AFSCME. Local 1930 (New York, N.Y.)

The New York Public Library Guild Local 1930 was chartered by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in April 1968. The Local represents employees in all branch libraries and research libraries of the New York Public Library system, and in the libraries of mayoral departments and agencies. The bargaining unit includes professional, non-professional and technical titles.

From the guide to the AFSCME, Local 1930 Records, 1930-1980, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)

From the guide to the AFSCME, Local 1930 Records, 1930-1990, (Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archive)

AFSCME Local 1930, better known as the New York Public Library Guild, was chartered by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1968. Members of Local 1930 are employed by the City of New York in the Branch libraries and the libraries of mayoral departments and agencies and by the New York Public Library. The bargaining unit includes professional, non-professional and technical titles.

In response to the New York City fiscal crisis of 1975, library support groups made up of library staff and the community at large organized to lobby against an employment freeze, curtailment of services, reduction in weekly hours, branch closings and job terminations. In 1978, unions representing city employees negotiated the Coalition Economic Agreement with the City of New York, relating to cost of living adjustment payments. When the New York Public Library refused to comply with the terms of the agreement, contract negotiations came to a standstill and Local 1930 members staged a demonstration before the issue was resolved.

From the guide to the AFSCME, Local 1930 Photographs, 1968-1978, (Tamiment Library / Wagner Archives)