Eligible staff at Harford County Public Library System are joining together to form a strong, sustainable union to give us a voice and a way to advocate for ourselves. We deserve to have a say in the decisions that affect us and the jobs we love.

This is about giving ourselves the opportunity to sit down with management and negotiate over the issues that matter to us. Yes, it’s about better wages but more importantly, it’s about fairness and respect. It’s about creating a work environment that provides us a better life.

With a union, we’ll have:

·         Negotiated wages

·         Negotiated workplace policy

·         Transparency and fairness  

Without a union, management will continue to establish policies without our input and make decisions without considering how those decisions affect our ability to perform our jobs.

*DUES: Dues are a regular payment from members that fund their union. They finance essential union operations like contract negotiations and enforcement, organizing, and member-driven programs.

Dues are NOT deducted until this group has negotiated the benefits and receives the protections a union contract provides by voting to accept the first contract.

Current Dues Structure:

1. Anyone working over 30 hours per week on a regular basis and making over $20 per hour would pay the full dues amount per month of $67.74 ($33.87/pay period)
2. Anyone working over 30 hours per week and under $20 per hour would pay the reduced rate of $40.00 per month ($20/pay period).
   
   
3. Anyone working under 30 hours per week but more than 20 hours in a week would pay the reduced rate of $30.00 per month ($15/pay period).
   
   
4. Anyone working 20 hours or fewer per week would pay the reduced rate of $20 per month ($10/pay period).

*note: the above pay period dues rates are based on 24 pay periods per year.