The following youtube video shows author/activist Naomi Klein (No Logo, The Shock Doctrine) speaking to Vancouver Public Library workers on Friday October 5, 2007, supporting the striking workers and noting the importance of pay equity for library workers.
What was it like during the lengthy (88 day) strike last year against the Vancouver Public Library, BC? “An Indomitable Spirit: The Eight Hundred of CUPE 391,” by Anita Galanopoulos et al., which first appeared in the Winter 2007/2008 issue of Progressive Librarian, can be downloaded here.
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