You know things are messed up when the librarians started marching
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15 Jul 2025
Our new short film is up on youtube!
Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us. And thanks especially to Charlene, who devoted her life to helping those around her, and whose work continues to inspire us.
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29 May 2025
Join us for the premiere of a new short film about library workers and the vulnerable communities who rely on them, followed by a panel conversation hosted by @shadkmusic, and reception.
Go to HotDocs.ca to get your FREE tickets now, and see you on June 25! 🎬🎥🍿
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29 Jan 2025
So many people rely on library workers in their daily lives! 🧑💼🤝🫶
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25 Dec 2024
Happy holidays from the Toronto Public Library Workers Union! ♥️💫
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12 Dec 2024
Library workers play so many important roles! Even if their slang is sometimes out of date 🙃
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7 Dec 2024
The Toronto Public Library is nothing without its workers! 🧑💼📚💪
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12 Nov 2024
New from @CCPA_Ont: The Toronto Public Library is more popular than Taylor Swift (81% of Torontonians use it!) but the library needs more funding from the city and province to meet the demand for its services. Researcher Carolina Aragão explains: #onpoli monitormag.ca/reports/much-m…
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13 Nov 2024
Today, unions collectively representing over 1 million workers in Ontario released a joint letter calling on @fordnation to reverse course on the announced closures of supervised consumption sites (SCSs) across the province. #OnLab #OnPOli
Full letter: opseu.org/news/safe-consumpt…
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New from @CCPA_Ont: The Toronto Public Library is more popular than Taylor Swift (81% of Torontonians use it!) but the library needs more funding from the city and province to meet the demand for its services. Researcher Carolina Aragão explains: #onpoli monitormag.ca/reports/much-m…
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2 Nov 2024
Happy 15th anniversary @Local4948 we are SO grateful to our library workers for ALL you contribute to our communities! Thank you all from your friends here in #tostpauls and beyond!
2 Nov 2024
Thank you for joining us in celebrating our 15 years as a union with our past 15 posts!
Special shout out to:
👓 Maureen O’Reilly - Local 4948 President, 2009-2018
👓 Jill Andrew - MPP, Toronto-St.Paul’s @JILLSLASTWORD
👓 Olivia Chow - Mayor, City Of Toronto @MayorOliviaChow
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2 Nov 2024
Thank you for joining us in celebrating our 15 years as a union with our past 15 posts!
Special shout out to:
👓 Maureen O’Reilly - Local 4948 President, 2009-2018
👓 Jill Andrew - MPP, Toronto-St.Paul’s @JILLSLASTWORD
👓 Olivia Chow - Mayor, City Of Toronto @MayorOliviaChow
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👓 Karen Ranaletta - President, CUPE BC @CUPEBC
👓 Chiara Padovani - co-chair YSW tenant union @chipadovani
👓 And to all the amazing Canadian Library Workers who we connected with at the @cupe_scfp National Sector Conference in Winnipeg!
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2 Nov 2024
To all members of TPLWU Local 4948, Happy 15th Anniversary!
#15YearsStrong #local4948 #TOpoli #torontolabour #libraryworkers
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1 Nov 2024
So what's next for Local 4948? We are nearing the end of our 15 posts to celebrate 15 years of Local 4948! We hope you have enjoyed our blast from the past.
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1 Nov 2024
bargaining because in the upcoming months we are going to show the Toronto Public Library how Library Workers are going to do this together.
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1 Nov 2024
Keep an eye on our social media accounts and if you haven't already, make sure you're signed up on the members portal to receive updates on bargaining and how to be involved. Stay tuned, library workers 🤓 #15YearsStrong #Local4948 #TOpoli #torontolabour
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