initiatives:

Communication:

Collective Responsibility: National Forum on Labor Practices for Grant-Funded Digital Positions

Issues: temporary positions

Initiatives:

  • advocacy toolkit
  • network for contingent workers
  • How to Talk About Collective Responsibility at Work

Resources:

Bibliography:

Communication:

Creating National Library Worker Union

Issues: organizing, unions Initiatives:

Crowd Consortium

Issues: volunteers

Resources: Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines (May 6, 2015)

CUNY Adjunct Project

Issues: organizing, temporary positions

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography: Toward a Just Contract, Vol. 1 (June 2017)

Communication:

Death to Museums

Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives: Dialogue series

Communication:

DLF Labor Working Group

Issues: COVID-19, hiring, salaries, temporary positions

Resources:

Communication:

Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee

Issues: COVID-19, organizing

Initiatives: Organize your Workplace against COVID-19 / Organice su lugar de trabajo contra el COVID-19

Resources: Orientation Guide

EveryLibrary Institute

Issues: COVID-19, funding

Initiatives: Help a Library Worker Out (HALO) Fund

Communication:

Fair Museum Jobs

Issues: COVID-19, hiring, internships, salaries, volunteers

Initiatives: Our Campaigns - a list of the organisations we’ve contacted, why contacted them, and how they responded

Resources: Resources

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Communication:

Front of House in Museums (FoHMuseums)

Issues: COVID-19, temporary positions, valuing labor

Initiatives:

Resources: Front of House in Museums Survey 2019

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Communication:

Gender Equity in Museums Movement

Issues: gender equity

Resources:

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Communication:

Hiring Librarians

Issues: hiring, salaries

Initiatives:

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Humanities Technology (UCLA)

Issues: internships, temporary positions

Resources: A Student Collaborators’ Bill of Rights (June 8, 2015) || ||

Communication:

IAM MAM

Issues: organizing, unions

Initiatives: Union drive at the Milwaukee Art Museum

Communication:

Information Maintainers

Initiatives: advocacy toolkit

Bibliography: Information Maintenance as a Practice of Care: An Invitation to Reflect and Share (June 17, 2019)

Communication: Google Group

Institute of Museums Against All Fucked Up Social Systems

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Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives:

Communication:

Kenyon Student Worker Organizing Committee

Issues: organizing, unions

Initiatives: wall-to-wall union drive

Communication:

Labor Notes

Issues: unions

Resources:

Communication:

LACUNY

Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid

Initiatives: LACUNY Mutual Aid Network

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Libraries for All STL

Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives: We Need Libraries For All: Demand Black Lives Matter at St Louis County Libraries

Bibliography:

Communication:

Library Salaries Inequity

Issues: salaries

Resources: resource list

MFA Boston Mutual Aid Fund Steering Committee

Issues: COVID-19, mutual aid, organizing

Initiatives: MFA Boston Staff Mutual Aid Fund

Resources: How to start a museum mutual aid fund

Bibliography: Open Source Solidarity: Starting a Mutual Aid Fund at Your Museum

Communication: Email

Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC)

Issues: mentoring, mutual aid

Initiatives:

Communication:

Modern Language Association

Issues: hiring, salaries, temporary positions

Initiatives:

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Communication:

Movement for Black Lives

Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19, temporary positions, unions

Initiatives:

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Communication:

Museum Detox

Issues: COVID-19, BIPOC/BAME network

Initiatives:

Resources: Coronavirus Covid-19: Information and guidance

Communication:

Museum Staff Impact During COVID-19

Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives: tracking spreadsheet

Museum Workers Speak

Issues: COVID-19, funding, mutual aid

Initiatives:

Resources: Resources

Bibliography: Statement (May 1, 2020)

Communication:

Music Library Association

Issues: COVID-19

Initiatives: MLA Emergency Relief Fund

Resources: MLA Survey of Personnel Characteristics (2009)

Communication:

National Council on Public History

Issues: hiring

Resources: Best Practices in Public History: Job Postings (March 2019)

Communication:

National Emerging Museum Professionals Network

Issues: hiring, salaries

Initiatives:

Communication:

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Workers

Issues: unions

Communication: Twitter

New England Archivists

Issues: temporary positions

Initiatives: New England Archivists Contingent Employment Study (January 2017)

Bibliography: NEA Statement on Contingent Employment (2018)

Communication:

Northwest Archivists

Issues: internships

Initiatives:

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Communication

@OrganizingLIS

Issues: hiring, internships, salaries, signal boosting, temporary positions, unions

Communication: Twitter

Postdoctoral Laborers Group

Issues: temporary positions

Resources: Postdoctoral Bill of Rights (April 9, 2019)

Communication: Google Group

Precarity in Libraries

Issues: temporary positions

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Communication: Twitter

Progressive Librarians Guild

Issues: salaries, temporary positions, unions

Communication:

Rutgers AAUP-AFT

Issues: COVID-19, union

Initiatives:

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Communication:

Society of American Archivists Accessibility & Disability Section

Issues: accessibility of work environment, disability equity, hiring, salaries, temporary positions

Resources:

Communication:

Society of American Archivists Committee on Public Awareness

Issues: salaries, signal boosting, student loan debt

Initiatives: Responses & Retrospectives series on ArchivesAWARE blog

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Communication:

Society of American Archivists Council

Issues: internships, volunteers

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography: Only Paid Internships to Be Posted to the SAA Career Center (July 9, 2019)

Society of American Archivists Issues & Advocacy Section

Issues: salaries, temporary positions

Initiatives: Temporary Labor Survey

Resources: Advocacy Toolkit

Bibliography: Archivists on the Issues: Rare & Ephemeral: a snapshot of full-time New England archives jobs, 2018-2019

Communication:

Society of American Archivists Students and New Archives Professionals Section

Issues: internships, hiring

Initiatives:

Communication:

Society of American Archivists Women Archivists Section

Issues: gender equity, salaries

Resources: The 2017 WArS/SAA Salary Survey: Initial Results and Analysis

Society of California Archivists

Issues: hiring, internships, salaries, temporary positions, unions

Initiatives: Task Force on Labor Issues within the Profession (2019-2021)

Bibliography: Statement in Support of Temporary Archivists at UCLA

Communication:

Society of Southwest Archivists

Issues: salaries

Resources: Archives Regional Salary Research

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Communication:

Tech Workers Coalition

Issues: unions

Resources:

Communication:

UC-AFT Unit 17 (UC Librarians)

Issues: unions

Initiatives: Precarity, academic freedom, professional development, working conditions, housing, and the next contract

Resources:

Communication:

UCLA Six (Temporary Librarians)

Issues: temporary positions

Initiatives: Open Letter (June 2018)

Bibliography:

Communication: TinyLetter

United Academics of the University of Oregon

Issues: salaries, temporary positions, unions

Resources:

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Communication:

University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA)

Issues: benefits, salaries, temporary positions, unions

Resources:

Communication:

We Here

Issues: BIPOC/BAME network, COVID-19

Initiatives:

Resources:

Bibliography: up//root

Communication:

Workers for Workers

Issues: organizing, temporary positions

Initiatives:

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Communication:

You Ought to Be Ashamed

Issues: hiring, salaries, signal boosting, temporary positions, volunteers

Initiatives: job posting reviews

Communication: blog