Residents Rally, Raise Voices Over Dramatic Budget Cuts Proposed For Niles-Maine District Library
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NILES, Ill. (CBS) There was a lot of anger in Niles Tuesday night over proposed budget cuts at the Niles-Maine District Library.
A rally was held Tuesday evening at Nico Park in Niles taking issue with a proposed library budget that would impose drastic cuts on building hours, staff, and pensions – and even money for new books in half.
“They seek to make drastic cuts that would be a disaster for our library. They claim that the community doesn’t need and doesn’t want – doesn’t care about the services we provide. But they are wrong. Our community does care – am I right?” Niles-Maine District teen services librarian Donna Block at the rally. “The library is all about the community, and this board wants to cut the programs that serve you all.”
Niles crowd rallies against proposed library budget cuts
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SEIU Local 73 strikers have been on strike against cuts to their pay and conditions since last Friday
THOUSANDS of health workers in Cook County, Illinois, are continuing strike action against attacks on their pay and conditions.
Meanwhile 100 Illinois librarians have formed a union in Maine in order to fight against jobs, funding and programme cuts.
The Cook County health workers, represented by SEIU Local 73, began picketing multiple locations across the County last Friday as their strike for a fair contract began at 6am that morning.
Last Thursday, Toni Preckwinkle’s negotiators walked out on bargaining and have refused to come back to the table.
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