PG Library Workers Rally at Trustee Meeting

More than 65 Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) workers – joined by a dozen more members in solidarity from the Montgomery County Library system and Executive Board members of the UFCW 1994/MCGEO, which represents the workers – rallied at the monthly meeting of the PGCMLS Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, October 18th. Local 1994 Executive Director Bob Stewart urged the Trustees to "step out of your comfort zone and speak up for the employees" who he says have consistently “gone to bat for the library system, school kids and Prince George's taxpayers to make the library service one of the best in the nation.” Stewart added that after a year of negotiations it is "disheartening" that the Trustees are permitting outside attorneys "to undermine the collaborative relationship we have built over the past two years." Trustee President Michael J. Howard responded that "we want the same things you do," but took umbrage at the suggestion that the Board is afraid to speak out against County Executive Jack Johnson.