I don't know about the gender argument either, but I do know that the union has clearly opted not to shut the place down, and I have been grateful for that. It is the library board that has shut the library down, and the notion that they are losing revenue strikes me as suspicious. After all, are late fines in place to keep people from returning books late and thereby inconveniencing other members or are they there as a source of revenue? I'd like to take a look at the books if it is the latter. I am not much at financial matters, so I could be wrong, but it seems to me that saying they can't any longer pay the librarians 100% of their wages to do 75% of their jobs makes for a specious argument. They aren't having to pay anyone to provide Internet access or educational programming, for instance, because no one is doing it. Therefore, while patrons may have suffered from certain services not being available, it's hard for me to understand how the library administrators have suffered, since no one pays for those services and no substitute labour has been paid.
The library is to me one of the last great public institutions, and it is worth its weight in taxes. I'd be happy to have a greater share of tax money go to it.
No, I haven't been down with chocolate and oranges, but I did visit today when i was downtown! Oranges next time, perhaps!
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The library is to me one of the last great public institutions, and it is worth its weight in taxes. I'd be happy to have a greater share of tax money go to it.
No, I haven't been down with chocolate and oranges, but I did visit today when i was downtown! Oranges next time, perhaps!