Sno-Isle library workers make demands in plan to unionize

MARYSVILLE — Sno-Isle Libraries workers announced a plan to unionize Friday, calling for a stop to “arbitrary changes” to work schedules and “uncompensated work,” among other demands.

Library workers intend to join AFSCME Council 2. The proposed library union would be called Sno-Isle Libraries Employees United.

The Sno-Isle library system has 23 locations and a mobile library in Snohomish and Island County, including libraries in Arlington, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Monroe, Mukilteo, Stanwood and Snohomish. The bargaining unit would represent about 370 workers.

An open letter on the website for the proposed Sno-Isle union read that “too often decisions are made by people far removed from the day-to-day operations of community libraries. We, who are most impacted by these decisions, are rarely consulted.”

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