The Citizens of Toronto Join Our Fight - Updated

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The Union's campaign to protect our public libraries and its workers is moving full steam ahead. Read the article in today's Star and here on Citytv.
 
Over 14,000 people have signed the online petition and the numbers are still growing.  President Maureen O'Reilly is doing print and radio interviews. Read the latest Union press release.  Listen to Maureen's interview on CIUT. The social media is buzzing with outrage against the proposed cuts and closures. Keep up to date by following us on Facebook and on Twitter @ local4948.  You can follow Maureen's day to day work on Twitter @ 4948President.

Important Dates: 

• Tuesday, July 26  - The Toronto Public Library Board meets to address KPMG Report. This meeting is open to the public.  It is at the Toronto Reference Library in the Boardroom at 5:00 p.m. If you can't attend because you are working, send a friend or family member to show support.  For details and copies of the report, click here.
• Tuesday, August 2 - Special Membership Meeting at the North York Central Library in the Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. to present an update on the Union's campaign and to address the issues in the KPMG report.

Please keep forwarding the link at OurPublicLibrary.to to family, co-workers, and friends and encourage them to speak out to their local councillor to do the right thing when it comes to voting on these issues that will affect our great city.

More reading:

• "Would Privitizing Toronto's Libraries Really Save Money?" Toronto Star
• "Prospect of Privitizing Toronto's Library Sparks Outcry" Globe and Mail
• "Threatening the Toronto Public Library" The Torontoist
• "Critics See KPMG Report as Smoke and Mirrors" Toronto Star
• "My New Hometown: Toronto Public Library and Satisfaction" Stephen Abram, CLA Outstanding Service to Librarianship Award, 2011
• "Top Five Ford Truthiness Fact Checks Of the Week"  The Grid
• "City Committees Unlikely to Make Painful Cuts" Globe and Mail
• "Privitizing the Toronto Public Library Will Hurt Young Adult Fiction Readers"   Examiner.com

Thanks to all the members and their friends and families who have joined the campaign at OurPublicLibrary.to - and to all of you getting the message out via Facebook - your support is making a tremendous impact.   Keep up the great work.....